Borusan CAT Azerbaijan

Finance & Admin Affairs Leader

Son tarix 29 yan 2024 - [email protected]

We are seeking a seasoned professional to assume the role of Finance and Administrative Affairs Leader. The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing and managing the financial, accounting, procurement, and administrative functions of our organization. This key leadership position requires a strategic thinker with a strong financial acumen, excellent leadership skills, and a proven track record of managing complex financial and administrative operations.

Responsibilities:

General:

• Manage and coordinate all accounting, financial control, finance, administration, and procurement functions of the company.
• Provide and interpret financial information,
• Monitor financial performance and efficiency,  
• Balance Sheet, working capital, CAPEX, OPEX management, 
• Deploy internal control standards, ensure financial discipline within the company,
• Analyze change and conduct risk assessment,
• Research and report on factors influencing business and financial performance,
• Supervise staff.
• Coordination with the head office.
• Lead digital transformation in related functions. 

Accounting & Tax:

• Control and maintenance of trial balance, ledgers
• Coordinate month- and year-end close to ensure a timely and accurate close. 
• Maintenance and review of internal control environment.
• Control of all tax declarations, local financial statements. 
• Effective tax management as well as the risks.
• Relation with the tax office, consultants.

Budgeting & Financial Control:

• Prepare, review, monthly financial and management reports according to IFRS.
• Prepare, review annual budget, regular financial forecasts, periodic management reports and cash flow forecasts.
• Control Opex, Capex.
• Inventory management.
• Set up, implementation process of the controlling policies and procedures.
• Manage year end IFRS audits.
• Manage relationships with local & foreign auditors.
• Working together with all departments and external consultants in order to use recently implemented ERP in a more efficient way for controlling and reporting purposes / be a part of digital transformation projects.

Finance & Treasury:

• Manage daily transactions of treasury department.
• Receivable management.
• Cash flow management.
• Currency risk management.
• Manage relations with banks, financial institutions.
• Manage credit risk policy.
• Customer finance.

Risk Management & Insurance:

• Feasibility studies of the investments, rental projects.
• Risk assessment of the major projects
• Define insurance needs and negotiate with insurance companies.
• Ensure writing of necessary insurance policies on time and according to Borusan Group risk policies.
• Coordinate, monitor insurance reports.
• Coordinate loss compensations.

Legal: 

• Coordinate formulation and signing of standard sales, purchase agreements.
• Define standards on financial and commercial terms.
• Be a part of all contract negotiations. 
• Manage, coordinate board resolutions, all other legal documents.

Procurement:

• Implement, improve strategical procurement process.
• Control of tender, offer, agreement, invoicing and payment processes.
• Be a part of tender and offer evaluations.
• Control of procurements according to budget.
• Coordination with Global procurement department.

Administration:

• Standardization of administration processes.
• Coordinate all administration process.
• Improve efficiency.
• Be a part of cost saving projects.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, business administration, or a related field. Master's degree or professional certification (e.g., ACCA, Diploma in International Financial Reporting (DipIFR), CPA, CMA) is a plus.
• Professional Accountant Certificate (Peşəkar Mühasib Sertifikatı) is a plus.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in finance, accounting, procurement, and administrative leadership roles.
• Strong financial acumen, analytical skills, and attention to detail.
• Effective communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
• Excellent leadership and team management abilities.
• Experience in fostering a positive and collaborative team culture.
• Ability to inspire and mentor team members for professional growth.
• Proficiency in financial software, procurement tools, Microsoft Office Suite, including the ability to create complex financial models and analyses.
• Experience working with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Thorough understanding of financial regulations, accounting standards, and procurement regulations.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, ability to think strategically and contribute to the development and execution of financial strategies.
• Flexibility to handle a diverse range of responsibilities.
• Experience in coordinating with external auditors and regulatory authorities.
• Commitment to upholding high ethical standards in financial, accounting, procurement, and administrative practices.
• Fluency in written and oral Azerbaijani and English, Russian and Turkish is preferred.
• Willingness and capability to undertake business travel, both domestically and internationally, as necessitated by the demands of the position.
• Local candidates strongly preferred.

If you are interested in this open vacancy, please email your resume preferably in Word or PDF format with a letter of interest specifying suitability for the position and minimum expected salary specifying the Job Title in the subject line or call +99 (412) 565 26 38 for further information. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Applications close on January 15, 2024.