Key Accountabilities

Planning and Reporting

• Produce the Business Plan and Forecasts (P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash) for the relevant contracts. Applying cha
• llenge the input assumptions from the business.
• Support contract manager(s) in controlling spend against their business plan/ forecast and ensure they align with the business unit and Serco Middle East defined targets.
• Analyse the contract financial performance and make recommendations for continuous improvement and remedial action as required.
• Timely reporting of all financial deliverables in accordance with the divisional and group finance calendar.
• Maintain a robust cash management process. Including reporting of daily cash balances, monthly cash flow forecasts using both direct and indirect methodologies of forecasting.
• Coordinate cash repatriation for responsible contracts to the central finance team and adherence to the Group treasury policy (TOPP) for responsible contracts.
• Responsibility for geography-specific financial returns.
• Liaising with local geography advisors (Taxation, Social Insurance etc) to ensure compliance.

General

• Build and maintain strong relationships with key internal stakeholders. In particular, establishing excellent working relationships with the contract managers, SME central finance, SME CFO, Head of Finance and the SSC.
• Monitor and manage the activities for the relevant project(s) and ensure procurement, AP and AR are running smoothly.
• Monitor the controls of the relevant project(s) by ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to e.g. PO procedures, delegated authority limits, bank mandates and expense guidelines.
• Liaise with the Shared Service Centre and bank customer relationship managers on a daily basis ensuring smooth flow of accounting activities.
• Routine month end activities including; analyzing payroll budget holder reports, production of Customer invoices, processing of journals prior to closure of books of accounts.
• Balance sheet management for relevant profit centre(s) with monthly reconciliations provided and clean balance sheet maintained.
• Ad-hoc reports and analysis to the business.
• Support the project teams with rebids or variations pertaining to contracts responsible for.
• Ensure financial records are maintained in compliance with accepted policies and procedures.
• Comply with all Serco SMS Policies and Standard Operating Procedures and all local regional or contract related policies and procedures.
• Perform and carry out other duties as instructed / directed by the FBP.

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