• Ensure compliance with all statutory filings and reporting deadlines
• Deliver accurate financial reporting to meet monthly, quarterly and annual deadlines and maintaining compliance to accounting policies.
• Manage the monthly forecast and variance analysis, and make recommendations to help mitigate variances and risk to achieve financial targets
• Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to look for cost reduction opportunities
• Adherence to IFRS and local Statutory accounting standards, delegated authority matrix and various policies and assess control risk as necessary
• Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported
• Manage cash flow by tracking transactions and regularly reviewing internal reports
• Ensure the efficient and effective completion of internal and external statutory audit within deadlines.
• Identify process standardization and optimization of reporting opportunities and deliver ways to simplify the analysis and reporting processes
• Provide Decision Support Financial Information for new investment and set up Accounting and Control procedures for new entities.
• Lead and facilitate the implementation of a new ERP system. Drive the Finance process flow changes as a result of the new ERP system
• Design Chart of Accounts, implement financial control in system, set up and configure Management Reports on ERP system coordinated with Finance Policies as well as IFRS project outcomes.
• Supervise, direct and review the work of the accountants
• Work with each direct report to establish performance goals and objectives for each year.
• Motivate and lead finance team members by clarifying roles and providing helpful feedback
• Report to the CFO with timely and accurate financial information
• Assist the CFO in presenting reports to senior executives, stakeholders, and board members.
• Respond to ad-hoc requests in a timely and professional manner

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
• CA/ACCA/CPA qualification is preferred - Big 4 or similar practice accounting background a distinct advantage
• 10+ Years of experience in a Controller or similar position; public/private company experience
• Solid communication skills and can work with all members of the organization and all levels of management
• Ability to work in a complex, fast paced environment and respond under ambiguous situations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and is highly logical and numerate
• A continuous improvement mind-set and experience in process improvement will be an added advantage
• Structured, organized, detail oriented with the ability to prioritize tasks
• Experience in financial reporting for a complete entity, accounting standards interpretation, local tax regulations and managing an external audit.
• Direct experience in building accounting and operational finance processes, systems
• Strong technical accounting systems experience
• Knowledge of project management techniques, tools, methodologies and best practices
• Advanced user in Microsoft Office
• Fluent in English