Head, Finance

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1)     Financial Oversight

• Ensuring adherence to operating budgets aligned with the Company‘s strategic plan;
• Ensuring robust and appropriate financial controls and systems are implemented and regularly monitored;
• Preparing and submitting annual accounts for approval;
• Ensuring financial compliance with applicable regulations governing the Company.

2)     Financial, Management and Regulatory Reporting

• Provide accurate financial, management, and regulatory, reporting and analysis;
• Ensure that financial and management accounting policies are developed, implemented and maintained;
• Ensure that all financial, management and regulatory reporting of results are compliant with audit, Board and regulatory requirements.

3)     Strategic Planning - Work closely with the MD and SLT to establish and develop measures to track performance against strategy.

4)     Financial Planning

• Provide efficient delivery of financial plans, forecasts, performance measurement and interpretation of the Company’s results;
• Report to the MD on key issues underlying financial performance of the Company;
• Develop and implement performance measures and reporting metrics for each of the Company’s lines of business.

5)     Taxation - Ensure the completeness, accuracy and timeliness of the tax accounts and of the tax compliance filings for MFGFC and develop a tax efficiency strategy for the Company;

6)     External audit – Responsible for coordinating the Company‘s annual external audit process, inclusive of managing responses and solutions to queries raised;

7)     Other Responsibilities

• Provide clear direction to the Finance team, translating objectives into personal, measurable performance targets;
• Build, develop and motivate the Finance team for high performance, provide learning and development opportunities and high quality coaching;
• Implement and ensure adherence to MFGFC’s policies and regulatory requirements in all areas;
• Document and monitor all delegated authorities and responsibilities;
• Ensure control deficiencies are identified, escalated and addressed in a timely manner.

Requirements:

·        ACCA qualified or a Degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Management

·        An MBA would be an asset

·        Five (5) years’ experience in a Banking or Financial Institution with a minimum of three (3) years at a managerial level