Job Description

Ref. JB1332888

Finance Manager
Lafarge

Set SMART objectives for all finance staff, coaches, assesses staff performance during Midyear review and End Year review

Organise regular team meetings and agree on key action points.

Planning, organisation and control of the team

Coordinate with company auditors for issuance of final audit report, both for internal and external audits

Coordinate with accounting & reporting to ensure, complete, accurate and proper reporting of actual results

Coordinate with Other Departments and Senior Management Team for identifying and setting the KPIs and their periodic reporting


Ensure a sufficient and reliable internal control system on all processes in order to safeguard the Company’s assets and record liabilities.

Ensuring compliance with applicable taxation rules and regulations

Review the age analysis for Accounts Receivable, Stocks, Stores & Spares

Review Financial policies, procedures and internal controls .

Review the contingent liabilities and ensure their proper, accurate and complete reflection in the financial results of the company

Keep a track of all CAPEX purchases in terms of their value and time lines for purchases

Coordinate with Treasury and Purchase Department for settlement of payables on due dates and maintain an age analysis report.

Review the Costing and ensure it's completeness, accuracy and validity.

Review, update and present the financial picture to Senior Management Team & Banks .


Ensure good knowledge of the accounting laws and liaise with external advisers for specific problems.

Skills

Effectiveness and Productivity - Ability to maximize the use of resources, produce a strong result; enhanced productivity.

Priority Setting - Have a good grasp on the difference between what are urgent and what are important tasks to sort out secondary tasks.

Problem Solving - Demonstrates skill for complex problem solving: anticipating and identifying a problem and developing appropriate solutions.

Concern for Order and Quality - A desire to ensure excellence in quality at the same time as reducing uncertainty and inefficiency. Ensure structure in unstable environment.

Customer Orientation - Making efforts to listen to and understand the customer (both internal and external); anticipating customer needs; giving high priority to customer satisfaction.

Good oral and written communication skills

preferably in an industrial company with at least 5 years of senior management experience.

Knowledge of the practical aspects of the function.


Microsoft tools knowledge

Good oral and written communication skills.

Languages: Arabic-English

Knowledge of Reporting system (Hyperion) is an asset

Knowledge of Financial system (Oracle)

Technical skills: Accounting, Analysis, etc.

People management skills

Microsoft tools knowledge

Education

University degree in Economics or Finance.

Company Profile

World leader in building materials, Lafarge extracts resources from the heart of the earth to make materials to bring to the heart of life. Present in 76 countries, the Group responds to the world’s demand for housing and infrastructure. Lafarge is driven by the needs of its customers, shareholders, local communities and architects. The Group creates high value-added solutions which encourage creativity whilst leaving a lighter trace on the world.

At a global level Lafarge is:
- co-leader in cement
- co-leader in aggregates
- no. 3 in gypsum
- no. 3 in concrete

The Group controls a unique portfolio of businesses:
- Cement: 54%
- Aggregates & concrete: 37%
- Gypsum: 9%