Senior Manager, Portfolio Management

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The Senior Manager, Financial Accounting is a senior management role, responsible for all operational level and statutory financial accounting activities.

This role ensures that all accounting related tasks are professionally executed according to company and legal requirements whilst fostering a collaborative and innovative culture across their team.

Key responsibilities:

• Oversees the entire general ledger, accounts payable and cash management functions and ensures that all accounting related tasks are optimally executed on the available systems.
• Oversees the execution of month and year-end procedures and oversees and coordinates the compilation of accounting packs for distribution to the relevant leaders in the business.
• Supervises and oversees the processing of relevant journals, reviewing and querying any anomalies.
• Ensures that the required reports are produced, analyzed and distributed to be used at an operational level and prepares income statements and cost allocations and reconciles all of these to the relevant management accounts.
• Assists with the development and compilation of the budget pack.
• Compiles output reports and review submissions made by the assigned business unit or area.
• Assists with the compilation of the Chart of Accounts and key metrics identified by the business to ensure effective budget management.
• Participates in the execution of compliance testing and ensures legal compliance with regards to legal fiscal and tax requirements in relation to the geographies in which they operate.
• Provides access to the relevant tools and systems to enable effective team performance.
• Assigns, monitors and coordinates work assignments and activities.
• Coordinates training programs for new employees and identifies training needs for current employees.
• Establishes internal controls and guidelines for accounting transactions and budget preparation.
• Presents recommendations to management on short- and long-term financial objectives and policies.
• Assesses current practices and procedures, and make recommendations for improvements
• Leads and manages an accounting team driving a collaborative and innovate team culture focused on achieving results.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Display excellent planning and organizing abilities.
• Demonstrates excellent attention to detail.
• Works well under pressure and deadline driven.
• Ability to build a cohesive team and to manage people effectively.
• An ability to balance and plan the short-term and long-term actions of the team.
• Displays a high level of detail consciousness by closely monitoring work progress in order to produce the required results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills..
• Ability to manipulate large amounts of data.
• Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting practices, standards, laws and regulations.
• Knowledge of financial accounting systems and software.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
• Thorough knowledge of general accepted accounting principles.
• Excellent analytical and reasoning abilities.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, CA/CPA, CIMA or related field.

Required experience:

• Extended demonstrated experience working as an Accounting Manager or Supervisor.
• Extended demonstrated experience working on financial information systems.
• Extended demonstrated experience directly managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating and directing people as they work.