Chief Financial Officer - News Media Organisation at Myrtle Management Consultants

Job Description

• Overseeing all accounting and account balancing procedures for each company production project.
• Communication between National and Bureau locations production personnel related to accounting operations.
• Overseeing the proper procedural handling of production-related financial matters, such as receiving statements and balancing accounts related to production progress payments.
• Coordinate with National and Bureau locations personnel in the accounting area related to production, distribution, marketing, technical, financial, and legal areas.
• Review and advise as needed concerning aspects of producing the Projects, such as casting, production schedules, physical production, script modifications, cost control, budgeting, talent issues, visual effects, and others.
• Monitor and manage all Projects that the Company invests in, and to do their best in making all projects successful.
• Analyze industry trends and market developments, advising on potential consequences for company and presenting recommendations to senior management  
• Effectively bring together a range of source information and data to highlight business issues and potential options to help resolve problems and mitigate risk
• Provide financial analysis to support performance information and plans 
• Analyze and review financial and business information effectively for business insights 
• Analyze financial and non-financial data, performance, risks and issues to identify underlying business trends or themes that need to be addressed and put forward possible solutions/ recommendations 
• Contribute to the preparation of business cases/ investment proposals on behalf of the division 
• Manage the bank reconciliation processes and ensure all banks are completely analysed and reconciled daily.
• Post transactions daily using accrual basis of accounting.
• Post all end of the month adjustments.
• Draw up trial balance 
• Maintain an up to date Fixed Assets Register and do quarterly fixed assets count.
• Manage all payables and ensure payments are processed as at when due.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document recordkeeping and accounting systems, making use of current technology or designated ERP 
• Compute taxes owed and prepare tax returns, ensuring compliance with payment, reporting or other tax requirements (make VAT and PAYE returns to relevant tax authorities) 
• Participate in the budget development, evaluation, and monitoring. 
• Perform data entries in ERP for other transactions as delegated/ when required
• Perform all other functions as may be assigned by the CEO

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
• Minimum of 12 years relevant work experience with at least 7 years demonstrated experience in a leadership/management position.
• Good understanding of finance principles with the ability to build and maintain complex financial models; Professional accounting qualification e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent an advantage
• Advanced knowledge of, and experience with, accounting principles and concepts, and financial analysis and reporting, including IFRS, GAAP 
• Experience of multi-site and multi-currency reporting.
• Diverse work experiences with cross functional teams.
• Experience working with ERP, SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, SAGE etc with Strong technical computing skills.
•  Experience of the review and analysis of financial data from a range of source information to identify trends or themes and to suggest solutions/recommendations. 
• Ability to take complex data/principles and to communicate these in an understandable way to the wider team. 
• Ability to prioritise and manage time effectively. Managing deadlines and conflicting demands. Using initiative and external thinking to resolve day-to-day problems.
• Experience of presenting ideas in a variety of formats for different audiences including written papers/reports and presentations.
• Proficient in all MS Office applications, Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Experience in Financial Reporting.
•  Must be able to analyse financial data and prepare/review various types of financial information: reports, schedules, journal entries, etc.
• Able to communicate in English fluently.
• Must have a high level of job integrity.