bayt.com
Job Description
Duties and Responsibilities:
The primary responsibilities are as follows:
- Directing and overseeing all aspects of the Finance function for the region
- Driving the organizational talent agenda through development, retention and recruitment efforts for the Finance function within the region
- Providing leadership in the development and continuous evaluation of financial short and long term strategic objectives and capital management.
- Utilizing financial information to develop strategic insights into the current and future state of the business, as well as driving change in order to create a competitive advantage for the company
- Develops organization prospects by studying economic trends and revenue opportunities; projecting acquisition and expansion prospects; analyzing organization operations; identifying opportunities for improvement, cost reduction, and systems enhancement; and accumulating capital to fund expansion.
- Managing processes for financial forecasting, budgets and consolidation and reporting for the region.
- Participating in mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, Joint Venture partnerships and other growth related initiatives.
- Ensuring that effective internal controls are in place supporting compliance with GAAP, SOX, IFRS and applicable country and local regulatory laws and rules for financial and tax reporting.
- This position will also be responsible for: coordination of audit requirements (internal and external), execution of regional financial planning including operational budgeting, market analysis sales reporting and analysis cost accounting, monthly and quarterly and yearly reporting.
- Ensure functional independence and appropriate management and financial controls by ensuring compliance with corporate standards.
- Ensuring financial integrity of business decisions by implementing analytical policy and actively participating in reviews of business transactions
Skills
Qualifications:
- 15 or more years of broad finance experience where financial integrity, business complexity, international growth and efficient operations were keys to success
- Ability to actively drive a growth mentality within the region as well as consistently meeting the company’s growth targets.
- Continually acting as a business partner, both challenging and supporting the executive team through the assessment of the business operations and potential project analysis.
- Flexibility to adapt to a fast paced and changing business environment and the ability to anticipate the needs of and partner with the President, peers and associates throughout the business.
- An understanding of the internal and external requirements of being a member of a large multi-national public company.
- Capable of driving a strong financial process and control mindset throughout the region by providing appropriate financial support in the attainment of operating goals and objectives.
- Ability to isolate business and financial issues for the region and help the organization to focus on implementing both top-level strategic solutions, as well as the day-to-day actions that are necessary for establishing a “best in class” financial organization.
- Excellent manager of people, able to strike an appropriate balance between empowerment, delegation and hands-on involvement, and able to build, direct and coordinate a capable team.
- Leadership style that embraces coaching, mentoring, leading and developing direct reports and the broader finance organization for improved performance and future advancement in the company.
- The ideal candidate will have interest and ability for continued professional growth.
- Excellent communication and analytical skills
- Flexibility to work unique hours depending on needs of business
- Some travel (less than 10-20% of time in a year)
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