Accounting Manager

Job Purpose:

The Accounting Manager plays a key role in driving accurate financial reporting, period close activities, and business performance insights across assigned business units. The role is responsible for leading planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes while providing strategic financial decision support to management and business leaders to help improve sales, profitability, and investment outcomes. The role will also ensure compliance with internal controls, tax regulations, and statutory requirements while partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders and external parties such as auditors, consultants, and government agencies.

Responsibilities:

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Ensure that budget targets and guidelines are cascaded to the assigned Business Unit/s (BU)
• Work with (BU) leadership teams in the preparation of plans/budgets/forecasts and ensure alignment with management expectations; finalize the presentation packs by providing additional business insights and commentary
• Identify & review funding requirements for endorsement to Cluster Controller and BU heads

Business Performance Measurement and Decision Support

• Track business performance vs plans/budgets/forecasts (including working capital management), analyze and draw insights from reports and market related benchmark data
• Drive cost controllership, bringing deep understanding of cost drivers to monitor & optimize spend effectiveness
• Support BU to make timely, strategically aligned and value maximizing decisions through multi-dimensional analysis within relevant financial and operational business scenarios (opening/closing of stores, capex, new channels/products, and others)

Reporting, Governance & Control

• Sign-off statutory, regulatory reporting and group reporting
• Work with Tax teams to ensure tax position for revenue and spend is optimized, and risks minimized.
• Facilitate communication of and monitor compliance to Finance and Accounting policies and procedures across the BU/s
• Ensure adequate management of financial risk in line with company and group policies
• Manage internal and external financial and tax audits

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in accountancy
• Must be a Certified Public Accountant
• Minimum 5-7 years of accounting and finance experience is required
• Retail industry experience is preferred but not mandatory