The Administrative and Financial Manager will report to and work with the CFO of the Middle East and Asia Pacific area and will be responsible for our new Australian subsidiary.
Job description:
Development of management procedures and tools:
Develop and implement reporting tools for the management.
Implement and improve business processes, optimizing financial transactions and insure data reliability.
Lead forecasting and budgeting process:
Collect, analyze and summarize budgetary data from operational departments.
Prepare financial budget and its periodical review.
Draw up the medium-term plan. Build the main 3-year financial statements by forecasting the company's current results, the current year's estimates and the strategic objectives defined by general management.
Integrate budget data into monthly or quarterly results monitoring.
Analysis and reporting:
Prepare monthly reports and input into group system.
Analyze the company's performance on a monthly basis through variances between actual and standard target.
Prepares monthly comments.
Supervision and managing accounting closings
Coordinate the monthly/semi-annual/annual closing with the local accountant and ensure correct accounting allocation.
Provide the off-balance sheet items to the group.
Ensure correct analytical allocation of operations to enable performance monitoring.
Improving company performance
Identify optimization levers and help operational managers to achieve savings.
Anticipate deviations and take corrective action in liaison with general management.
Follow up and Monitor the corrective actions.
Supervision of the subsidiary's administrative side
Set up an analytical structure on based activity costing.
Improve current accounting system (Xero)
Participate in development projects (operational) and prepare business plan
Production of ad hoc analyses for General Management.
Banking relation and cash management
With a higher educational background (business school or Master's degree), you have at least 3 to 7 years' experience in an auditing firm or as a financial controller within industrial sector, especially in an international context.
Skills:
Dynamic, autonomous, rigorous and organized, you have good analytical skills, with proven record on operational side and similar role.
With excellent interpersonal skills and business sensitivity, you're a good listener who communicates easily and adapts well to a variety of people.
Availability, flexibility and a strong work ethic are required to succeed in this position. IT tools: advanced knowledge of MS Excel and accounting software (Xero is a plus);