Head-Finance & Accounts

Job Description : Head-Finance & Accounts (Guinea) Lead. Manage. Drive Financial Excellence. Be a key part of a diversified group with a strong presence across multiple industries. Job Title Head - Finance & Job Location Guinea, Conakry W Africa Join a dynamic organisation driving growth across infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, and more. Accounts Position Overview The Head Finance & Accounts will lead the Group's finance & accounts function across its operations in infrastructure projects, electricity transmission, manufacturing, trading, automotive distribution, hospitality, and other business sectors. This role involves managing financial reporting, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, overseeing the accounting functions, and providing strategic financial guidance to the senior management team. The role also includes maintaining robust financial controls, managing cash flow, and optimizing financial performance in line with the company's strategic objectives. A critical responsibility of this position is ensuring proper management, reconciliation, and alignment of: • Statutory Books • Management Books • Tax books IFRS/ Group Reporting Books Banking & Lender Reporting Books The role will ensure that all differences between these reporting frameworks are properly documented, reconciled, justified, approved, and communicated to management. 1 Key Responsibilities Financial Leadership & Strategy • Lead the overall Finance & Accounts function for Guinea operations Develop and implement financial policies, processes and controls • Drive financial discipline, cost optimisation and profitability improvement • Oversee budgets, forecasts, business plans and periodic reviews • Analyse financial performance, providing insights to senior management 2 Accounting & Financial Reporting • Ensure accurate and timely accounting and month-end/year-end closing • Ensure compliance with accounting requirements Prepare financial statements and management accounts Reconcile statutory, tax, management and Group reporting books • Review balance sheet schedules, provisions, accruals, receivables, payables Ensure proper accounting for projects, fixed assets, inventory and major transactions 3 Management Reporting & Business Finance • Prepare financial and operational MIS for management • Provide unit and project-level profitability analysis • Monitor revenue, margins, costs, working capital and cash flows Support investment and commercial decisions through financial analysis Identify risks, variances and opportunities for improvement 4 Tax, VAT & Regulatory Compliance • Oversee corporate tax, VAT, withholding taxes and statutory obligations Ensure timely and accurate filings and payments Coordinate tax audits and assessments • Monitor tax exposures and provisions Review tax implications of imports, exports, related-party transactions Ensure documentation and compliance for transfer pricing and related parties Interested? 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Reporting to Managing Director 5 Treasury & Cash Flow Management Lead cash flow planning and treasury management • Monitor daily/weekly cash positions and funding requirements Manage working capital, collections, supplier payments and liquidity • Develop rolling cash-flow forecasts Maintain banking relationships and oversee reconciliations Support foreign exchange and cross-border payments 6 Banking, Financing & Lender Reporting • Manage relationships with banks and financial institutions • Oversee financing arrangements, trade finance, LCs, guarantees • Ensure compliance with financing agreements and covenants Prepare and review lender reporting • Ensure consistency between lender, statutory, management and Group reporting 7 Audit & Internal Controls • Coordinate statutory, external and Group audits • Act as key Finance contact for auditors and Group Finance • Establish and strengthen internal financial controls • Identify control gaps and implement corrective actions • Ensure segregation of duties, approval controls and governance Monitor compliance with Group policies and delegated authorities 8 Project & Infrastructure Finance • Provide financial oversight for infrastructure, EPC, transmission and project businesses ? Monitor project budgets, costs, billing, collections and profitability • Review project cash flows and working capital requirements Support project financing and financial feasibility analysis Ensure proper accounting and reporting of project-related transactions Qualifications & Experience Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration preferred. 12-18+ years of progressive experience in Finance & accounts with at least 5 years in a senior finance leadership position. • Strong experience in financial accounting, management reporting. budgeting, treasury, taxation and financial controls. •Experience in Guinea or Francophone Africa is a is required. Experience across infrastructure, EPC, manufacturing, trading, automotive or multi-business environments preferred. Experience managing audits, banks, tax authorities and external stakeholders. OHADA knowledge is a preference but not mandatory. Critical Technical Competencies Strong understanding of IFRS and consolidation reporting. Ability to reconcile and explain differencies between: Financial Statements Tax Books o Management Reporting IFRS Reporting Packs ? Banking & Lender Reporting Packages ? Strong analytical, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills. Ability to communicate complex financial matters to senior management and business leaders.

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