Assistant Finance Manager

To work with the Financial Manager to ensure that all financial transactions for the company and its subsidiaries are processed in accordance with company and statutory regulations.

POSITION SUMMARY:

To work with the Financial Manager to ensure that all financial transactions for the company and its subsidiaries are processed in accordance with company and statutory regulations. Responsible for overseeing, monitoring and co-ordinating the day-to-day operations of the Finance Department.

KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the day-to-day operations of the Finance department and ensure that payments and receipting are in line with statutory obligations.
• Review and sign off on all monthly bank reconciliations and ensure that items are cleared within a 3-month timeline.
• Review and sign off on monthly schedules and journal vouchers and ensure items are correctly entered in the General Ledger.
• Review procedures for the finance operations and ensure in line with statutory requirements, IFRS and best practice.
• Review monthly financials with the accountants and present to Finance Director and Finance Manager within the stipulated timeline, ensuring that the financial statements correctly represent a true and fair view of the financial position of the company.
• Review of all Tax calculations and ensure entries are properly booked to the General Ledger and paid in line with Statutory obligations.
• Manage the annual audit to ensure regulatory timelines are met.
• Review and or assist in preparation of the Financial Statements in IFRS format for audit.
• Review of supplier/insurer reconciliations and customer reconciliations quarterly to ensure all relevant entries are posted to the General Ledger and the financials correctly reflect AR and AP.
• Performance manages the staff under your purview.
• Oversee the consolidated financials process on a quarterly basis.
• Assist in the annual Budget process.
• Any other duties as assigned. 

EDUCATION, TRAINING, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

• Level 3 ACCA.
• Certificate in Insurance (CII or LOMA) will be an Asset.
• Five (5) CXC/GCE “O” Levels including English and Mathematics.
• At least five (5) years' post graduate experiences in similar capacity.
• Accounting Packages (Peachtree) will be an Asset.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office.
• Excellent analytical skills. 

 COMPETENCIES REQUIRED

• Interpersonal Awareness: The ability to notice, interpret, and anticipate others' concerns and feelings, and to communicate this awareness empathetically to others
• Written and Oral Communication:  Ability to communicate technical information to non-technical persons on paper and verbally
• Thoroughness:  Ensuring that one's own and others' work and information are complete and accurate; carefully preparing for meetings and presentations; following up with others to ensure that agreements and commitments have been fulfilled
• Customer Service Orientation:  Demonstrating concern for the satisfaction of the needs of both internal and external customers.
• Integrity: Job requires being honest and ethical.
• Time Management:  Managing one's own time and the time of others to complete all tasks up to performance standards and within the required time frame
• Fostering Teamwork: The ability and desire to work cooperatively with others on a team; as a team leader, the ability to demonstrate interest, skill, and success in getting groups to learn to work together.
• Initiative: Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it.
• Organizational Skills:  The ability to put together in an orderly, functional and structured whole.