Group Financial Controller

The Group Financial Controller (GFC) manages the delivery of all the Group’s financial accounting and all internal and external reporting requirements, provides technical accounting support to the GCFO and business, develops and designs appropriate financial controls, policies, and systems. They will also provide input into key funding, shareholder and transaction negotiations and contract discussions. The jobholder will liaise day to day with the Group CFO, the operating companies, external advisors, internal and external auditors and providers of banking facilities.

The GFC is responsible for financial oversight in all respects of the Cassava group which is an extremely large and complex group currently involving over 100 subsidiaries that operate in multiple jurisdictions across the African, Asian, European, North, Central and South American continents.

Internal and external reporting responsibilities include external quarterly reporting, management of the group audit, internal management accounting, provision of technical accounting advice, monitoring of process and controls across the group, transactional accounting and preparation of materials for investor relations purposes. The jobholder is a key contributor to the design and deployment of the training and development structure for the finance function.

The GFC will further ensure that all financial systems are appropriately designed and fit for purpose to facilitate suitable governance on all day-to-day and key financial controls in the group. This includes ownership of the Group Consolidation systems, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, Billing systems, Reconciliation systems and KPI systems. Through the use of Business Intelligence technology, the GFC further aims to ensure that reporting to the business is timely, accurate and in an appropriate form that enables key decision making by the GCFO, GCEO, operating companies, subcommittees and Board.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountant
• Professional accounting body membership
• Degree of similar academic qualification

Experience

• 5 years experience of managing teams across different locations
• 5 + years experience at Executive Management Level
• 3-5 years financial reporting experience
• 3-5 years technical experience in capacity of senior specialist/manager in financial disciplines