Title:  Manager, Financial Reporting

2. JOB PURPOSE

A career in Finance at Hikma offers you the opportunity to contribute to all aspects of our Finance function, including financial planning and reporting, data analysis, and supporting leadership with overall strategy. This role is responsible for overseeing the preparation and accuracy of financial reports, ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements (IFRS & UK GAAP). You will focus on recording and analyzing financial transactions, maintaining financial statement ledger accounts, and preparing analyses and reconciliations.

Our Accounting team plays a key role in fixed asset accounting and asset management, financial reporting, and accounting research and analysis. As part of the team, you will manage monthly closings, financial analysis, oversight and management of controls and compliance, tax and cash projections, as well as coach, mentor, and manage the accounting team.

4. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Preparation of various monthly financial management reports (Including Group reporting of IFRS packs, OM&A packs, MD&A packs and ad hoc reports).
• Review monthly reconciliation of general ledger accounts with sub-ledgers and detailed listings.
• Effectively managing the AR & AP cycles in conjunction with AR & AP CoE.
• Review and approve month-end journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations, to ensure accuracy and high-quality results.
• Provide analysis and respond to queries from business units on the financial results
• Assist in the preparation of annual budget and quarterly forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with minimum set of standard financial controls.
• Review current procedures and processes for improvement opportunities. Provide recommendation and develop related solutions such as automation opportunities for manual processes.
• Manage team members by assigning and prioritizing their daily tasks.
• Coach and mentor team members, providing training and development opportunities. Provide feedback on staff performance and offer support when required.
• Prepare statutory financial statements in coordination with 3rd Party.
• Coordinate and work with external auditors, financial compliance, banks and other officials as necessary.
• Coordinate with internal tax team to prepare statutory tax returns.
• Complete ad hoc requests and special projects as they arise.
• Support and help with other tasks assigned by the Finance Directors/CFOs.

6. QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, & SKILLS

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Accounting/Finance or similar field.
• Strong technical accounting background with thorough knowledge of IFRS.
• Must have strong analytical and organizational skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel.
• Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills

Preferred: CPA, CA, ACCA

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 3~5 years’ managerial experience and overall 7~10 years’ experience in public accounting and/or private industry is required.
• Experience managing teams and working in cross-functional environments.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting.
• Experience working in a life science company is preferred.

SKILLS

• Analytical skills, decision making capabilities and an understanding of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Strong leadership and team management abilities.
• Strong and practical internal control knowledge and comprehension, including financial control and business understanding.
• Demonstrates expertise in financial accounting, compliance, risk management, internal control, auditing, risk analysis, business process and/or information system dependency and risk evaluation.
• Demonstrates ability for strong management, organization, communications, analytic, presentation skills and an effective cross-functional communicator.
• Prior large-scale project management experience, including external and internal auditors
• High level of attention to detail.
• High level of comfort presenting to senior management.
• Prior ability to analyse regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Interpersonal skills and ability to develop mutually beneficial, positive relationships to successfully interact in team environment.
• Ability to influence without authority.
• Demonstrates understanding of the importance of business ethics, integrity and trust
• Proven ability to effectively function under pressure.