Financial Controller

Company description:

About Digicel

Enabling customers to live, work, play and flourish in a connected world, Digicel’s world class LTE and fibre networks deliver state-of-the-art mobile, home and business solutions.

Serving 10 million consumer and business customers in 25 markets in the Caribbean and Central America, its investments of over US$5 billion and a commitment to its communities through its Digicel Foundations in Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago have contributed to positive outcomes for over 2 million people to date. 

With the Better-Connected ethos at the heart of everything, its 5,000 employees worldwide work together to make that a powerful reality for customers, communities and countries day in, day out.

Digicel also delivers news, sports broadcasting, digital media and financial services in several of its markets.

Visit www.digicelgroup.com for more.  

Job description:

Job Title: Financial Controller

Primary objective of the job:

The Financial Controller is a senior member of the Finance Department and will be responsible for providing leadership of the Company’s financial accounting and reporting, while ensuring the integrity of the Balance Sheet and oversight of the Treasury Function and local Payroll.  The incumbent will also be expected to work closely with the Business Risk and FP&A functions and Various Teams at the Shared Service Centre (SSC), that is, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivables, Cash and Bank, Intercompany, Fixed Assets, Payroll and Group Tax.

The Financial Controller is responsible for leading, motivating and developing the team and acting as a trusted partner to the business.  This role also has responsibility for maintaining a strong control environment, managing all balance sheet risks and ensuring compliance with the Group’s accounting policies and procedures.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

Financial Reporting

• Ensure all Group and Market Financial Reporting deliverables are completed on a timely and accurate basis 
• Work with Group Finance on adoption and implementation of new IFRS’s
• Month End Close: review all journals and postings done by SSC and local market teams for Revenue, Direct Costs, and Balance Sheet accounts.
• Ensure the accuracy and integrity of the Company’s accounting records and financial systems
• Prepare annual audited financials in accordance with the relevant IFRS’s
• TATT Reporting requirements

Financial Management & Controls

• Oversee Fixed Assets accounting and cash capex reporting, and forecasting.
• Oversee Accounts Receivables – manage all AR functions both SSC and in market, ensuring all invoices and receipts are correctly applied and collections of all non-subscriber receivables.  Prepare aging analysis, provide all relevant explanations required and manage Provision for Bad Debt.
• Oversee the Accounts Payable function
• Responsibility for all GL balances including review of all month end balance sheet reconciliations for accuracy and completeness
• Effectively manage working capital with specific attention to stock, debtors and cash
• Manage external and internal audits and assist the CFO with respect to periodic reports to the Group’s Audit Committee explaining the processes adopted by management
• Regularly review the effectiveness of internal controls

Risk Management

• Play an active role in the risk assessment process and embedding a risk management culture throughout the organization

• Oversee Insurance coverage, polices and claims in line with Group guidance

Taxation

• Ensure returns for Corporation tax, VAT and other relevant taxes are submitted, payments are made on time, and all relevant regulations are complied with as directed by Group Tax.
• Complete reporting requirements on behalf of Group Tax.
• Support the CFO in the execution of the Group’s taxation strategy

Budgets and forecasts

• Coordinate with the Head of FP&A in the preparation of budgets, and monthly forecasts and continued monitoring of performance against them to enable robust reporting of variances to Group and Executive Management Team

Staff

• Effectively manage, motivate and develop the team
• Supervise & review performance of individuals in the team

General

• Liaise with different departments to ensure the Finance department is properly supporting the needs of the operating businesses
• Manage relationships with auditors, tax advisers, bankers, insurance brokers and any other key stakeholders
• Ensure the Team is kept informed of industry developments which are relevant to the operation of an efficient finance function
• Performs related work: the duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to that position.

Academic Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Professional accounting qualification

• Significant qualified experience in all aspects of financial accounting and reporting +5 years in a similar position.
• Very good knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Relevant industry experience

Functional Skills:

• Strong accounting, finance systems and tax knowledge
• Strong leadership and communication skills

• Promoter of high ethical standards, customer focused, results driven and acts as a business partner
• Strong analytical skills
• Self-starter and pro-active problem solver

• Have strong organizational skills, being able to manage multiple deliverables at once