Head of Accounts & Finance at U-Connect Human Resources Consulting

About the job

• We are looking for a Head of Accounts/Finance who is an expert in analyzing every day financial activities and subsequently provide advice and guidance to upper management on current and future financial plans.
• A strong candidate combines a strong analytical mindset with technical ability and excellent people skills..
• You will be a strategic thinker with strong organizational and problem-solving skills. You will be highly analytical, a self-starter, results-oriented and able to thrive in an outsourcing/consulting firm
• This is a full time, permanent and long-term position.
• We are committed to and encourage equal opportunity.

What You’ll Do:

Controlling

• Ensuring compliance with IFRS, local GAAP and fiscal obligations following standardized formats that will pass an external audit
• Review financial reports for quality
• Directly work on financial reports and make the complex seem simple
• Identifying all errors in account reconciliations, financial statements and reports
• Documenting reasons for any Fails
• Dive deep to identify the root cause of any quality failure
• Develop simple solutions that fix the failure
• Write clear coaching documents that ensure highest quality outputs

Operations

• Oversee operations of the finance department, delegate tasks, set goals and objectives, and design a framework for these to be met
• Manage the company's clients books of accounts.
• Manage the preparation of the company’s budget
• Manage, guide and lead team members to ensure appropriate financial processes are being used
• Participate in strategic data analysis, research, and modeling for senior company leadership
• Support project analysis, validation of plans, and ad-hoc requests
• Advise on investment activities and provide strategies that the company should take
• Analyze costs, pricing, variable contributions, sales results and the company’s actual performance compared to the business plans
• Develop trends and projections for the firm’s finances

Leadership

• To use your outstanding knowledge of IFRS and financial acumen to dig into the results our Accountants and Financial Analysts produce.
• You will write actionable coaching documents for them that are clear, simple, impactful and derived from insights you discovered personally.
• In your weekly 1:1s with your team members, you will ask probing questions to confirm that your feedback is being applied.

Requirements

What You’ll Need:

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or Economics
• 7+ years in finance in an outsourcing and consulting firm
• Extensive understanding of financial trends both within the company and general market patterns
• ACA or ACCA
• Quickbooks experience or comparable finance system
• General knowledge of accounting/financial/operational principles
• Experience developing financial reports and metrics
• Interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to interact with various management levels
• Ability to delegate tasks, manage multiple tasks and adapt to a changing, fast-paced environment
• Strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills
• Superior attention to detail and ability to successfully manage multiple competing priorities while maintaining a view of the big picture
• Experience in Mobility/Fintech/Gig-economy/eCommerce
• Strong Project and Program management skills
• Global leader and thinker with the ability to make quick strategic decisions
• Highly energetic, self-motivated & proactive

Benefits

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive pay & benefits
• Health Insurance
• Unrivaled Learning and Development.