Finance Specialist 2

Job Description

Financial Accounting & Reporting

• Perform month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounting close activities in line with Group accounting policies and IFRS/local GAAP while delivering accurate and timely financial results
• Prepare, review, and approve journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules, ensuring the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of financial records.
• Own the preparation and submission of Group reporting packages, including Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow Statements, management reports, and supporting financial analyses.
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting to Corporate Finance within established reporting deadlines, maintaining high standards of financial governance and control.
• Perform detailed variance analysis against budget, forecast, prior year, and strategic plans, identifying key business drivers, risks, opportunities, and corrective actions.
• Support the budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning processes by consolidating financial inputs, challenging assumptions, and ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Develop robust financial models and scenario analyses to evaluate business performance, cost optimization opportunities, investment decisions, and strategic initiatives.
• Monitor and analyze key financial and operational KPIs, providing actionable recommendations to enhance profitability, cash flow, and overall business performance.
• Support cash flow forecasting and working capital management by providing insights into receivables, payables, inventory, and liquidity drivers.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, planning processes, and management information systems to enhance efficiency, automation, and data quality.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, SOX requirements (where applicable), and corporate governance standards while maintaining audit-ready documentation.
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors, responding to audit requests and ensuring timely resolution of audit findings and accounting matters.
• Collaborate with global and regional finance teams to implement accounting policy changes, reporting enhancements, and process standardization initiatives.
• Drive end-to-end Oracle implementation
  
  

• Ensure compliance with internal controls and Group finance policies.
• Identify opportunities to improve finance processes, controls and reporting quality.
• Work closely with Group Finance, Tax, Audit and business teams globally.
• Handle confidential financial and tax information with integrity and professionalism.