Senior Finance Analyst

Purpose and Objectives of Role:

• Execute accurate reporting that enables sound analysis and financial recommendations.

• Provide insights into business performance vs. competitor and industry trends.

• Manage relationships with bankers, auditors, and tax authorities.

• Comply with national and local financial regulations by studying existing and proposed legislation.

Principal Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

Financial Accounting

Manage the company's financial accounting and monitoring and reporting systems, developing financial management mechanisms that minimise financial risks to the programmes and the company, including:

• Review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations.

• Compliance with local legislation, internal financial controls, and International Financial Reporting Standards

• Ensure information is processed timeously and accurately to produce financial accounts on a quarterly and annual basis.

• Compute taxes due, prepare tax returns (VAT, WHT, CIT, Employee taxes etc..), ensure compliance with timeous tax payments, reporting of tax requirements to external statutory entities such as local tax authorities and social/pension funds.

• Liaise with external stakeholders e.g. creditors, debtors, banks, tax and legal advisors, where necessary.

• Assist in review and monitoring intercompany accounts to ensure the transactions are valid, reconciled and settled as appropriate with guidance from group Treasury. 

• Monitor internal controls as per the Group frameworks and ensure corrective actions are implemented on timely basis. 

Statutory Accounts and Audits

Liaising with Internal/external auditors to ensure and facilitate the production of Audited Financial Statements, interpretation of statements, respond to findings and follow-up on actions.

Bank and cash management

Ensure the management of monthly reconciliations of bank books, petty cashbooks and project cash flow forecast statements and quarterly statutory cash flow forecast statements. Monitor and management of funds to ensure adequate funds are available to meet operational needs.

Transactional accounting

Supervise the transactional processing (accounts payable and receivable, cash payments and payroll) and ensure there is well defined segregation of duties and appropriate financial controls in place. Approve (or assist in the approval of) all financial transactions, ensuring each transaction is adequately supported and executed in compliance with local and group requirements including appropriate and secure filing.

Team relationships

Establish and maintain good working relationships with the FSC Team, Project Manager, Technical teams, Operations Manager and Management accountant team. Provide strategic financial advice to ISMA Sub Regional Accountant, Project Managers and co-ordination with MM Group Finance Teams to ensure that internal controls as well as MM finance policies are being implemented.

Essential competencies/skills

• Good working knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards/local statutory legislation

• Good understanding of the local tax regulations.

• Experience in developing and implementing finance processes, policies and templates.

• Adapt in handling relations with relevant finance authorities, service providers, and banks.

• Understanding the concepts of due diligence, value for money, ethics and transparency.

• Excellent written and spoken English and Local language.

• A good communicator with strong relationship building skills, reliable and a team player.

• Demonstrable ability to adhere to deadlines.

• Pro-actively raise issues with management and resolve identified problems.

• Ability to undertake periodic travel to provincial/district offices (if required).

• Enough experience and confidence to be able to challenge project management when required.

Required academic/professional qualifications, training, and experience:

• Educated to a Chartered Accountant or technical equivalent.

• Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CA etc) with 3 years+ relevant experience

• Advanced Excel skills

• Good understanding and hands on working experience of tax and statutory regulations.

• Previous experience in preparation of Financial Statements as per IFRS, Tax and other filings.

• Experience with small company accounts systems

• Experience with an ERP (SAP, Oracle, Deltek) would be beneficial. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We put equality, diversity and inclusion at the heart of our business, seeking to promote fair employment procedures and practices to ensure equal opportunities for all. We encourage individual expression in our workplace and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they have the opportunity to contribute.

Agile working

At Mott MacDonald, we believe it makes business sense for you and your manager to choose how you can work most effectively to meet your client, team and personal commitments. We embrace agility, flexibility and trust.