Finance Controller

Job Purpose: Job Purpose Drive and control processes necessary to manage the
different major units within the Group Finance departments of Group Accounts
Payable Services, EK Revenue Services, Group Payroll Services, Group Revenue &
Customer Services (GR&CS), Group Financial Reporting Assurance & Taxation (GFR
A&T) and Master Management. The focus areas of the major units comprise
analysing the risks and internal controls as applicable for revenue, credit
cards, indirect taxes, master management, supplier and employee disbursements
in a business unit, identifying solutions, mitigating risk, accuracy and
integrity in financial accounting through process of GL review/reconciliation
complying with Group Policies and Procedures, Group Finance Masters - Revenue
and Cost, Revenue/Yield reporting, Commercial Systems, facilitate tax
compliance, service delivery to internal and external customers, managing and
enhancing key processes as required to enhance efficiency and drive
optimization of unit costs. Job Accountabilities Generic • Collaborate closely
with various stakeholders to identify, evaluate and review respective team
activities and functions and provide recommendations to Senior Management for
process and system enhancements for managing overall risk, coordinate with the
relevant stakeholders to ensure that the recommended changes are implemented
as agreed by the management. • Establish and maintain Standard Operating
Procedures and specific work instructions and ensure compliance to the Group
Finance Policies and Procedures. • Work with the external, internal and
government auditors to resolve their queries and observations by providing the
required analytical information to ensure the smooth completion of the audit.
• Manage, motivate and develop the team into a cohesive working unit, maximise
team accuracy and productivity so that respective team deliverables are
completed in the most cost effective way and as per the KPIs set. Specific to
GFR A&T Revenue Reconciliation and Review: • Manage the reconciliation of
General Ledger (GL) nominals under the responsibility of the section by
extracting /interfacing data from internal operating systems as well as
external systems, ensuring that any revenue leakage is promptly identified and
appropriately highlighted to Management. • Manage the reconciliation of the
station debtor accounts classified as high risk accounts to ensure that agents
are billed at the right time and that there is no cash mismanagement by
reconciliation of station receivable accounts (cash, credit and local credit
card). Highlight/escalate the discrepancies noticed to the station, respective
functional Finance areas and Senior Management. • Responsible for review of
financial transactions so that the balance sheet and income statements are
correctly stated and fully auditable as per internationally accepted
accounting and reporting standards. • Perform the monthly as well as
quarterly/hard closing reviews of the accounts to ensure that the accounts are
complete and that year-end adjustments are kept to the minimum. To this end
define and implement adequate quality checks to identify high distortions in
GL balances based on past trends. • Perform monthly review of cost and
productivity reports for the department and support the Senior Manager in the
department and corporate budget process.
Qualifications & Experience: Qualifications: Degree or Honours (‎12+‎3 or
equivalent) Degree in Finance related subject Revenue accounting in an airline
Experience: Finance & Insurance. Accounts: ‎5+ Years Knowledge/skills: Ability
to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with Senior Management
internally and externally Advanced level of analytical thinking and
presentation skills