Reporting to the Head of Department; Financial Operations, the individual serves as the lead in the improvement of financial & business processes to create efficiency & process control through the use of Financial Systems and other integrating systems. This position also oversees controls on Financial Systems through Master Data management and the implementation of automated detective & preventive control mechanisms. The overall goal is to ensure that all transactions processed through Financial Systems & integrating applications, generate accurate financial accounting entries to enable Financial Reporting teams generate both management & statutory reports accurately and efficiently.
Job Responsibilities
- People management and development of the team
- Facilitate the availability of all required financial statements for reporting purposes through enhancement of processes & IT systems for review by management on a timely basis.
- Identify relevant projects required by finance & other divisions to improve performance in both IT applications and processes and prepare project plans to implement the projects.
- Represent the finance division in gate process meetings when new products are being developed to ensure all financial system requirements relating to finance are captured.
- Develop and implement a systematic process for capturing all finance division, technology related application problems and timely resolution of the same in liaison with the technology dept and /or solution provider
- Organize regular and relevant training content around Financial Systems aimed at enhancing the skill of staff already using the various modules in these systems. Training content should also cover other applications in the business that interface into oracle application or are depended on to provide management or financial information.
- Review and ensure existence of a sound disaster recovery process (DRP) for the finance systems
- Perform quarterly control assessments on financial systems around user access, master data management & other critical financial transactions to ensure controls put in place are enforced
- Ensure and monitor together with Financial Systems owners that access rights are properly issued out to staff members and are adhered to
- Liaise with internal and external auditors to extract data for audit reviews on financial systems and follow up for timely resolution of issues found
QUALIFICATIONS
- Degree from a recognized university in a business-related field and/or information Technology
- At least one full professional qualification in accounting namely CPA, ACCA, CIMA or an equivalent and an IT qualification as well.
- At least 7 years accounting experience of which at least 5 years administering / implementing control around ERP applications & other financial systems.
- In depth understanding of the international financial reporting standards and their application.
- Experience in the use of report writing applications
- Strong leadership skills and ability to lead people of various technical background
- Strong analytical skills and keen attention to details within project planning & management
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