Head Central Finance Team - Cairo (Egyptian Nationals Only)

Location: Cairo, Egypt

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Thales has built a presence in Egypt for over 40 years and has today over 100 employees. Thales in Egypt is part of our Middle East business that has 1,800 people across Egypt, Iraq, Kuwait, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and UAE.Together We delivered fare collection and control and communication systems for the first metro line in Africa, Metro Line 1 in Cairo. Since then we have continued to bring growth and security and safety to the country by upgrading these transportation systems as well as providing solutions for customers in air traffic management, air defence and Navy.

JOB OBJECTIVE

• Highly motivated and experienced profile to directly supervise and manage the accounting team of onshore (2) and offshore (5) resources for multiple legal entities, and improve the financial processes across the served entities
• Customer Service and transformation minded profile to develop and manage the Cairo-based multi-function (accounting, treasury, budget controlling, reporting) finance shared-service centre for MEA & KSA (11), together with the area function leaders (him/herself being function leader for accounting, based in Cairo; the area Treasury Manager and Central Budget & Reporting Controller, both based in Dubai)
  
  
  

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee and manage all aspects of accounting department for all the different entities within legacy Thales and DIS
• Supervise and mentor accounting staff providing training and support to ensure the team is working on maximum efficiency
• Ensure the timely preparation of financial statements for all entities in scope
• Manage and supervise the different tax compliance filings for the served entities
• Develop and maintain internal controls to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance with relevant laws and regulations
• Work closely with the outsourced accounting shared service centre based in India that performs most of the accounting transactional tasks
• Work closely with different country finance & project controllers
• Supervise the Cairo based Treasury, Budget Control and Reporting job positions in coordination with the regional heads of function
  
  
  

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 10 years of experience with a large sized company, preferably MNC of which last 5 years to be of supervisory role.
• Shared Services Experience.
• Experience in regional or head-office functions in MNC with ability to communicate with people from different regions.
• Ability to take over Business Partner Role.
  
  
  

Qualification, Certification & Educational Requirements

• Masters degree in Accounting
• Strong knowledge of IFRS
  
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Proven managerial skills.
• Strong capacity to influence key stakeholders / engage & develop teams.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify and solve problems effectively.
• Leadership , management and team building skills.
• Agility, adaptability and flexibility.
• Multitasker.
• Work under pressure and tight deadlines. Manage Self and team.
• Strong ability to plan for self and team.
• Excellent team working skills with peers and cross functional teams.
• Effective communicator capable of influencing in a multi-cultural environment.
• Fluent in English and Arabic is a must.
• French speaking would be appreciated.
  
  
  

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