Senior Finance Manager Job in a Leading Global Financial Institution

Key Focus
• Responsible for the financial accounting/ control function in the business unit.
• Carries overall responsibility for the preparation and quality of financial accounts and maintenance of financial records
• Contributes to and implements financial strategy.
• Assists in deciding on the financial and business viability of new and existing projects and programmes.
• Analyses financial records such as income trends.
• Plans and prepares budgets and documents such as the annual report, according to organisational goals.
• Analyses and monitors the effect of budget or policy changes on business unit productivity.
• Responsible for audit liaison as well as tax, legislative & statutory requirements. 

Key Result Areas
Financial Control
• Contributes to and implements financial strategy.
• Responsible for the financial accounting / control function in the business unit through other managers and their teams.
• Carries overall responsibility for the preparation and quality of financial accounts. 

Financial Analysis
• Analyses financial records such as income trends.
• Analyses and monitors the effect of budget or policy changes on the business unit's productivity.
• Assists in deciding on the financial and business viability of new and existing projects and programmes. 

Financial Reporting
• Plans and prepares budgets and documents such as the annual report, according to organisational goals.

Governance and Compliance 
• Liaises with internal and external auditors.
• Ensures tax, legislative and statutory requirements are met.

 
Team Effectiveness
• Individually accountable for staff time, tasks and output quality, over periods of up to 1 year.
• Guides and directs staff to achieve operational excellence standards.
• Balances own priorities with directing and motivating others.
• Creates a climate for optimal performance. 

Accountability
• Manages performance.
• Selects potential staff to sustain customer / client service delivery. 

Qualifications

• 10 - 12 years’ experience minimum
• Individually accountable for the financial accounting/ control function in the organisation through staff supervised over periods of 3 months to a year.  

• Managerial skills
• Presentation skills
• High level Financial Acumen
• Great Interpersonal skills
• Carries overall responsibility for the preparation and quality of financial accounts and maintenance of financial records.
• Qualified Accountant – ICAN, ACCA, etc.
• Experience in Financial Services (Banking or Insurance) an advantage

Additional Information

Remuneration is highly competitive.