This is a Remote (Work from Home) position.

Job Summary

Reporting Structure

• This job reports to Head – Finance.

Job Objectives

• Manage and coordinate statutory and internal audits, ensuring compliance with all reporting and tax filing requirements.
• Lead financial planning and analysis, providing timely reports, monitoring performance against budgets, and supporting management with ad hoc financial analyses.
• Assist with pricing reviews, support sales in financial aspects of tenders and contracts, and provide financial assistance to other departments as needed.

Job Responsibilities

Financial Planning, Analysis, and Reporting

• Leads the yearly financial planning process by working closely with the Head of Finance and all other stakeholders.
• Works closely with business units to ensure that data needed for periodic reporting are made available on time and as per agreed SLA’s.
• Support the Head of Finance in preparing financial reporting and performing analysis of revenue leakage, cost overruns with budge
• Continuously monitors and reports performance against budgets and highlights variances.
• Assist in all requirements related to Board reporting to the management team.
• Carry out all statutory financial reporting to related government departments including Tax, Free trade zone, regulatory authorities, and banks.
• Prepare ad hoc reports and analyses for the management team.
• Ensure monthly filing of withholding taxes and contract reporting to the tax authorities

Audit and Statutory Compliances

• Handle and coordinate the statutory audit with external auditors for all locations and its related activities.
• Handle and coordinate the internal audit and its related activities.
• Handle all statutory compliance and reporting requirements on an annual and ongoing basis.
• Handle tax filing and reporting with tax auditors on annual basis.

Pricing and Financial Aspect Support

• Contribute to the review of pricing proposals for proposals shared by the sales team along with the Head of Finance.
• Assist Sales team for financials aspects related to tender or contract awarded.
• Provide Ad hoc support to other departments related to financial aspects when required.

Job Requirements

Educational Qualification

• Post-graduation in Finance/Accounts or related fields is mandatory.

• ACCA/CIMA/CMA or part Qualified CA/CPA is desirable but not mandatory.

Previous Work Experience

• Total post-qualification experience of 5 years.
• Experience in auditing, management reporting and analysis, and accounting and financial operations is mandatory.
• Candidate should have experience in the finance function for an IT Services company.
• Candidate should have worked closely with Management and C-level stakeholders.
• Proficient user of finance software.
• Must have knowledge of IFRS.

Skills and Abilities

• Ability to manage stakeholders from different functional areas and Business Units.
• High level of functional skills and an ability to design and implement best practices within finance.
• Ability to navigate through business situations, which are highly challenging and ambiguous.