Senior Accounting Leader

Job Description

The Senior Accounting Leader has a leadership role within the company, managing, controlling, and overseeing all financial and accounting activities to ensure sustainable and profitable business growth.

This individual plays a crucial role in supporting Senior Management in making key business decisions, managing budgets, forecasting financial performance, and ensuring compliance.

Responsibilities

• Financial Planning: Developing and implementing financial strategies, budgets, and forecasting models.
• Financial Accounting: Overseeing all accounting operations, including payroll processing, managing the general ledger and accounting rules, and generating financial information (income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow).
• Financial Reporting: Analyzing financial data, preparing monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports in a timely and accurate manner, managing end-to-end audit processes, and presenting reports to key stakeholders.
• Financial Analysis: Conducting detailed financial and operational analysis measuring financial and non-financial indicators, collaborating with different functions to evaluate plant performance and identify areas for improvement on efficiency and effectiveness of current business processes, pricing, gross margin analysis, cost-saving opportunities, and growth potential.
• Oversee Cost Accounting and Stock Control: Overseeing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs, overseeing cost accounting, stock control, and purchase order processes.
• Audit Management: Managing the annual audit process and working with external auditors to ensure compliance and accuracy.
• Cash Management: Monitoring cash flow, optimizing working capital, managing and supervising all AR/AP cycles, collections, and payment terms with external partners and customers, and overseeing banking relationships.
• Investment and Capital Management: Evaluating capital projects and making recommendations on investment decisions.
• Tax Planning: Ensuring compliance with tax laws and making strategic tax planning decisions.
• Risk Management: Assessing and managing financial risks, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and developing & enforcing internal controls to safeguard company assets.
• Finance Transformation: Driving change in ERP/Finance IT systems to continually improve standards and benchmarks in Budgeting, Financial Projections, and Operating Forecast.
• Process Optimization: Ensuring accounting processes and procedures operate as designed, making improvements as necessary.
• Team Leadership: Providing guidance and supervision to finance teams, including setting objectives, conducting performance reviews, and fostering professional development.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Interacting with internal and external stakeholders such as executives, investors, auditors, and suppliers to address financial concerns and provide financial insights.
• Partnership & Collaboration: Engaging with internal teams within ICONS BEAUTYGROUP for holistic decision-making, financial planning, and operational excellence.