What's the role

As the Finance Advisor, you will serve as the face of Finance for opportunities or challenges prioritized based on value and risk. You will be responsible for the delivery of Finance capability required to support a set of clearly defined business outcomes across multiple activities/assets.

Accountabilities

The Finance Advisor will for a variety of activities/opportunities assigned to them by the Retail/Distribution Finance Manager based on Value/Risk (e.g. control frameworks concerns, performance management system issues, large investments, complex contracts) depending on the requirements, of the specific activity:

• Monitor the OPEX and CAPEX for the distribution team, managing closing, coordinating with the terminals and maintaining a close eye on their OPEX and CAPEX.

• Managing accounting of government receivables.

• Monthly presentations are made to the Distribution Operations Manager who is part of the Leadership Team

• Deliver the full suite of Finance support (including tax, treasury, accounting and structuring) autonomously and coordinate the involvement of CoEs.

• Independently ensure that a proper functioning control framework is in place and that risks are properly understood, reflected and managed.

• Independently ensure value and risks are made transparent and understood in both decision-making and in performance management.

• Ensure a fit for purpose performance management system is in place.

• In activities where FO and Business act together to deliver, lead/initiate structural improvement projects and drive the accountability for delivery with the accountable people (the Finance Advisor is explicitly not acting as an ad hoc fixer to mitigate process performance issues).

• Brings new proposals of high value activities to the Finance Manager, for example (in initiating digitalization projects and acting as a connector between FO and the business).

• Actively look for opportunities to reduce non-value adding Finance activity (“demand management”).

• Maximize use of Finance Operations in delivery of processes.

What We Need From You

• Graduate of Accountancy/ Finance or any related degree

• Must be CA qualified with 1 to 2 years of experience OR someone who is ACCA qualified with 3 to 5 years of experience

• Preferably know how to use GSAP

• Based in Karachi