Key Responsibilities
Financial Reporting:

• Implement financial and accounting policies, procedures, and strategies across all Strategic Business Units (SBU).
• Maintain General Ledgers and manage all intercompany financial transactions, including accruals and adjustments
• Maintain monthly chart of accounts to reflect account management activities
• Review and report all financial accounts/reports/reconciliation, in adherence with the financial reporting cycle
• Monitor revenue allocation for accuracy
• Identify and implement steps to improve profitability and achieve cost reduction
• Supervise documentation of all financial transactions and data across all SBUs
• Manage external stakeholder relationships such as auditors, financial institutions, regulatory agencies
• Prepare financial analysis and reports for collation
• Supervise cash receipts and payments across all locations
• Oversee the preparation of the Company’s trial balance and financial reports (accounts receivables report, balance sheet, profit and loss accounts, payroll accounts) and manage the consolidation of financial information
• Implement control systems and processes across all SBUs to secure the assets of the organization
• Provide coaching and technical support to team members

Tax:

• Develop and drive the implementation of tax strategies, policies, and procedures
• Lead the tax planning process and audits and implement steps to minimize tax liabilities & exposure
• Provide internal tax advisory services to all SBUs to achieve tax efficiency
• Oversee the preparation of all applicable tax computations such as CIT, WHT, VAT, etc.
• Implement measures to achieve timely processing and remittance of tax payments and reconciliation of all tax accounts
• Keep abreast of current industry tax practices and regulation, provide advisory to management on tax and regulatory requirements
• Tax record management and maintenance of reporting process
• Collection of all Company and/or employees tax receipts and clearance certificates
• Carry out regular in-house tax reviews and oversee preparation of tax self-assessments
• Follow-up and resolve tax queries from the tax regulatory authorities
• Monitor the performance of retained tax consultants on tax issues and reports.

Required Qualification

• B.Sc in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• 8-12 years’ experience
• Professional certifications such as CFA, ACA, or ACCA is mandatory
• Experience working in a Group structure
• Sound understanding of accounting principles in a group structure
• Good understanding of and experience with transfer pricing and tax rules
• Sound ability to analyze financial data and prepare financial reports, statements, and projections
• Strong analytical skills
• High level of competence using Microsoft Excel
• Ability to work under pressure, with little supervision
• Excellent verbal and writing and presentation skills.