Finance lead ME

Accountabilities

• Lead finance Function in Middle East (including Egypt)
• Playing a key-role in ensuring the functioning of the operating model, transformation of Finance function and its continuous improvement
• Working across boundaries leveraging the One Finance concept to provide seamless business support
• As member of Board of Director take accountability and ownership for financial matters of the legal entity/entities in the country. Depending on size of entity some BOD activities could be delegated to other senior Finance member of the team.
• Ensure seamless engagement and interaction with commercial, corporate and finance communities and stakeholders
• Lead financial processes across P&L scope connecting with various stakeholders
  • P&L and WC management
  • Latest Outlook and Risks & Opportunities management
  • Coordinate planning cycle: sales and GP forecast, S&OP preparation
  • Lead the annual budget preparation process
  • Support the 5YP preparation and strategy co-creation with BU FI Head and Business
• Geopolitical Risk Management
  • Monitor and assess geopolitical risks impacting financial operations
  • Develop contingency plans for various geopolitical scenarios
  • Ensure compliance with international sanctions and regulations
  • Maintain relationships with key banking partners and regulatory bodies
• Treasury and Cash Flow Management
  • Secure and maintain multiple banking routes for cash movements
  • Implement robust cash flow forecasting and monitoring systems
  • Ensure business continuity through effective liquidity management
  • Optimize working capital in challenging market conditions
• Co-create and review commercial terms and policies (price model, i.e. discounts / rebates / incentive plans), contracts, support of commercial processes (e.g. Battle Plans, in-season commercial terms tactics) and new business models (financial consideration and frameworks for strategic business projects)
• Actively shape and improve the key business finance processes
• Flexibly allocate time to coordinate, lead or support as appropriate strategic initiatives in the BA (GTM review, FiSo structuring and implementation, New business models implementation, collaborations).
• Leverage our technology platforms to provide business insights and promote the use of our platforms within the business
• Ensuring effective resource prioritisation based on sound risk-based cost and benefit analysis
• To ensure governance models are working and related processes are fully compliant with group and local policies / regulations (participation in Board of Directors, Finance Leadership Team, Compliance Committee & Legal Entity leadership Team and any other relevant forum)
• Ensure statutory & tax reporting obligations are in line with relevant laws & regulations
• Provide management with sound risk-based analysis on potential impacts, implications and propose potential ways to mitigate risks on key changes regarding business, regulations or tax procedure law impacting finance
• Advice Business on Tax compliant business practices
• Attract, develop, and retain the right finance capabilities in the Finance function

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Critical Success Factors & Key Challenges

• Proven experience in managing financial operations in geopolitically complex regions
• Driving use of risk management, financial modelling tools & techniques.
• Strong understanding of international banking systems and treasury operations
• Track record of maintaining business continuity during market disruptions
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
• Deep knowledge of regulatory compliance and risk management
• Strategic thinking with strong business acumen
• Proactive, Solution driven, Collaboration and agility mindset
• People management and leadership

Knowledge, Experience & Capabilities

Critical knowledge

• Sound knowledge of business and industry drivers and commercial issues
• Effective finance management of a business with full P&L responsibility
• Best practices for the of annual budgets, latest estimates, and financial planning
• Financial tools or principles of NPV, risk analysis, and value creation
• Strong understanding of international banking systems and treasury operations
• Understanding of risk mitigation tools in the country
• Strong GAAP/IFRS knowledge
• Good understanding of legal entity governance framework
• Good understanding of Laws & regulations

Critical experience

• A finance professional with 10-15 years of experience in different areas of business finance and controlling.
• Experience in managing financial operations in geopolitically complex regions
• Experience in working with cross functional teams and ability to work with all levels of the organisation.
• Experience in influencing key stakeholders towards adopting and aligning to relevant procedures and tools.
• Exposure to commercial operations
• Experience in working with multi-cultural and virtual teams; coordination of work of others without direct reporting line.

Critical technical, professional, and personal capabilities

• Wide knowledge of finance (financial analysis, investment analysis, valuation analysis, risk management cashflow, treasury/banking budgeting / planning and taxation).
• Influencing, teamwork skills
• Successfully communicate ideas that proactively challenge business.
• High focus and energy with a pragmatic mind set and solution-oriented approach.
• Strong collaboration mindset and ability to work in matrix organisation.
• Technology savvy, drive for digitalisation

Critical leadership capabilities

• Strategic Agility: Navigate complexity and ambiguity with confidence
• Decisive Risk Management: Exercise sound judgment in complex scenarios
• Customer management: ability to interact and influence at different levels within the organization.
• Insight generation: brings forward looking mindset to business, generate insights and identify financial impacts.
• Change Leadership