1. Finance Function Establishment & Leadership

• Take ownership of establishing and operating the Finance & Accounting function according to the approved organization structure and transformation plan.
• Set clear responsibilities, work allocation, review levels and accountability across the finance team.
• Build disciplined month-end routines, documentation standards, reconciliations and financial-control practices.
• Prioritize critical finance risks and stabilize the function progressively without disrupting ongoing business operations.
• Develop the finance team through coaching, review and practical on-the-job guidance.

2. General Ledger & Accounting Integrity

• Own the integrity, completeness and accuracy of the General Ledger and accounting records.
• Ensure journal entries are properly supported, reviewed, authorized and posted according to the approved Chart of Accounts and accounting policies.
• Review account reconciliations, supporting schedules and unusual balances and ensure timely resolution of identified issues.
• Maintain disciplined period closing procedures and ensure transactions are recorded in the appropriate accounting periods.
• Ensure the accounting structure remains consistent and controlled as the business and ERP environment develop.

3. Financial Statements, Closing & Statutory Reporting

• Lead monthly and year-end closing activities and ensure timely preparation of reliable financial statements.
• Review Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Cash Flow outputs for consistency, completeness and reasonableness.
• Ensure major balances are supported by reconciliations, schedules and appropriate evidence.
• Coordinate statutory financial reporting requirements with external auditors and relevant advisors.
• Provide management with clear explanations of significant financial movements, risks and unresolved issues.

4. Legacy Data, Opening Balances & Financial Cleanup

• Lead the controlled review and validation of opening balances and legacy accounting information transferred into the new finance environment.
• Use original documents, reconciliations and reliable source evidence to validate financial data where historical systems or records cannot be fully relied upon.
• Investigate significant differences and identify root causes before deciding whether correction, reconstruction or other action is required.
• Document unresolved historical issues, financial risks and required corrective actions and escalate them appropriately.
• Prevent unverified historical data from contaminating the integrity of the new accounting environment.

5. ERP & Finance Systems Development

• Own Finance requirements and controls during the phased development of the ERP environment.
• Ensure the General Ledger is stabilized before supporting controlled activation and integration of additional ERP modules.
• Participate in ERP rehabilitation, data migration, mapping, testing, module activation and process-improvement projects.
• Validate that new modules and interfaces integrate correctly with the General Ledger and do not create duplication, conflicting records or uncontrolled entries.
• Ensure appropriate finance controls, approvals and audit trails are embedded in system implementation.

6. Internal Controls & Documentation

• Establish and enforce practical financial controls covering documentation, approvals, authorization, recording and reconciliation.
• Ensure financial transactions are supported by complete and valid documentation before accounting treatment is finalized.
• Identify control weaknesses and recurring documentation failures and recommend corrective actions.
• Coordinate with other departments to improve the quality and timeliness of documents and financial inputs received by Finance.
• Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and escalation mechanisms within the available organization structure.

7. Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Banks & Treasury Control

• Oversee accounting and control of customer, supplier and bank transactions and ensure regular reconciliations.
• Monitor significant receivable and payable balances, aging, overdue items and unusual transactions and escalate material risks.
• Maintain visibility over short-term cash requirements, commitments, bank facilities and liquidity risks.
• Support management in improving cash discipline, working-capital visibility and financing decisions.
• Coordinate with banks and relevant external parties within delegated authority.

8. Inventory & Costing Financial Control

• Ensure proper financial control and reconciliation of inventory balances between operational records, supporting documents and the General Ledger.
• Oversee the Inventory & Cost Controller from the Finance/Costing perspective and maintain independent financial control over inventory.
• Ensure inventory valuation, adjustments, write-offs and costing-related accounting treatments are properly supported and authorized.
• Work with Production, Warehouse and relevant functions to investigate material inventory or consumption variances without assuming operational ownership of warehouse activities.
• Support the progressive development of a reliable costing environment as accurate operational data and dedicated costing capability become available.

9. Budgeting & Financial Planning

• Oversee the budgeting and financial-planning process in coordination with the Budget Controller and department managers.
• Challenge assumptions, validate financial logic and ensure consistency between budget figures and operational inputs.
• Review budget-versus-actual results and ensure significant variances are investigated and communicated.
• Support management with financial scenarios, forecasts and decision-relevant analysis where reliable data is available.
• Ensure budgeting develops as a management-control process rather than a stand-alone spreadsheet exercise.

10. Tax, Audit & Compliance

• Coordinate tax compliance, statutory filings and supporting documentation with internal staff and external tax advisors as applicable.
• Lead Finance coordination with external auditors and ensure audit requirements and supporting schedules are prepared accurately and on time.
• Track audit and tax findings and ensure agreed corrective actions are followed through.
• Maintain awareness of applicable accounting, tax and statutory requirements relevant to the factory.

11. Cross-Functional Finance Discipline

• Establish clear working interfaces between Finance and Production, Warehouse, Procurement, Sales, HR and other departments.
• Define the financial information and supporting documentation required from operational departments and follow up on compliance.
• Support department managers in understanding the financial impact of operational decisions without taking ownership of their operational responsibilities.
• Escalate recurring cross-functional failures that threaten accounting accuracy, control or reporting reliability.

12. Restructuring, Systems & Improvement Projects

• Participate actively in finance restructuring, ERP rehabilitation, data-integrity, process-improvement and organizational-development projects.
• Provide Finance requirements, accounting logic and control input during process and system design.
• Implement approved finance structures, processes and controls and ensure the finance team adopts them.
• Identify practical gaps after implementation and provide feedback and recommendations for improvement.
• Work effectively with consultants, management and operational teams while maintaining clear ownership of the Finance function.

Requirements]

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Commerce with Accounting specialization.
• Professional Qualification: CMA, CPA, ACCA or equivalent is preferred but not mandatory where practical manufacturing finance experience is strong.
• Experience: Approximately 8–12 years of progressive Finance/Accounting experience, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity.
• Manufacturing Experience: Strong preference for candidates with direct factory/manufacturing experience and practical exposure to inventory, costing, production-related accounting and working-capital issues.
• Build/Transformation Experience: Strong preference for experience establishing, restructuring or significantly improving a finance function, accounting system, ERP environment or Chart of Accounts.
• Technical Foundation: Strong General Ledger, closing, financial statements, reconciliations, internal controls, tax/audit coordination and accounting-documentation discipline.
• Systems: Strong Excel and practical ERP experience; ability to understand data migration, mapping, integration and control issues.
• Management Capability: Able to lead old and new team members, objectively assess capability, preserve useful operational knowledge and introduce stronger standards without unnecessary disruption.
• Problem-Solving Style: Evidence-based, investigative and structured; does not rush to rebuild or discard data before understanding root causes.
• Personality: Hands-on, calm under pressure, firm on financial integrity, diplomatic with stakeholders, able to challenge unsupported assumptions and capable of building credibility through evidence rather than authority alone.