Financial Controller at Michael Stevens Consulting

Job Description
Financial Reporting, Planning and Strategy:

• Ensure timely and complete financial reportsare prepared.
• Responsible for developingbenchmarkswith line managersagainst which to measure the performance of the company financial operations.
• Calculate and issue financial and operating metrics.
• Identify financial objectives, strategies and action plans to improve the Company’s short- and long-term financial performance and position.
• Coordinate with the Sales and Service team in the production of the annual budget and forecasts.
• Provide periodic reports that monitor variances from the budget and report significant issues to management.
• Provide periodic report on all financial aspects of the Company’s operation.
• Provide financial analyses as needed, in particular for pricing decisions, and contract negotiations

Treasury Functions:

• Forecast and monitor cash flow requirement of the Company.
• Maintain banking relationships.
• Advise management on treasury and working capital related matters.
• Coordinate with Accenture to carryout periodic reconciliation of all bank accounts

Transactional Coordination:

• Coordinate with Accenture and other team members for all order-to-cash transactions–Ensuring that there is no revenue leakage and all sale are correctly accounted for.
• Coordinate with Accenture and other team members on all procurement-to-pay transactions– Ensure that all costs are correctly accounted for and provisions made were necessary.
• Provide support in financial aspects of HR function such as monthly payroll checking

Compliance and Risk Management:

• Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profileand provide quarterly riskassessment and control reports.
• Serves as the Risk Coordinator and provide all necessary reports as may be required.
• Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, and legal issues affecting the industry.
• Construct and monitor reliable control systems.
• Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements– Corporate Affairs, Taxation, Data Protection, Export Control and other regulatory requirements.
• Maintain relationship with all government regulators.
• Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and government agencies.
• Report risk issues to the management team and Board of Directors.
• Maintain relations with external auditors and investigate their findings and recommendations.
• Responsible for Investors relation and co-ordinate allnecessary documentation forchanges to ownership and management of the Company.
• Ensure and direct Employees to GEA recognized compliant behaviour where there is deviation.
• Provide training and awareness with respects to general compliance, risk management and GEA compliance procedures.
• Training and increasing awareness and knowledge related to financial management matters across the organization.

Qualification

• Candidates should possess a Master's Degree / P.hD / Bachelor's Degree qualification.