CW - Finance Manager Maghreb

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