CW - Senior Finance Manager

Career Category

Finance

Job Description

Senior Finance Manager – Maghreb Cluster

Reports into the MEA Finance Director & the General Manager covering Maghreb Cluster

Accountabilities

Selects, trains, coordinates and coaches’ adequate staff with capability to perform required assignments

Manages preparation of forecasts and budgets

Provides recommendations to BU based on analysis of deviations from budgets

Provides leadership, consultancy and financial support to various company functions, teams and departments

Acts as link between Finance and Business Units

Ensures data integrity between Business Units, Finance and Supply Chain

Manages the reporting processes (analytical management)

Responsibilities

Leads business planning and decision-making processes; ensures all required financial analysis, modelling of "what if" scenarios is provided

Ensures timely production of monthly forecasts of sales trends in coordination with business analysts; supports production planning

Oversees monitoring of actual and forecasted cost and revenues (on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis). Tracks activity based OPEX.

Coordinates and consolidates budget, latest estimate and variance analysis

Leads long-term planning support activities

Ensures there is no overdue receivables working with Customer Finance.

Ensures all company data is collected, derived and consolidated data from all departments to produce reliable forecasting and plans.

Ensures efficient processes and procedures are in place to monitor contracts (insurances, leasing, rents, etc.)

Leads FP&A projects locally and may participate in MEA / ICON projects

Communicates and provides direction to BU Managers about financial trends and their business implications

Provides decision support to various stakeholders (BU’s, project teams, functions). Analyses and prepares reports to support management.

Ensures data integrity across platforms (Hyperion, Anaplan, Budget/LE decks)

Ensure implementation and adherence to corporate and local guidelines

Coach and mentor Finance department staff

Response to Audits/Controls from internal/external entities

Ensure Finance Review of Payments SOP and Shipping Guidelines SOP are followed.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Degree in Economics or Business Administration or Finance

Experience of more than 6 years’ work in similar position in an international environment

Experience in accounting, budgeting and planning

Fluency in English, French is a pre-requisite both in written and oral communication

Arabic language skills would be highly preferred

Excellent user of Office Programs as Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred Requirements

Studies specialized in Finance (financial analysis, controlling, accounting, consolidating)

MBA would be an advantage

Experience in various areas of finance and accounting

Experience of 2 to 3 years in a Management position within an international finance department would be an asset

Industry knowledge

Basic know-how of applicable laws concerning business admin, taxes (esp. VAT), accounting and consolidation

Basic knowledge of US GAAP

Experience with SAP FI/CO

Experience with BI systems (Power BI, Tableau etc.)

Competencies

Demonstrates advanced communication skills and abilities

Regularly represents the company and

function internally and externally

Collaborates, negotiates and persuades others, both internally and externally

Demonstrates a strong customer focus in all activities

Analyses complex problems; integrates disciplinary and business strategy knowledge to develop recommendations

Demonstrates strong project management and planning skills

Learns quickly; motivates other to adapt quickly to

new systems, processes and tools

Demonstrates strong leadership and coaching skills

Demonstrates strong management and delegation skills

Serves as a role model for Amgen Values

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