Finance Director (Retail)

Angola

Ref: HP647-1387

Job description / Role

Employment: Full Time

Finance Director (Retail) - Angola

Our Client, a diversified group of companies is currently recruiting for a Retail Finance Director . This position will be based in Angola Luanda and will be reporting directly to the GM & dotted line to CFO

POSITION SUMMARY:
This position will assist the General Manager in financial aspects of business development, feasibility studies, economic studies, business plan. Besides Accounting & Finance he/she will be responsible for the setup and management of all back office activities (IT/ERP/HR, and any other admin related dept.). Insuring compliance, defining and implementing policies & procedures, reporting, controlling, forecasting.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- In charge of the overall financial strategy.
- Coordinates and supervises all financial and accounting operations e.g. credits, expenditures, account collection, sales, purchasing etc
- Provides financial advice on the overall corporate financial position.
- Partnering with the GM and business to explain & comments results and support effective strategic decision making for the company as a whole
- Manage the companys accounting and financial control functions and teams.
- Ensure the accuracy and timely preparation of monthly results, forecasts, yearly budget, 5-year plan and financial statements,
- Analyze expenses in terms of actual outcome: contractual cost, benchmark, productivity, etc.
- Ensure proper treasury management including company funding, utilization of cash, banking relationship, etc.
- Effectively plan cash flow needs based on assumptions made and Identify risks and opportunity areas to the forecasts.
- Review merchandise performance in terms of actual results: sales volumes, margins, supplier benefits%, cash flow from operations, etc.
- Review and challenge monthly results and forecasts of all the stores
- Develop/Guarantee the respect of procedures (including accounting procedures) across all the stores and head office
- Developing, enhancing and promoting a strong internal control environment throughout the company
- Provide ongoing performance related advice for the General Manager and other senior managers
- Ensure overall control of all financial transactions reporting to CFO
- Ensure respect of the regulatory requirements regarding all the companys financial affairs
- Work with the retail Ops & Commercial teams to produce robust budgets and forecasts for all sales and cost areas
- Provide weekly performance reporting to the retail team highlighting trends and opportunities to assist in improving profits, margins and reducing costs
- Ensure all weekly/periodic data is collected and imputed and period end numbers produced
- Perform any other duties within the scope of work as assigned by your direct manager
- Set up and manage all back office activities related to Retail (Administrative, HR and IT) in connection with Angola Global Shared Service Centers & Group Functions
- Perform any other duty within the scope of work as assigned by his direct manager

Requirements

- Experience in Retail, in particular store and merchandise management
- Solid experience in ERP and POS systems
- Knowledge of MS Office, particularly modeling in Excel
- Good work organization and team management
- Investment appraisal process and capital budgeting
- Good analytical thinking
- Initiative
- Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting or similar. MBA is a plus
- 7 to 10 years of experience in Retail Finance Management

About the Company

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