Financial Controls and Quality Assurance Senior Manager

ROLE PURPOSE:

To support the Group Controller in – finance operations, management, operation, and maintenance of the overall finance control framework of the Group through the implementation of effective quality assurance and continuous improvement initiatives, and managing change processes resulting from digitization and process

enhancement projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review and approve East Zone’s capex and OPEX disbursements and procurement activities based on established LOAs.
• Support Group Director on projects and ad hoc requirements.
• Oversee the development and management of financial control framework and the related policies and procedures.  
• Lead the group’s regular risks assessments and risk management initiatives
• Develop and implement robust, annual quality assurance plan for controllership group to ensure the effectiveness of the design and operation of financial controls and high-quality service delivery.
• Lead controllership departments and related dependency groups in performing process analysis and optimization and in implementing process improvements.
• Drive standardization of policies/procedures within the Enterprise.
• Lead training initiatives on financial processes, policies, and controls across the Enterprise. o Perform benchmarking versus industry best practices.
• Oversee the Group’s compliance monitoring against internal policies and external statutory and regulatory requirements

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• CPA
• Seasoned professional with robust work experience in Controllership, Internal or External Audit, or Finance
• Head functions. Finance Head experience in the service or utility industries is an advantage.
• With previous experience in managing quality assurance, continuous improvements, business process reviews.
• Certified Six Sigma, Lean Six Sigma or similar certifications is a plus.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication, presentation and project management skills.
• Preferably with relevant experience as change management champion.