Finance Manager Job at Global Profilers

Global Profilers is a Recruitment & HR Services firm specialized in recruitment in Africa; we are currently looking for a Finance Manager for our client who is a start-up technology savvy lottery company.

Job Title:  Finance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Maintain a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
• Manage outsourced functions
• Oversee the operations of the treasury department, including the design of an organizational structure adequate for achieving the department's goals and objectives

• Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment
• Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
• Assist in determining the company's proper capital structure
• Arrange for equity and debt financing
• Invest funds
• Recommend appropriate dividend issuances, based on historical dividend patterns and expected cash flows
• Use hedging to mitigate financial risks related to the interest rates on the company's borrowings, as well as on its foreign exchange positions
• Maintain banking relationships

• Manage the preparation of the company's budget
• Report to management on variances from the established budget, and the reasons for those variances
• Assist management in the formulation of its overall strategic direction

• Engage in ongoing cost reduction analyses in all areas of the company
• Review the performance of competitors and report on key issues to management
• Participate in target costing activities to create products that meeting predetermined price goals
• Assist in the determination of product pricing in relation to features offered and competitor pricing
• Compile key business metrics and report on them to management
• Manage the capital budgeting process, based on constraint analysis and discounted cash flow analysis
• Create additional analyses and reports as requested by management
• Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement
• Interpret the company's financial results to management and recommend improvement activities
• Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve the overall level of company throughput

• Oversee the extension of credit to customers

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting, or equivalent business experience
• 7 years or above of progressively responsible experience for a major company or division of a large corporation
• Preference will be given to candidates who are ICAN certified or Certified Management Accountant designations
• MBA preferred
• Advanced Excel skills, ability to work with lookups and pivot table
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.
• Experience with Financial Analyzer or equivalent, and Business Intelligence, a plus
• Excellent communication skills are essential, particularly in regard to presenting the results of analyses to management
• Have a flair for numbers, work well with people, aggressively anticipate impacts of workload/issues to team deadlines and have a very positive work attitude including willing to work some longer hours during peak period
• Strong experience in income statement analysis
• Strong organizational, analytical and interpersonal skill
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Self-motivated to learn new concepts and participate in new projects.