Finance Lead at Obida Design Associates - O'DA

ROLE SUMMARY

We are recruiting for an experienced, smart and self-driven financial planner with super powers in financial reporting, analysis, forecasting, accounting, and revenue management. You will be the brains behind managing the finances of our business on a day-to-day basis. You will be the sidekick to our design team in managing budgets, updating and tracking all financial transactions for all our projects. You will spearhead the building, scaling and maintaining of a transparent and efficient accounting system.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop trends and projections for the organization’s finances
• Maintain accounts receivables and accounts payables
• Manage and track payment milestones to achieve project deliverables within prepared budget
• Oversee operations of the finance department, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met
• Dynamic reporting and breakdowns; forecasting and budgeting, ongoing cost and profit analysis
• Stay on top of payments, records and reconcile POS remittances from the bank regularly
• Seamlessly manage monthly payroll and payments
• Issuing invoices for sales and management of post-sales procedures
• Management of sales agreements, outgoing payments and finance reporting as required
• Management of art exhibition and project costs; event costs; travel costs; shipping costs
• Supervise, maintain and compile financial reports and statements in compliance with financial, regulations and requirements
• Management of ongoing general operating costs; lease, utilities, business rates, insurance etc.,
• Team up with external Accountants, Auditors, and Tax Consultants to ensure that company financial records and reports are up to date and follow government regulations
• Correspond with all business units in the organisation, analysing costs, pricings, variable contributions, sales results and the actual performance compared to the business plans

REQUIREMENTS

• Have a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting or a related field
• ACA/ ICAN membership is mandatory
• Excellent knowledge of risk analysis, budgeting and forecasting
• The ideal candidate has at least three (3) years of experience in a Finance leadership role. Experience within the creative industry but not required.
• Demonstrable high-level Microsoft Excel proficiency
• Business-level communication and presentation skills
• Excellent organizational and mathematic skills