Finance Specialist
Job Description
<strong>Summary</strong><p><br></p>The purpose of this role is to act as a key business partner and financial generalist in support of delegated business areas, including but not limited to:<p><br></p><ul><li> Facilitating all financial planning activities, </li><li> Delivering management/other reporting of financial and non-financial information, </li><li> Provide analytical support for management decision-making and business optimization. </li></ul><p><br></p>All of the above executed with the objective of ensuring a high standard of financial management of the delegated business area.<p><br></p><strong>Responsibilities</strong><p><br></p><ul><li> Work closely with business stakeholders including senior management on key financial planning activities: </li><li> Budgeting and budget management. </li><li> Forecasting and ad-hoc planning. </li><li> Strategic planning and long-range modelling. </li><li> Produce management reporting and accompanying analysis as required: </li><li> Management reporting – monthly and as required. </li><li> Internal (Mgmt., Group) and External (BoD, shareholder). </li><li> Work with business stakeholders to ensure a deep understanding of financials. </li><li> Propose, develop, and implement innovative new ways of reporting leveraging dashboards and automation. </li><li> Take general responsibility to ensure planning, actualization and reporting of financial information is accurate, timely, meaningful, and act as a representative for your delegated business areas. </li><li> General finance business partnering with delegated business area: </li><li> Involvement in strategic initiatives / workstreams. </li><li> Decision making support including ad-hoc financial analysis, commercial analysis and/or general execution support. </li><li> Improvement and/or Implementation of systems, policies and procedures </li><li> General partnership with finance team: </li><li> Ensuring a seamless integration with various other finance functions (Accounting, Corporate finance, etc), including supporting execution of tasks and collaboration on initiatives. </li></ul><p><br></p><strong>Qualifications</strong><p><br></p><ul><li> 2+ years FP&A / Business Partnering or similar experience, (budgeting, forecasting and management reporting). </li><li> Bachelor’s degree, accounting qualification eg ACA, ACMA, ACCA, CPA </li><li> Exposure to Commercial finance. </li><li> Exposure to Accounting/audit. </li><li> Exposure to financial modelling and interpretation of financial model outputs. </li><li> Exposure to process/system improvement and implementation. </li><li> General proficiency with systems / and advanced MS-suite skills </li><li> Quick-learner, innovative, and passionate characteristics. </li><li> Dynamic individual, capable of working in fast-growth start-up like environment. </li><li> Good interpersonal skills and ability to communicate and articulate to a high standard.</li></ul>
