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Finance Manager

  • Location:

    Baghdad

  • Sector:

    FMCG

  • Contact:

    Steve Al-Bazy

  • Job ref:

    3183

  • Published:

    over 1 year ago

  • Expiry date:

    2023-01-07

mselect is looking for a Finance Manager for an international FMCG client in Baghdad. Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years of experience in Commercial Finance, 3 years in a senior management role. Fluency in English and Arabic is a must.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Partner with Business (Co-pilot of the business)
  • Achieve NSR & OI target
  • Feedback from the BU director & Commercial Controller
  • Facilitate decision-making for broader, key commercial initiatives through analysis
  • Ensure financial integrity
  • Provide insights into qualitative and quantitative financial performance
Support Strategic and Operational Planning (S&OP)
  • Manage Commercial Strategic Plan
  • Facilitate Annual Operational Plan/ Budget process
  • Report Latest Estimate rolling forecast/actuals
  • Manage Risk and Opportunities
Lead and coordinate revenue analysis
  • Evaluating Product Mix Improvement
  • Evaluate Channel Mix Improvement
  • Evaluate Discount/Trade Terms improvement
  • Identify opportunities for top-line growth
  • Analyze competitor and market trends
  • Analyze past performance
Ensure best-practice financial models and tools
  • Implementation of centralized models
  • Improved financial performance visibility
  • Ensure ROI improvement
  • Create tools to support the formation of business cases
  • Profitability analysis 
Ensure cost-spending efficiency
  • Manage, review and challenge cost center spend
Ensure Financial Compliance
  • Resolve control weaknesses raised by Internal/External audit
  • Set rules and regulations
Lead others
  • Recruit, onboard, review probation, performance manage, train/ develop, and discipline employees
  • Apply situational leadership
Lead self
  • Drive own personal development in management, finance competencies, and business knowledge (commercial, regional & economical)

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS
Qualifications
  • Bachelors in Commerce – with specialization in Finance
  • CIMA/ ACCA/ ACA certification (preferred)
Knowledge
  • Legislation, economy and culture of the countries in the Business Unit
  • RTM/Revenue Management business models
Functional
  • MS Outlook, Word, PowerPoint (Version 2013) – Intermediate Level
  • MS Excel (Version 2013) – Advanced Level
  • Strategic Direction and Alignment
  • Business Analysis and Challenge
  • Integrating Perspectives
  • Financial Compliance
  • Technical Finance Advisor
  • Risk Management
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Financial Reporting and Communication
Experience
  • Minimum of 5 years in Commercial Finance
  • Demonstrable track record of working with a sales team
  • Minimum of 3 years in a senior management role
  • Demonstrable track record in leading change and business improvement
  • Minimum of 5 years in FMCG

COMPETENCIES
  • Personal - Structured, proactive driven individual who is comfortable operating at all levels with drive to excel, solve issues as they arise and timely deliver an effective contribution to the group in a multi-cultural and challenging environment
  • Self-starter - Ability to operate effectively with minimum supervision and a positive attitude
  • Leadership - Proven ability to lead and develop high-performance finance teams in multicultural environments
  • Teamwork - Ability to contribute to cross-functional teams and to develop financial and risk awareness across the organization
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Results driven

*Only applicants meeting the strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting process.
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