CW - Senior Finance Manager

Senior Finance Manager – Maghreb Cluster

Reports into the MEA Finance Director & the General Manager covering Maghreb Cluster

Accountabilities

• Selects, trains, coordinates and coaches’ adequate staff with capability to perform required assignments
• Manages preparation of forecasts and budgets
• 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
• Ensures data integrity between Business Units, Finance and Supply Chain
• Manages the reporting processes (analytical management)

Responsibilities

• Leads business planning and decision-making processes; ensures all required financial analysis, modelling of "what if" scenarios is provided
• Ensures timely production of monthly forecasts of sales trends in coordination with business analysts; supports production planning
• Oversees monitoring of actual and forecasted cost and revenues (on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis). Tracks activity based OPEX.
• Coordinates and consolidates budget, latest estimate and variance analysis
• Leads long-term planning support activities
• Ensures there is no overdue receivables working with Customer Finance.
• Ensures all company data is collected, derived and consolidated data from all departments to produce reliable forecasting and plans.
• Ensures efficient processes and procedures are in place to monitor contracts (insurances, leasing, rents, etc.)
• Leads FP&A projects locally and may participate in MEA / ICON projects
• Communicates and provides direction to BU Managers about financial trends and their business implications
• Provides decision support to various stakeholders (BU’s, project teams, functions). Analyses and prepares reports to support management.
• Ensures data integrity across platforms (Hyperion, Anaplan, Budget/LE decks)
• Ensure implementation and adherence to corporate and local guidelines
• Coach and mentor Finance department staff
• Response to Audits/Controls from internal/external entities
• Ensure Finance Review of Payments SOP and Shipping Guidelines SOP are followed.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Degree in Economics or Business Administration or Finance
• Experience of more than 6 years’ work in similar position in an international environment
• Experience in accounting, budgeting and planning            
• Fluency in English, French is a pre-requisite both in written and oral communication
• Arabic language skills would be highly preferred
• Excellent user of Office Programs as Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred Requirements

• Studies specialized in Finance (financial analysis, controlling, accounting, consolidating)
• MBA would be an advantage
• 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
• Industry knowledge
• Basic know-how of applicable laws concerning business admin, taxes (esp. VAT), accounting and consolidation
• Basic knowledge of US GAAP
• Experience with SAP FI/CO
• Experience with BI systems (Power BI, Tableau etc.)

Competencies

• Demonstrates advanced communication skills and abilities
• Regularly represents the company and
  function internally and externally
• Collaborates, negotiates and persuades others, both internally and externally
• Demonstrates a strong customer focus in all activities
• Analyses complex problems; integrates disciplinary and business strategy knowledge to develop recommendations
• Demonstrates strong project management and planning skills
• Learns quickly; motivates other to adapt quickly to
  new systems, processes and tools
• Demonstrates strong leadership and coaching skills
• Demonstrates strong management and delegation skills
• Serves as a role model for Amgen Values