Role Objective:
The Finance Manager is responsible for providing all transactional finance services to the business including, but not limited to, the financial control of the day-to-day operations within finance services, payroll, reconciliations, accounts payable & receivable, assisting in the production of financial reports.
Key Accountabilities
- Ensure quality functioning of services in key financial accounting operations including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Banking, Provision of Procurement Support, Reporting and Payroll Analysis/Review.
- Responsible for ensuring ongoing general financial administration services and cash management along with audit, budget, and year end preparation.
- Prepare monthly financial accounting reports according to monthly financial cycle.
- Check and verify supporting documents, including coding, authorization level, validity, and sufficiency.
- Monitor and verify the preparation of the payroll for internal and external employees of Madre.
- Follow-up on project budget and extract reports from Internal System for senior management on demand.
- Overseeing the year-end procedure, and ensure that all financial returns are completed accurately and to the required timescale.
- Conduct and coordinate internal and external audits respectively on demand.
- Monitor the timely entry and update of data relevant to employees, clients and suppliers in the implemented system.
- Act as the custodian of all accounts and financial documentations that are supposed to be confidential.
- Introduce various improvement measures that can reduce the manual efforts in accounts and finance functions.
- Reporting to the Chief Operations Officer about all related budget expenses, activities and reallocations as required.
- Prepare and submit annual budgets and analysis for budget follow-up sheets to the management.
- Verify and submit the Monthly Profitability Report to the management.
- Monitor the compliance of financial and other relevant and applicable policies in the Accounts Department.
- Lead the accounts department by providing necessary guidance with the display of solid integrity and leadership.
- Manage the petty cash according to organizational and country rules and regulations
- Reconcile daily cashbook with cash count
- Coordinate the processing of financial documentation (vouchers, supporting documents, etc.) and maintaining the internal expenditures control system
- Perform and document scheduled and unscheduled cash counts
- Maintain Internal System cash books daily based on the finance supporting documents according to finance manual and guidelines
- Monitor and update regularly on the financial vitals of organization like receivables, payables, dead assets, follow ups and related communications.
- Produce a monthly cash request to be shared and verified by COO
- Upload all cashbooks into Internal System according to monthly financial cycle
- Manage bank transfers and link with banks on cash issues.
- Collect bank statements and perform bank reconciliations.
- Support relevant office with opening of bank accounts
- Monitor the process of WPS; employees getting bank accounts and bank cards to facilitate payroll process.
Educational Qualifications
- Post-graduation in Accounts/ Finance/ Audit/ Commerce/ Economics preferred.
- CA/ ACCA/ CMA Certification is mandatory.
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in overall accounts and finance management processes.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in supervisory designation by leading a team.
- Working knowledge in multiple domains of business accounts, finance and auditing disciplines.
- Greater understanding of Qatar labor law.
