Group Chief Finance Officer
Are you a Finance Professional who is ready to take a most significant career move?
The CFO will assume a strategic role in the
overall management of the company. The CFO will have primary day-to-day
responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all
financial-related activities of the group of companies. This will include
direct responsibility for accounting, finance, forecasting, strategic planning,
job costing, legal, property management, deal analysis and negotiations,
investor relationships and partnership compliance and private and institutional
financing.
Qualifications
and Requirements:
Are you a Finance Professional who is ready to take a most significant career move?
Then this Opportunity will definitely grab
your attention
The Group Chief Financial Officer is a key
member of the Executive Management team, and reports to the CEO and the Board.
This is a highly demanding C Suite role in the
Banking sector, that requires a seasoned finance leader and professional.
Let’s look at the Job, what is expected of
you
You are a good abstract and conceptual thinker
and an introspective person who will thoroughly think through issues and
problems, and enjoys confronting and solving complex problems
You are highly reliable, very disciplined and
precise and has the ability to evaluate facts in a logical and systematic way,
are logical and analytical in your approach to issues. You have a strong
tendency towards management and towards specialization
You are still here?
Then let’s look at the key deliverables for
the role
·
Provides leadership in the development for the
continuous evaluation of short and long-term strategic financial objectives.
·
Ensure credibility of Finance group by
providing timely and accurate analysis of budgets, financial trends and
forecasts.
·
Take hands-on lead position of developing,
implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive job cost system.
·
Direct and oversee all aspects of the Finance
& Accounting functions of the organization and subsidiaries
·
Evaluates and advises on the impact of long
range planning, introduction of new programs/ strategies and regulatory action.
·
Establish and maintain strong relationships
with senior executives so as to identify their needs and seek full range of
business solutions.
·
Provide executive management with advice on
the financial implications of business activities.
·
Manage processes for financial forecasting,
budgets and consolidation and reporting for the group
·
Provide recommendations to strategically
enhance financial performance and business opportunities.
·
Ensure that effective internal controls are in
place and ensure compliance with GAAP and applicable regulatory laws and rules
for financial and tax reporting.
Qualifications
and Requirements:
·
A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
·
An MBA will place you in a highly favourable
position
·
Must be a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)K
·
15+ years’ experience in progressively
responsible financial leadership roles, preferably you have worked in any of
the top 5 accounting firms at a senior level
·
Strong interpersonal skills, ability to
communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at
different locations is essential.
·
Strong problem solving and creative skills and
the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and
timely analyses.
·
High level of integrity and dependability with
a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
How to Apply
Think you are up to the challenge?
Then step out and tell us through: service@lafayette-resources.com, and remember to
mention your current remuneration. Speed is good for our business.
If you qualify, we will hit back right away.