Finance & Accounts Manager (SAP Experience)
Job Description
Providing executive leadership in and work closely with executive management in performing long-term financial planning and analysis aimed at identifying risks, opportunities, and options for attainment of the company mission;
• Recommend benchmarks for measuring the financial and operating performance;
• Establishing financial policies, practices and procedures for the company in accordance with company’s strategy and generally accepted accounting principles;
• Monitor and analyze monthly operating results against budget;
• Oversee daily operations of the finance and accounting department;
• Manage the preparation of all financial reports;
• Manage the preparation of financial outlooks and financial forecasts;
• Prepare financial analysis for contract negotiations and investment decisions;
• Ensure a reliable system of internal controls are in place to adequately safeguard company assets and provide with integrity accurate reporting on financial results;
• Clearly communicate financial information, plans and options to the higher management to facilitate informed decision making;
• Work with department managers to develop long term business plans;
• Assist in establishing short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures;
• Design, establish, and maintain an organizational structure to effectively accomplish the departments goals and objectives;
• Coordinate financial audits and provide recommendations for procedural improvements;
• Improving profit as dictated by monthly / quarterly / annual plans;
• Coordinating expenditure programs to coincide with forecasted cash flow;
• Analyzing and reviewing every facet of the business, including revenue return, pricing, forecasting and taking the appropriate actions to achieve margin improvement and net profit improvement on every element of the business;
• Personally engaging to ensure solid divisional financial performance, and that issues and methods for their success are identified early;
• Personally engaging in establishing new business financial strategies and ensure that issues and methods for their containment are identified early;
• Taking initiative with ideas and actively help lead the company regarding strategic and tactical management issues, bringing financial and general management expertise to the company’s leadership
Requirements
• Master’s degree in Financial Accounting and Management – Must be ACCA,
• CPA Finalist
• A minimum of 10 years accounting and auditing experience in Manufacturing field – out of which 5 years should be UAE experience
• Familiar with ERP (SAP knowledge is a must)
• Exceptional technical and analytic accounting skills, specifically in the areas or financial modeling, analysis and reporting
• Extensive budgeting and forecasting experience
• Good understanding of relevant legislation and internal and external compliance requirements
• Experience managing day to day operational issues with the Chairman
About the Company
Established in Canada in 1992 – STREIT Group is one of the world’s leading, privately owned armored vehicles manufacturers with 12 state-of-the-art production facilities and 25 offices worldwide. More than twenty three years of war zone experience made STREIT Group one of the most trusted and reliable suppliers of armored vehicles.
We produce a large variety of Armored Personnel Carriers, Cash-in-Transit, Luxury and Security vehicles which are designed to provide effective protection in high-risk situations. All our vehicles undergo internationally recognized ballistics and impact tests, with STANAG 3 certification for military tactical vehicles and VPAM BRV 2009 VR7 for luxury and special purpose vehicles.
We are a leading supplier of armored vehicles with 100% safety record; our vehicles are deployed by armed forces all over the world. We take no chances when it comes to saving lives.
