Assistant Manager (Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis)

Assistant Manager – Financial Planning, Reporting & Analysis

Our Client has a global network of world class international schools.
With 50 years of experience in education, it provides high quality holistic education to over 100,000 students from 150 countries.
It employs over 9,000 education professionals, specialists and staff from around the world.

Job Purpose: To provide monthly financial and management reporting for the East African region;
Budgeting forecasting planning process owner and ensure that regional senior management are clear on expectations and assumptions.
Providing regional and business unit level insight and analysis;
Driving key finance processes and projects for implementation.
Providing adhoc analysis to support key management decisions

Job Responsibilities:

• Prepare and circulate monthly management reporting pack and other standard reports as required.
• Manage the month end timetable and work collaboratively with School Account Managers during month end to drive month end timetable ensure timely closure and reporting as per check list.
• Provide internal analytics to support group and investor requirements.
• Lead annual budgeting and forecasting processes by coordinating inputs from across organization providing robust challenge and design user friendly reports for management.
• Manage both external and internal audits and ensure implementation of all audit recommendations.
• Prepare control documents and analysis for key lines of costs to the Regional Management team, School CEOs/Principals to enhance cost tracking, control and management and reviewing with departmental heads for commercial inputs and comments for variances.
• Provide internal analytics to support group and investor requirements.
• Lead annual budgeting and forecasting processes by coordinating inputs from across organization providing robust challenge and design user friendly reports for management.
• Manage both external and internal audits and ensure implementation of all audit recommendations.
• Monitoring and reporting on capital expenditure. Monitoring and reporting on cash flows by preparing and reporting on regular basis as per management and group requirements.

Qualifications / Knowledge:

• A professionally qualified Accountant e.g. ACA, CPA, CIMA or ACCA, with Business degree and a sound knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Experience at least 5 years of experience, 2 of which at leadership role; experience in Financial Reporting and Analysis, Management Accounting, budgetary controls and treasury management in a computerized accounting environment.
• Skills:
• Strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Team working;
• Strong communication, both verbal and written; good planning and organising;
• Strong negotiating skills, good interpersonal skills;
• Strong MS Office skills and willingness to take ownership of complex.

Personality Profile:

• Ability to provide leadership and direction on all Financial and management reporting matters and internal control matters within the schools in the assigned territories;
• ability to effectively advise department heads budgeted and non-budgeted costs.;
• Decision making support on complex financial matters under pressure of deadlines;
• To develop innovative solutions and provide technical opinions on all financial matters.
• A proactive manager and action oriented. Ability to work in multicultural environment is a plus.

How to Apply

If you believe you qualify for this position, please send your CV and details of your current and expected remuneration to resume@interviewupconsulting.com to include references, clearly indicating position on email subject line and no later than 20th June 2015.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted