Career Category

Finance

Job Description

Senior Finance Manager – Maghreb Cluster

Reports into the MEA Finance Director & the General Manager covering Maghreb Cluster

Accountabilities

Selects, trains, coordinates and coaches’ adequate staff with capability to perform required assignments
Manages preparation of forecasts and budgets
Provides recommendations to BU based on analysis of deviations from budgets
Provides leadership, consultancy and financial support to various company functions, teams and departments
Acts as link between Finance and Business Units
Ensures data integrity between Business Units, Finance and Supply Chain
Manages the reporting processes (analytical management)

Responsibilities

Leads business planning and decision-making processes; ensures all required financial analysis, modelling of "what if" scenarios is provided
Ensures timely production of monthly forecasts of sales trends in coordination with business analysts; supports production planning
Oversees monitoring of actual and forecasted cost and revenues (on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis). Tracks activity based OPEX.
Coordinates and consolidates budget, latest estimate and variance analysis
Leads long-term planning support activities
Ensures there is no overdue receivables working with Customer Finance.
Ensures all company data is collected, derived and consolidated data from all departments to produce reliable forecasting and plans.
Ensures efficient processes and procedures are in place to monitor contracts (insurances, leasing, rents, etc.)
Leads FP&A projects locally and may participate in MEA / ICON projects
Communicates and provides direction to BU Managers about financial trends and their business implications
Provides decision support to various stakeholders (BU’s, project teams, functions). Analyses and prepares reports to support management.
Ensures data integrity across platforms (Hyperion, Anaplan, Budget/LE decks)
Ensure implementation and adherence to corporate and local guidelines
Coach and mentor Finance department staff
Response to Audits/Controls from internal/external entities
Ensure Finance Review of Payments SOP and Shipping Guidelines SOP are followed.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

Degree in Economics or Business Administration or Finance
Experience of more than 6 years’ work in similar position in an international environment
Experience in accounting, budgeting and planning
Fluency in English, French is a pre-requisite both in written and oral communication
Arabic language skills would be highly preferred
Excellent user of Office Programs as Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Preferred Requirements

Studies specialized in Finance (financial analysis, controlling, accounting, consolidating)
MBA would be an advantage
Experience in various areas of finance and accounting
Experience of 2 to 3 years in a Management position within an international finance department would be an asset
Industry knowledge
Basic know-how of applicable laws concerning business admin, taxes (esp. VAT), accounting and consolidation
Basic knowledge of US GAAP
Experience with SAP FI/CO
Experience with BI systems (Power BI, Tableau etc.)

Competencies

Demonstrates advanced communication skills and abilities
Regularly represents the company and
function internally and externally
Collaborates, negotiates and persuades others, both internally and externally
Demonstrates a strong customer focus in all activities
Analyses complex problems; integrates disciplinary and business strategy knowledge to develop recommendations
Demonstrates strong project management and planning skills
Learns quickly; motivates other to adapt quickly to
new systems, processes and tools
Demonstrates strong leadership and coaching skills
Demonstrates strong management and delegation skills
Serves as a role model for Amgen Values