Finance Manager

Mission

Manages accounting and financial reporting activities within the organization to ensure that they are effective and efficient. Oversees multiple finance-related aspects, including banking, financial reporting, and tax payments also manages and monitors payment process (debts and credits) and help prepare financial projections (Budget and Forecast)
 

Main Responsibilities

Accounting & Tax

• Manages accounting records on SAP;
• Ensures formal and substantial compliance to local accounting regulation and monitors the production of periodic financial reports; ensures that the results reported comply with generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting standards (IAS/IFRS);
• Elaborates financial statements and consolidated financial statements for the branch in compliance with legislation, company rules and timing guidelines;
• Provides advice to improve accounting management systems and procedures, and initiates corrective actions, if necessary, to ensure compliance and data accuracy.
• Elaborates monthly and annual reports to monitor local balance sheet ( Free Cash Flow, Net Financial Position, Ebit …)  and propose corrective actions if necessary.
• Acts as internal tax advisor in the defined tax area and coordinates resolution of tax issues ensuring the compliance with tax laws ad regulations
• Identifies tax opportunities and risks of non-compliance, proposes measures to mitigate tax risks

Controlling

• Analyzes connection with Material Management (MM) module for material master record/purchase info record, Production Planning (PP) module for Bill of material (BOM), routing and work center, Cost Center Accounting (CO) module as information of cost centers, its linkage of the work center, activity types and activity-wise cost centers. Helps in determining conversion costs associated with manufacturing process to provide a general Product Costing overview;
• Ensure the to perform standard cost calculation and product cost understanding
• Analyzes production planning, stock projection concerning sell-out forecast and cash conversion cycle (Days Payable Outstanding, Days Sales Outstanding, Days Inventory Outstanding) to support the branch to understand financial impacts of working capital management
• Monitors the economic-financial KPIs to analyze and understand the performance of the Business Unit and support organizational financial goals.
• Monitors the financial performance of the company by carrying out an analysis of the working capital (differences between current assets and liabilities), of the financial structure (mix between debt and equity to finance investments), of the activities of defining the cost and price of assets and services and profitability (Working capital net of expenses and taxes);
• Elaborates summary documentation relating to the analysis of the monthly deviation (changes in variable and fixed costs compared to the budget and the previous period) and profitability, providing guidelines for implementing corrective actions and ensuring sustainable growth.

Finance & Treasury

• Monitors daily cash balances and determines cash requirements needed for the branch to cover losses and payments
• Evaluates the appropriate payment instrument for the situation, verifies that all necessary authorizations are in place, both formally and substantively, and that its issuance is executed
• Ensures proper accounting in SAP of bank transactions performed. Ensures that supplier banking information and coordinates are maintained and updated in accordance with compliance regulations
• Monitors the operational management of currency transactions, according to agency information on market exchange rates and shares with local Finance the guidelines on collection and payment conditions;
• Monitors a company’s expenditures and profits regularly, ensuring effective cost management and making recommendations to management to maximize profits; (payment terms are decided by the purchasing or commercial department