Finance Manager

Reporting to the General Manager for the Country, the selected candidate will manage a medium-sized team and will be responsible for:
• Ensuring compliance with the Group´s financial policies and procedures as well as with local regulation in relation to financial, accounting, and fiscal matters
• Preparing timely and adequate financial reporting of the entities within his/her scope for both the Group´s and local statutory purposes, ensuring that the appropriate financial controls are taking place effectively
• Coordinating the external audit process of the entities within his/her scope for both Group´s and local statutory purposes
• Preparing and submitting the financial budgets/forecasts of the entities within his/her scope, interacting with different stakeholders and in alignment with the General Manager
• Preparing analysis, and reporting of the financial business performance of the entities within his/her scope, interacting with different stakeholders and proposing corrective actions for any business-related issues/challenges identified affecting the financial performance
• Handling cash/liquidity management at the entity level following Global/Regional guidelines, including the recurrent preparation of cash forecasts
• Ensuring that the trade and non-trade liabilities of the entities within his/her scope are settled on a timely basis
• Liaising with the Global Shared Services Centre to ensure that the level of the services rendered to the entities within his/her scope allows for the candidate to complete the activities that he/she is accountable for
• Timely filing and settlement of the applicable tax and VAT returns
• Coordinating the relationship with external accounting auditors, tax advisors, or tax auditors, following the guidelines set at Global / Regional levels
• Liaising with the Regional Finance Head
• Preparing sales reports and other matters