Financial Reporting, Budgeting & Forecasting
• Deliver timely, relevant and accurate weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual financial analysis/data to Finance Stakeholders and relevant Operations partners.
• Ensuring accuracy of revenue recognition, cost accruals and overhead charges in finalizing the P&L of each business unit on a monthly basis.
• Responsible for driving and owning the collaboration effort for the quarterly forecast and annual budget including challenging the proposed targets, suggesting performance improvements, and implementing corrective actions to recover when required.
• Owning and approving final version and delivering on time forecast submissions, backlog, hit list, budget/forecast slide deck and any necessary backup for business units.
• Work with Senior Vice Presidents, Head of Operations and Senior Stakeholders to give insight on the business trends, KPI’s and Plan, challenging and influencing the team to help drive improvements.
• Focus on profit improvement and performance enhancement through the implementation of new initiatives.
• Work with business partners to improve the DSO of a business unit and provide operations and finance with executive level analysis of position, trending.
• Ensure that all Projects are reported in line with best practices and that Revenues and Margin are reported in accordance with Company Policy.
• Ensure project risks and opportunities are clearly identified and escalated.
• Implement KPI’s that measure operational excellence alongside the delivery of financial objectives and identify and implement corrective action requirements.
• Participate in business unit management meetings and monthly PAR and provide feedback to Controller.
• Collaborate with Peers on standardizing processes and procedures and provide cover to other Finance Managers during absence periods.
• Work with Sales partners as required to ensure financial risks are identified in bids and proposals and escalate to Controller as necessary.
Corporate Governance
• Provide accurate and on time information to internal and external auditors or obtain answers to provide to a facilitator who works directly with said parties.
• Ensure risks are identified and escalated as appropriate through the organization.
• Ensuring best practice is maintained and implemented where required, in line with company requirements, audit requirements, SOX and IFRS.
• Be aware of and adhere to any regulatory requirements and keep abreast of any new developments.
• Ensure business is knowledgeable in its compliance responsibilities in AP, AR, PA.
