Finance Manager

KEY EXPECTATIONS OF THE ROLE
Agile and work under pressure: Due to urgency of reporting and decision making, there are needs for creativity and fast turn-around
Stakeholders Management: Maintain good & working relationships with internal & external stakeholders to help knowledge building or smooth completion of tasks. Main stakeholders include but not limited to Supply Chain, Marketing, Sales, Cluster Finance, RBU, Finance Shared Service, Supply Point Finance, etc.
Communication and presentation skills: Must be able to present and explain in a clear simple way financial details / perspective. Ability to articulate facts, and therefore consequences in terms of financial impacts, to support management decision making.
Analytical and detailed with big picture in mind: The role requires a lot of data consolidation and detail analysis, therefore it is important that figures reported are first time right. Analysis needs to be well understood and considered in forward projections or scenario building to ensure good control and management of our performance. In addition, this needs to be articulated well in front of an audience
Good / organised in work & time planning: Multi-tasking is normally required, therefore, candidates' ability to prioritize, plan and organize is essential in ensuring quality and timely fulfillment of tasks
CAPABILITY PROFILE - Required Background
Education
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance or professional qualification such ACCA, CPA, CIMA, ICAEW
Experience & Skills Required
• At least 3 - 5 years of relevant work experience. Experience in a reputable audit firm is an added advantage
• Good team player and results orientated
• Can work under pressure, ability to multi-tasking, prioritizing workload, attention to detail, follow-through and meticulous
• Technically skilled and mathematically inclined with a passion at crunching numbers; and thereafter the ability to link the numbers to commercial logic is a plus.
• Good communication skills with the ability to effectively engage with numerous stakeholders to understand competing requirements, influence outcomes and deliver effective services. Need to be comfortable to work with multi country or cultural environment
• Highly independent and resourceful.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken
• High level of Commercial & Business Acumen coupled with common sense
Specialist Knowledge
• Intermediate to Advanced Level of Excel, Power Point and other Microsoft office applications
• Preferably with experiences in SAP, BW, Power BI, Hyperion and BPC.
• Expertise in modelling with the ability to prepare and present complex data in a simple and understandable manner