CFO Southern and Eastern Africa at IDEMIA

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Job description:

Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensures that all financial transactions, systems, and procedures comply with local financial regulations, accounting principles, and standards, as well as with Group statutory and accounting requirements
• Oversees or conducts financial activities, including financial analysis and reporting (both for statutory and management reporting), Accounts Payable and Receivable, Inventory and Costs control, budgeting and forecasting
• Supervises or conducts Treasury activities, including cash forecasting, cash-pooling, cash repatriation, bank account opening/closing, working capital management, foreign exchange control, DOA maintenance, guarantees, etc…, in line with Group Treasury policy
• Ensures proper application of the Group Credit Management policy
• Ensures all tax returns, declarations, and other required reports are submitted accurately and on time
• Defines or contributes to tax strategy for the scope
• Monitors proper execution of the Group Transfer Pricing policy
• Optimizes the business/financial flow while ensuring compliance with tax regulation, internal Group tax requirements, and distribution Group territoriality
• Analyzes/drives financial and tax impact of new business opportunities and/or internal reorganizations
• Provides advice and expertise to managers to help them understand financial reports, develop budgets, enhance financial performance, and manage their financial responsibilities
• Advises on the impact of laws and regulations on new and existing businesses;
• Supports internal stakeholders such as Legal, HR, IT, Insurance, Purchasing, Strategy, and M&A
• Contributes to acquisition due diligence and negotiations when needed
• Ensures that effective internal controls are in place, and drives internal audit action plan implementation
• Critically examines business operations, flows, and behaviors to alert of any potential failure of compliance or regulatory breach
• Manages the Finance team and resources (internal/external)
• Proposes and drives implementation of continuous improvement and best practices
• Drives or supports transformation projects, including ERP implementation