Finance Manager

Our Vision:

Connecting Africans to Opportunities 

Job Mission:

To achieve our mission, we believe all experts require a seat at the table, including Finance. Your mission is to be the strategic link between Finance and our business. You support the group’s decision making through integration of financial information, systems and tools. You drive financial processes such as budgets and forecasts.

Overall

• Improving the impact, and understanding, of financial reporting on business performance
• Providing analysis and delivering insight that links financial reports to business strategies and trends
• Providing effective commercial procedures, or initiating change, to ensure key operational, commercial and financial targets are delivered
• Conduct procedural changes to affect efficient and progressive change so that sales targets, departmental and business targets are met.
• Building partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with all senior managers and their teams
• Advice on new and current investment activities across the group
• Document policies and procedures for central and local businesses so as to streamline efficiencies in terms of financial deliverables,
• Project manage and implement change in all financial aspects of the group from automation of consolidation tools, shareholder reporting formats, monthly reporting and other.
• Systems implementation and development with focus on integration of financial systems to CRM, BI and shareholder reports as well as maintenance and updating these.
• Consolidate, implement and the regular update of group Transfer pricing policies across businesses and regions. Ensure localized and in accordance with international standards.
• Prepare budget and forecast overview and presentation to be shared with relevant stakeholders and updating thereof with all new iterations and changes.

• Link operational processes / site information to and finance data
• Drive group reporting, budgeting and forecast processes according to needs of stakeholders and shareholders
• Implement and manage process improvements, such as automation of financial reporting

Reporting

• Monthly reporting of financial health of the business
  

Key Relationships:

• Group CEO
• Group Head of Finance
• Regional Finance Managers (East Africa; West Africa)
• Local Finance Managers
• Head of Business Intelligence
• Ringier AG Group Reporting (Shareholder)

Requirements:

The Ideal candidate should successfully showcases the following:

• Min. 5 years of highly relevant work experience, with strong track record in business finance partnering and or FP&A
• Business degree is a must; MBA or CA/CPA of advantage
• Good business acumen: capacity to translate business strategy into financial strategy; solid understanding of digital businesses an added advantage
• Strong conceptual, analytical and interpersonal skills are a must
• A passion for Finance and disruptive digital concepts

Location: Accra

Employment Type: Full Time