head finance & accounts

• Financial Planning and Reporting: Developing and implementing financial strategies, budgets, and forecasts. 
• Accounting and Reporting: Overseeing the preparation and submission of accurate financial statements, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and providing management reports. 
• Audit and Compliance: Coordinating statutory, internal, and external audits, addressing audit findings, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations. 
• Taxation Management: Ensuring timely filing of tax returns, compliance with tax laws, and handling assessments, appeals, and disputes related to taxation. 
• Budgeting and Cost Control: Developing annual budgets in collaboration with department heads, monitoring financial performance against budgets, and implementing cost control measures. 
• Team Leadership: Hiring, training, mentoring, and developing finance and accounting staff. 
• Cash Flow Management: Managing the organization's cash flow to ensure liquidity and meet financial obligations. 
• Risk Management: Ensuring a robust risk management framework is in place. 
• Investment Management: Making decisions about where to invest surplus funds to generate returns. 
• Data Analysis and Insights: Providing financial insights and analysis to support decision-making at the senior management level. 
• Strategic Business Partnership: Collaborating with other functional heads and the CEO to achieve business objectives. 

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