Chief Financial Officer - CA - Telecom

This opening is for one of the leading telecom company having head office in Dubai & various offices in Africa

Position Description:

Position Title: CFO- West Africa Work Level General Manager

Business Unit: Group

Location: Dubai

Position Reports To: Group CFO

Direct Reports: Finance & Accounts Manager/s

Position Summary:

- The CFO West Africa would be responsible for managing financial functions of the Business Unit.

- Formulate and administer the overall strategic financial plans and administrative & business controls based on company policies.

Principal Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

- To be in-charge of the overall financial accounts and systems, revenue recognition and general accounting policies and procedures for West Africa region.

- Responsible for Accounting & Costing, Inventory Management, Taxation & Auditing for West Africa region for all entities of Midcom Group.

- Advising on corporate risk, profiling and management, including safeguarding, assets, risk avoidance and insurance

- Establishing strategic cost management systems / techniques for monitoring various overheads and achieving maximum cost control in operations.

- Responsible for Fund Management, Debtor Management & Credit Control.

- Establish Risk Management framework & internal Control mechanism

- Custodian of financial information to all internal & external stakeholders

- Responsible for maintaining banking relationships and treasury functions.

- Manage the consolidation of the business in the Nigeria region, reporting, and compliance.

Minimum Qualification and Skills:

Academic and Professional Qualification:

- Qualified Chartered Accountant preferably with ICWA/ICSI/MBA - Finance from a reputed institution

Attributes:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills, detail oriented, proficient with PCs for analysis and modeling, creative thinking, economic, and analytical skills.

Experience:

- 12 - 15 years of total experience in FMCG/Channel Sales Organizations ideally, with atleast 5 years of experience in a leadership role

- Experience establishing financial controls and establishing financial strategies.

- Ability to make recommendations including expense controls, asset management, and product management.

- Analyze and understand the root causes of the business unit's financial results and provide concrete suggestions for improvement.

- Communicate and enforce established finance and accounting standards. Monitor, evaluate and develop planning and forecasting processes and systems and implement changes required for improvement.

- Responsible for overseeing preparation of annual budgets including negotiating agreement on specifics of the budget with various segments of the BU and external organizations.

Interested candidates can send their updated CV