Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Job Title: Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

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Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning & Leadership

• Develop and execute financial and tax strategies aligned with business objectives
  
• Support tactical and long-term strategic initiatives
  
• Manage capital allocation, budgeting, and financial forecasting
  
• Define and monitor performance metrics supporting business strategy
  

Operations & Control

• Oversee accounting, tax, legal, treasury, and investor relations
  
• Monitor working capital development and financial health
  
• Supervise and challenge improvement programs and cost-saving initiatives
  
• Manage third-party vendors and outsourced functions
  
• Provide leadership in key business decisions as a member of the executive team
  
• Support financial activities of smaller group entities
  

Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Ensure timely monthly closings, board reporting, and group MIS
  
• Oversee statutory compliance: Stock Exchange filings, annual reports, cost audits, and transfer pricing
  
• Provide detailed margin, cost, and profitability analysis by product group
  
• Ensure compliance with financial, tax, and corporate governance standards
  

Risk Management

• Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks
  
• Manage open legal issues and insurance coverage
  
• Establish strong internal control and audit systems
  
• Ensure compliance with government and regulatory bodies
  
• Coordinate with internal, statutory, and special auditors
  

IT Oversight

• Supervise and improve ERP & transaction systems (preferably Microsoft-based ERP)
  
• Ensure integration of IT with financial and operational functions
  

Funding & External Relations

• Manage cash flow, liquidity, and banking relationships
  
• Deploy surplus funds strategically
  
• Build strong relationships with external stakeholders bankers, insurers, auditors, consultants
  
• Represent the company in investor and financial institutions meetings when required
  

Key Skills & Competencies:

• Financial planning, budgeting, cost control
  
• Taxation, transfer pricing, compliance
  
• MIS, ERP (Microsoft), IT-savvy
  
• Result-oriented, system-driven
  
• Global, cross-cultural experience
  
• Independent, discreet, professional
  
• Strong communication, stakeholder coordination
  
• Strategic thinker, emotionally stable
  
• Team leadership, accountable