Finance Operations Director

Purpose of the job

Responsible for the planning, managing and running all the finance Operations activities including commercial accounting, commission, consolidation & reporting, accounts payables, ledger, consignment, stock control and fixed assets.

Duties and responsibilities

• Ensure full compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Control the budget and the resources of the department.
• Recommend policies and procedures to improve business practices.
• Raise new ideas and initiatives that could have been overlooked by other departments.
• Lead continuous business improvement and development activities.
• Implemented major cost controls and stricter processes,
• Leading all Finance Operations related function including (General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Commercial Accounting, direct/indirect commission control, Retail Accounting, Roaming Operations, Finance System, Cash Operations, Fixes Assets Operations, Consolidation and Group Reporting & Subsidiaries management)
• Full responsibility of Company's Financial Statements consolidation and standalone including all related corporate governance (Audit Committee, Control Committee)
• Assist the CFO in Board and Audit Committee preparation, a strategic direction and positioning to ensure the Corporation's success
• Create, coordinate, and evaluate the financial controls and supporting information systems of the Corporation
• Approve and coordinate changes and improvements to disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting
• Ensure that effective internal controls are in place and take steps to enhance, where necessary, the internal control systems within the Corporation.

Planning, Organizing and Budgeting

• Set clear guidelines and objectives for financial and accounting operations.
• Ensure full compliance with company policies and procedure.
• Participate in establishing or recommending to higher management major financial objectives and policies.
• Assess the quality of accounting data sources and implement the required changes.
• Manage departments annual budget and control expenses.
• Coordinate with managers under his/her responsibility in both short and long term strategies to achieve the overall objective of the department.

People Management

• Interview and select direct reports and validate hiring decisions for the department.
• Provide coaching and request needed training for direct reports ensuring continuous individual development.
• Ensure a healthy working environment for the department employees through focusing on team building and motivation initiatives.
• Conduct regular performance and competency evaluations for direct reports while delivering constant constructive feedback for higher achievements and further development.

Job specifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
• Masters degree in Business Administration.

Experience

• Minimum 18 years of experience in Finance, 10 of which in an upper management Role.
• Demonstrated experience in working with senior management team (CEO, VPs & Directors).
• An operational experience in a Telecom company would be preferred.

Skills and abilities

• Fluent English both spoken and written.
• Very good computer skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills to be able to present sophisticated and complex materials and issues and get the audience involvement.
• High team work orientation to be able to effect cooperation among subordinates with diverse mentalities and performing different functions.
• Result orientation to be able to lead difficult projects and initiatives and achieve results even when faced with strong resistance.
• Flexible and able to work under pressure even with constant changing requirements.
• Strong planning and organizing skills to the degree of leading corporate wide projects.
• Excellent leadership skills to be able to inspire and lead others (whether direct subordinates or others) into achieving tangible results.
• Excellent analytical and decision making skills to the degree of taking high risk decisions for the interest of the business.
• Business sense and comprehensive vision.