JOB PROFILE
JOB TITLE: Finance Assistant DEPARTMENT: Finance
REPORTS TO: Financial Controller
Primary objective of the job:
Key member of the Finance team responsible for analyzing business performance, financial position, and cash flow.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
• Review and analyze the monthly management accounts to provide appropriate commentaries, and insightful analysis of performance in line with internal & external deadlines. Create and maintain effective models to track month-to-date actual expenditure vs budget/forecast. This include operational costs, direct costs, & subscriber acquisition costs.
• Monthly review of balance sheet reconciliations to provide insightful analysis as per time-table
• Model to report inventory & CapEx/fixed assets vs budget/forecast & cash flow
• Support monthly flash, monthly forecast and annual budget processes and deliverables
• Support and manage audits
• Provide analysis monthly for actual cash flow vs budget/forecasts
• Manage daily/monthly cash flow, closing cash and related reporting
• Support for annual statutory accounts, local & regulatory reporting, quarterly/half-year/year-end reporting
• Support projects related to process formalization, automation, expansion and improvement
• Support positive working environment across all departments & shared service center
• Other ad-hoc duties as required
Academic qualifications and experience required for job:
• In progress or completed a recognized accounting qualification with 3+ years accounting experience.
• Highly skilled user of Microsoft Excel
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to articulate progress, issues and recommendations in a concise manner
• Ability to deliver results in a fast paced and dynamic environment
• Ability and desire to learn new skills
• Additionally, the candidate must demonstrate high energy/creativity, flexibility, a relentless customer-focus and an entrepreneurial spirit as well as being a team player