Chief Financial Officer Job Description

Contract expatriate residential position in the mining sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Salary negotiable in US$ p.a. with normal perks and benefits.

  Chief Financial Officer Job Description [cont]

DETAILED RESPONSIBILITIES:

Within Finance, HR, IT, Supply, Legal, Logistics

  * Responsibility for P/L, Cash Flow and Balance Sheet management
  * Responsibility for planning / controlling (budgeting/ forecasting / analysis, internal control; sales planning) vs. group management
  * Treasury (effective cash-flow management and routines, forecasts, etc.)
  * Monthly Group reporting

 
  * Organization including tax efficiency basis the Congolease Tax law and the Mining Code of the Congo
  * Cost control activities and initiatives across the company
  *Accounting; including IFRS application and Statutory Accounting
  *Management / Cost Accounting
  *Fiscal (compliance, corporate-/ income-/ sales- tax reporting/issues/audits), including liaising with auditors, tax advisors and banks
  *Heavy involvement in all major programmes, deals, business plans
  *Generally ensuring compliance of business area to rules and procedures, accounting or otherwise
  *Create and nurture a strong network of relationships among providers of finance and maintain shareholder relations

 *Maintaining major financial relationships
  *Build and drive a business control environment that measures success against key industry drivers
  *Manage and own the reporting process to shareholders
  *Provide commercial financial feedback to the board and investors
  * Negotiate and close on financial transactions on behalf of the company
  *Oversee all financial controlling activities of the company, including reporting, working capital management, budgeting, tax, and compliance
  *Managing a small team of accountants
  *Selects, supervises, trains, motivates, assigns, counsels and disciplines staff,
  * Budgets short, medium and long term planning
  *Cash flow management on major engineering projects
  *Oversee HR function, specifically high level interaction between stakeholders
  *IT function, strategically integrating IT between all functional business units, in particular optimisation of SYSPRO.
  *Oversee Supply department and all inbound and outbound logistics
  * Legal responsibility for the business

Chief Financial Officer Job Description [cont]

  *A qualified accountant (preferably big 4 qualified).

  *A proven track record of managing a finance department.

  * Min 5-10 years experience post audit experience.

  *Mining experience preferable

  *French speaking would be strongly advantageous

  * Ability to manage financial operations in multiple entities

  *Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, changing environment

  * History of use of implementation of ERP systems, specifically the use of SYSPRO would be advantageous

  *Capable of communicating financially to Senior Management and the Board as well as to investors

  * A strategist and logical thinker

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