Description
**Job Purpose**
+ Coordinates preparation of forecasts and budgets
+ Leads closings and monitors landings Vs budget
+ Provides recommendations to BU based on analysis of deviations from budgets
+ Provides leadership, consultancy and financial support to various company functions, teams and departments
+ Acts as link between Finance and Business Units
+ Manages the reporting processes (analytical management)
**Responsibilities**
+ Coordinates and consolidates budget, latest estimate and variance analysis
+ Facilitates business planning and decision making and provides financial analysis
+ Leads monthly/Quarterly closing and review sales and Opex accruals
+ Monitors actual and forecasted cost and revenues (on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis)
+ Leads long-term planning support activities
+ Analyses and prepares reports to the parent company
+ Put in place controls to monitor S2P process
+ Leads internal controls and internal/external auditing exercises
+ Ensures all company data is collected, derived and consolidated data from all departments in order to produce reliable forecasting and plans
+ Leads F&A projects locally and may participate in International projects
+ Provides decision support to various stakeholders (BU’s, project teams, functions)
**Qualifications**
**Minimum Requirements**
+ Degree in Economics or Business Administratition
+ Experience of more than 5 years work in similar position/s in an international environment
+ Experience in accounting, budgeting and planning
+ Fluency in English, both in written and oral communication
+ Excellent user of Office Programs as Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Hyperion and SAP
**Preferred Requirements**
+ Studies specialised in finance (financial analysis, controlling, accounting, consolidating)
+ Experience in various areas of finance and accounting
+ Experience of 2 to 3 years in a Management position within an international finance department would be an asset
+ Demonstrated good levels of technical knowledge of accountancy (US GAAP and local country accounting principles), and awareness of relevant laws, local taxes, and accounting systems/processes
+ Demonstrates a high level of analytical skills and the ability to solve complex problems
