Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Major Responsibilities: Planning: - Work with - CEO on the strategic vision of the organization including cultivating and fostering strategic relationships and potential alliances, engage in the growth agenda including acquisitions and joint venture strategies. - Collaborate with senior leaders on operational and strategic issues as they arise, provide strategic recommendations based on financial analysis and projections, and revenue/expense analysis. - Develop and promote a framework to drive financial acumen and accountability across the organization, provide timely and meaningful analyses and reporting to operational leaders. - Work with the CEO and other senior executives on assisting in the development and negotiation of contracts as per pricing policy. - Participate in developing new business, specifically assist the CEO in identifying new funding opportunities, the drafting of prospective programmatic budgets, and determining cost effectiveness of prospective service delivery. - Participate in key decisions as a member of the executive management team - Maintain in-depth relations with all members of the management team - Innovating processes to increase productivity. - Monitor and direct the implementation of strategic business plans. - Prepare the Financial Business Plan and manage the working capital request and budgeting processes for individual units and the group. - Prepare the Budgeted Cash flow in coordination with the CEO. - Develop performance measures that support the company's strategic direction. Operations : - Successful at building &amp; leading large high-performance teams. Effectively lead the team by hiring and retaining top-grade talent. - Evaluation of the finance team, plan for innovation and continual improvement as well as providing individuals with professional and personal growth with emphasis on opportunities (where possible) of individuals. - Implement operational best practices. - Negotiate with suppliers are vendors for the best terms, that will lead to long term financial benefits. - Ensure that the reconciliation with the banks, suppliers and vendors are up to date. - Develop and maintain systems of internal controls to safeguard the financial assets of the group. - Review of the internal controls and ensure corrective measures are implemented for cases where the control weaknesses are identified. - Oversee employee benefit plans, with emphasis on maximizing a cost-effective benefits package - Oversee the payroll activity for all the employees. Financial Information - Directs the preparation of all financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets. Oversees accounting departments, budget preparation &amp; internal audit &amp; compliance functions. - Reports financial status (GM percentage &amp; NP goals) by developing sales forecasts &amp; analysis of sales pipelines, reporting results, analyzing variances, developing improvements. - Collaborate across function on developing the operating budget. Oversee long- term budgetary planning and cost management in alignment with the strategic plan and the monthly reporting and proactively manage cash flows in a leveraged environment. - Supervising investment of funds, works with to raise additional capital as required for expansion. - Assist the CEO in arranging the debt and equity financing if required. - Work with banks, financial institutions to secure project funding, and loans. - Assisting the CEO in investing the funds of the group. - Ensure that the suppliers are paid and expenses are settled in a timely manner. - Coordinate with statutory and internal auditors for the audit. - Supervise the preparation of monthly financial statement and submit to the CEO. - Analyze the variance from the budget and prepare corresponding justification report to the CEO. - Submission of the MIS reports with a detailed briefing on the various operations of the group to the CEO on a regular basis. Risk Management - Understand and mitigate key elements of the company's risk profile. - Monitor all open legal issues involving the company, and legal issues affecting the industry. - Construct and monitor reliable control systems within the group. - Maintain appropriate insurance coverage for all properties and assets owned by the group. - Ensure that the company complies with all legal and regulatory requirements. - Ensure that record keeping meets the requirements of auditors and regulators.- Report risk issues to the CEO. - Maintain relations with external and internal auditors investigate and implement their findings and recommendations. Qualifications &amp; Desired Skills: - A Master's degree in Finance, Accounting or business administration. - An MBA with specialization in Finance and or a qualified Chartered Accountant Accreditation (ACCA, CPA, CA or CIMA) - At least 15+ years of progressively responsible experience for a major retail group / company with having managed turn over which crosses USD 500-800 Million, Should have experience in collaborating with an executive team and have a high level of written and oral communication skills. - Excellent Leadership and Managerial competencies relevant to Business Strategy, Problem Solving &amp; Decision Making. - Fair with impeccable integrity. - Collaborating &amp; relationship building to lead and motivate staff to deliver results. - Ability to work and influence at all levels in the organization. - Skilled in examining, developing, re-engineering, and recommending financial policies and procedures. - Ability to work flexibly and under own initiative to achieve objectives - Languages - English (Mandatory), Portuguese (Desired), Arabic (Desired)

Overseas/International

Africa

Group Chief Financial Officer - Retail 

Group Chief Financial Officer - Retail  ,Job Description for Group Chief Financial Officer - Retail  in Menschen in  Overseas/International Africa for (15-25) years of experience. Apply Now!

Job Description for Group Chief Financial Officer - Retail  in Menschen in  Overseas/International Africa for (15-25) years of experience. Apply Now!