Financial Controller - Holding Company

Our client is a leading asset management firm, recognized for delivering innovative investment solutions across equities, fixed income, real estate, and alternative assets. With a strong reputation for excellence and a client-focused approach, they are seeking talented professionals to join their team and help drive long-term value and superior outcomes in asset management.

Job Summary

Responsible for providing overall strategic leadership to the organization’s finance function through the delivery of strategic financial management and financial operations reporting capabilities that allow the organization to achieve optimal business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Business Advisory:

• Provide advisory services to the Board of the ARM Group, Executive Management, and Subsidiary Executives on the interrelationships between the group’s /subsidiaries’ current and future business priorities, and its financial position.

Balance Sheet Management:

• Identify, recommend, and implement optimal balance sheet structure for all Traditional Asset Management (TAM) subsidiaries, in compliance with internal balance sheet ratios, and regulatory requirements, and monitor effectiveness of balance sheet management strategies.

Transactional Accounting:

• Designs and provides advisory on the design and function of the organization’s chart of accounts, as well as frameworks, and guidelines, on accounting operations.

Financial Reporting:

• Interpret and translate financial statements and information to drive strategic and successful business decisions and growth, communicates interpretations to organization’s board, and executive management in order to drive decision-making.

Tax Management and compliance:

• Design and implement taxation framework, standards, and guidelines for both the Holding Company and TAM subsidiaries, in line with current and projected statutory provisions on taxation, and ensures the organization is in complete adherence to best practices in tax management. 

Budgeting and Forecasting:

• Drive enterprise-wide budgeting and forecasting efforts with the aim of providing the organization with a comprehensive financial plan for achieving its financial and operational goals and provides critical inputs to the process. The Position Holder is also responsible for providing unique insights and advisory on market factors, industry trends and other cost drivers that could impact budget performance.

Cost Management:

• Lead strategic cost management across the organization, through the deployment of waste elimination efforts, and the implementation of activity-based costing measures.

Risk and Compliance Management:

• Ensures adherence of the organization to regulatory provisions in respect to its internal accounting processes, records, and reporting.

Corporate Performance Management:

• Responsible for driving the implementation and continuous improvement of management information systems that allow for online, real-time monitoring and management of the organization’s performance

Stakeholder Management:

• Builds valued relationships with stakeholders at the strategic level, and assembles coalitions, to support long term business development.

Manage Finance Team:

• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to the Finance Team towards the effective delivery of the department’s agenda.

Competencies, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge Requirements

• Professional Accounting Standards 
• Transactional Accounting and Closing Processes 
• Financial Reporting and Compliance 
• Cost Management 
• Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting 
• Financial Analysis 
• Management Reporting 
• Treasury Policies and Risk Management 
• Tax Planning 
• Strategy 
• Coaching and Mentoring 
• Driving Performance

Skill Requirement

• Time Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Analytical Ability
• Meeting Management
• Report Writing
• Emotional Intelligence
• Strong Communication Skills
• Strong Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Strategy

Personal Abilities

• Confidentiality
• Objectivity
• Attention to Detail
• Integrity
• Emphatic

Performance Expectations

• Effective monitoring of company financial performance targets, as approved by the Board of Directors
• Efficiency in all matters of financial management and reporting, especially conformity with stipulated processing and turnaround cycles
• Achievement of all quality assurance and standards targets adopted as monitoring and improvement benchmarks

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university. Advanced degree in Finance or Business Management (e.g. MBA, M.Sc Finance etc.)

Professional Requirements

• Professional certification in finance and/or accounting from a recognized professional body (e.g. CFA, CGMA, ACCA, ICAN etc.)

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of 12 years of work experience