* Provide leadership in the development of short and long term strategic financial objectives, including a roadmap for the achievement of financial targets as set in the Annual Business Plan

* Perform risk assessment and provide short- and long-term mitigation plans

* Support and help implement new business plans such as expanding activities, adding new processes, etc.

* Critically evaluate and provide feedback for companywide initiatives to encourage growth and improvement in processes

* Responsible for drafting, implementing and updating local financial policies and processes aligned to corporate guidelines and local best practices on a timely and periodical basis

* Ensure internal controls in various processes and to help plug the weaknesses leading to revenue leakage, misuse of company assets, wastages of resources of the company, etc.

* Conduct tax planning and ensure compliance to direct taxes, indirect taxes, tax payments, withholding taxes, assessments, appeals, etc. rules and regulations

* Validate and verify tax submissions and ensure strict compliance with IFRS, local GAAP, and applicable regulatory laws and regulations for financial and tax reporting ensuring closure of statutory audit

* Manage fund flows, working capital, credit management, term loans, Forex matters and ensure transactional KPIs (AR, AP, etc.) are maintained

* Operational knowledge of hedging, cash pooling, and other treasury processes

* Set KPIs, assess and provide guidance to team members for achieving team and organizational goals

* Develop human capital: recruit, train and motivate team members to be strong contributors to the local and global Finance department

* Guide team to keep high-quality bookkeeping and train them with the latest accounting requirements to ensure a clean audit report

* Ensure compliance to Group and local guidelines, processes, and policies by the Finance team members

* Participate and be the change agent for key business priorities (e.g., finance digital transformation, outsourcing, cost containment projects, etc.)