The Role
The Senior Finance Manager oversees all financial activities, ensuring timely payments, accurate financial reporting, and compliance with regulations while managing the finance department and its operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Objective
To have primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing,
managing and controlling all financial-related activities of the company.
Responsibilities
- Ensure accounts payable are paid in a timely
manner
- Ensure all reasonable discounts are taken on
accounts payable
- Ensure periodic bank reconciliations are
completed
- Maintain the chart of accounts
- Maintain
a system of controls over accounting transactions
- Maintain a documented system of accounting
policies and procedures
- Oversee the operations of the accounting and
finance department, including the design of an organizational structure
adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives
- Oversee
the accounting operations of the Group, especially their control systems,
transaction-processing operations, and policies and procedures
- Issue
timely and complete financial statements
- Coordinate
the preparation of the board report
- Recommend
benchmarks against which to measure the performance of company operations
- Calculate
and issue financial and operating metrics
- Manage
the production of the annual budget and forecasts
- Calculate
variances from the budget and report significant issues to management
- Provide
financial analyses as needed, in particular for capital investments, pricing
decisions, and contract negotiations
- Maintain
a 6-month rolling cash flow forecast
- Coordinate the provision of information to
external auditors for the annual audit, bankers and tax authority
- Monitor debt levels and compliance with debt
covenants
- Comply
with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax
filings
Requirements
- Certified FCA
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting and internal control
principles
- Knowledge of financial reporting
- Knowledge of local, state and federal laws regarding accounting,
finance and taxation
- Strong
IT literacy, Microsoft Excel in particular
- Leadership
- Communication and Presentation
- Excellent Analytical, Reasoning and Problem-Solving
Skills
- Efficiency and Time Management
- People Skills
- Develop
and maintain effective networks with contractors and industry colleagues
Skills Required
- Certified FCA
- Knowledge of generally accepted accounting and internal control principles
- Knowledge of financial reporting
- Knowledge of local, state and federal laws regarding accounting, finance and taxation
- Strong IT literacy, Microsoft Excel in particular
- Leadership
- Communication and Presentation
- Excellent Analytical, Reasoning and Problem-Solving Skills
- Efficiency and Time Management
- People Skills
- Develop and maintain effective networks with contractors and industry colleagues
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The Company
What We Do
Wakanow is Africa's leading travel tech company, offering a comprehensive online platform for booking flights, hotels, vacation packages, visa assistance, and airport transfers.
