Finance Director Dominica
The Finance Director is responsible for reporting the performance and financial controls of its market. It is also responsible for management of the finance function; and reports to the market CEO.
After 12 years of operation, Digicel Group Limited has over 13 million customers across its 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia-Pacific. The company is renowned for delivering best value, best service and best network.
Digicel is the lead sponsor of Caribbean, Central American and Pacific sports teams, including the Special Olympics teams throughout these regions. Digicel sponsors the West Indies cricket team and is also the title sponsor of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. In the Pacific, Digicel is the proud sponsor of several national rugby teams and also sponsors the Vanuatu cricket team.
Digicel also runs a host of community-based initiatives across its markets and has set up Digicel Foundations in Jamaica, Haiti and Papua New Guinea which focus on educational, cultural and social development programmes.
Digicel is incorporated in Bermuda and its markets comprise: Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, El Salvador, Fiji, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Nauru, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, St Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Tonga, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos and Vanuatu. Digicel also has coverage in St. Martin and St. Barts in the Caribbean.
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Finance Director Dominica
An integral part of the Digicel Senior Management Team, the role of Finance Director is responsible for reporting the performance and financial controls of its market. It is also responsible for management of the finance function; and reports to the market CEO. The Finance Directors’ role provides an exciting, fast paced and challenging career opportunity for an experienced Finance Professional with excellent financial and astute commercial skills. You must have demonstrated your proven ability to communicate effectively at all levels, including to a Board of Directors.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
- Implement and monitor the financial controls and procedures of the company ensuring consistency and standardization of accounting policy and procedures;
- Oversee the preparation and consolidation of monthly Management Information and review same before presenting to the Senior Management Team and Board of Directors;
- Lead, direct, and participate to provide monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting to the Shareholders through the Digicel Group structure and also present the monthly performance of the business to the Board;
- Drive all aspects of Budgetary, Forecasting and Financial Planning including business plans for new projects and management of the annual budget process;
- Management of Business Analysts function including identifying initiatives to improve the business performance and signing-off on all commercial/pricing;
- Monitor all budgetary and KPI movements within the organization including ownership of budgetary spend;
- Operational cash-flow management and balance sheet control;
- Responsible for all aspects of treasury management input into Group Treasury and Tax management;
- Develop internal controls compliant with group policies and liaise with internal audit;
- Oversee the preparation of Year End Financial Statements including the Annual and Interim Reports to shareholders under IFRS;
- Project Management of various specific projects at a senior management level including the preparation of impromptu reports for the Group CFO;
- Recruit, train and manage the day to day operations of the Finance team;
- Actively participate in the company financial matters and maintain relationships with financial institutions;
Academic qualifications, experience and requirements:
- Primary Degree coupled with a recognized international accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CGA) with a minimum of 8 years’ post qualification experience in a similar position in a multinational background;
- Telecommunications experience is highly desirable;
- Staff management experience is essential, as is a strong grasp of modern reporting systems.
- Willing and eager to contribute, as part of a senior management team, to the development of the markets in line with corporate objectives and strategic vision of the organisation;
- The challenge will be to impose tight financial controls and ensuring growth of the company while working to tight timelines;
- Ability to make professional presentations of the financials of the business to the Senior Management Team, Board of Directors and Shareholders;
- Drive for results, sense of urgency, confidence, and passion for success are all attributes;
- Effective communication skills, including the ability to articulate progress, issues and recommendations in a concise manner and report monthly to senior management;
- Superb attention to detail and the ability to deliver results in a fast paced and dynamic environment;
- Demonstrate high energy/creativity, flexibility, a relentless customer-focus and an entrepreneurial spirit as well as being a team player;
- Operate and deliver under pressure effective outcomes, and consistently deliver to challenging deadlines and at all times demonstrate flexibility and personal drive;