Senior / Coordinator, Regional Finance

Main Objectives

• Support manager in driving the sub-region's or area's overall working capital performance, adherence to the corporate financial guidelines and policies and the deliverance of project results through the collaboration between the regional finance team, the local finance teams and other functions where applicable.
• May be directly responsible for smaller areas individually as opposed to a sub-region.
• Be part of the local accounting team involved in invoice and journal posting, claims processing and month-end, quarterly and annual closing.

Function and duties

• Driving Financial Performance:

1. Support finance manager to drive sub-region's and areas' working capital performance
2. Drive working capital performance of areas assigned

• Financial compliance:

1. Ensure sub-region's and areas' adherance to corporate guidelines and policies; Ensure adherance to local GAAP

• Review credit applications from sub-regions and areas, ensuring subsidiaries' adherance to credit guidelines
• Regional representative in terms of liason and governance of Internal Control system and reporting
• Forecasting and budgeting for overheads and investments including being the regional team maintaining the IFRS 16 contracts
• Regular reporting

1. OUFC/X-Revenue/Unallocated Cash (monthly)
2. Risk Management Report (quarterly)

• Invoice and Concur claims processing for Regional HQ
• Month-end closing:

1. Prepayments and accruals
2. Lease contracts maintenance
3. SAP financial consolidation package
4. Revaluation of balances
5. Intercompany charging/reconciliation including raising cost plus remuneration invoice

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• CPA or CA preferred.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience in finance or accounting is typically required.
• Knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and financial reporting standards, and ability to ensure the company's financial practices are compliant.
• Proficient in MS Excel
• Familiar with International Accounting standards.
• Adaptable, independent, proactive, Team player
• Able to work under pressure
• Good communicator, verbal and written