Senior Accountant

Overview

Key Responsibilities

• FP&A: Creating financial models, analyzing data, and providing insights to help the company’s management make strategic decisions:
• Budgeting: creating and managing the company’s budget, including analyzing historical data and market trends.
• Forecasting: using historical data, internal resources, and market trends to predict future financial outcomes.
• Financial reporting: creating financial statements and reports for various departments.
• Risk management: identifying and mitigating financial risks, such as potential negative consequences from investments, M&A or business decisions.
• Strategic planning: defining short and long- term financial strategies and creating proposals to optimize performance.
• Decision-making support: advising company leadership on operational finance processes and significant business decisions.
• Financial modeling: building financial models to extrapolate financial outcomes.
• Trend analysis: analyzing key performance indicators (KPIs) to identify trends and patterns.
• Scenario planning: preparing for various business outcomes
• Business intelligence: implementing business intelligence tools and dashboard reports.
• Treasury: managing the company’s cash flow, investments, M&A, and risks. This role ensures the organization has enough cash to meet its obligations and prioritize capital efficiency:
• Cash management: monitoring and maintaining cash flow to ensure the business has enough funds.
• Cash forecast: Designing the cash forecast and monitoring on a regular basis
• Risk management: managing financial risk to ensure financial stability.
• Credit management: managing credit to ensure financial stability.
• Financial planning: planning for the organization’s financial needs.

Required Qualification

• A bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting.
• Professional qualifications like CA, ACCA, CMA, CFA or CPA required. (Semi-qualified are also acceptable).
• 10+ years’ experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified and working in a fast-paced environment, delivering measurable results.
• Prior experience in treasury and handling finance with banks.
• **Must have experience in revenue recognition**
• **Fully conversant in VAT processes and submission**
• **Good experience in Corporate tax process**

Skills and Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret financial data and provide actionable insights.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Detail-oriented with high accuracy in financial reporting and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present financial data to non-financial stakeholders.
• ERP implementation preferred.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work independently and within a team.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Leadership and project management skills.

Experience