Head of Accounting Operations at The Confederation of African Football (CAF)

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Job Summary

• You believe you have the educational background and professional experience to contribute to restoring CAF’s reputation and elevate the organization to the highest international standards.

Responsibilities

• Ensure Timely payments of invoices as and when due.
• Facilitate timely invoicing to sponsors.
• Supervise and track the coordination of outstanding invoices.
• Provide KPIs for Accounts Payable and Receivables.
• Review and recommend improvement in payments and receivables processes.
• Provide leadership and direction to direct reports and effectively manage stakeholders and potential conflicts of interest.

Requirements (Profile)

• A minimum of Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting.
• Professional qualification in accounting (e.g. ESAA, CPA, ACCA, CIMA) or MBA (finance option) with a minimum of 5 years post qualification experience in leading Accounts payable team
• Minimum of 5 years of managerial experience in finance or accounting related areas.
• Hands-on experience in usage of Microsoft suite of applications.
• Demonstrable experience in vendor and staff payments and conflict management.
• Fluency in English (written and spoken); fluency in another official CAF language (French or Arabic) is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Stakeholder management and Influencing skills.
• Team Leadership skills and ability to motivate teammates.
• Ability to engage and interact with diverse stakeholders from different cultural backgrounds.
• Providing leadership and direction to the payables and receivables team.
• People management skills.
• Conflict management skills.

We Offer

• An interesting and varied job in an exciting and innovative international organization.
• Attractive employment conditions.
• The opportunity to be part of a highly committed international team.
• Quality social security coverage.
• An excellent pension scheme.

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