Job Description and Qualifications
You will report to the Principal / CEO and your duties will include:
1. JOB DESCRIPTION
- Provide strong leadership, direction, and management to the team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment.
- Assess and manage financial and operational risks, implementing internal controls and procedures to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Prepare accurate and timely financial statements, reports, and analyses, providing insights into the school's financial health and supporting informed decision-making.
- Take responsibility for finance management, cash flow planning, and payment allocation to maintain the school's financial stability.
- Lead the preparation of the school's budget by collaborating with department heads. Monitor and control actual variances to the budget.
- Ensure compliance with accounting standards, tax regulations, and financial laws, preparing tax filings and effectively liaising with auditors and regulatory authorities.
- Monitor cash flow, optimise working capital, and execute strategies to enhance cash flow generation, improving liquidity and financial stability.
- Offer strategic recommendations to the management team based on a deep understanding of financial data and insights.
- Work closely with the management to draft and/or review standard operating procedures that enhance efficiency and effectiveness in line with the school's objectives.
- Oversee credit and collection initiatives to ensure that credit policies are enforced throughout the school, and timely collections are made.
- Facilitate inter-departmental communication and provide constructive ideas, recommendations, and solutions to managers whose roles impact operations.
- Undertake other ad-hoc tasks as assigned by the management team.
2. QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree holder in Accountancy or equivalent from a reputable university
- Preferably with CA qualification
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant working experience
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills
- Resourceful, meticulous, hands-on and resilient
- Good communications and interpersonal skills
- Able to work independently as well as collaborate with others.
