JOB : 32/Chief Financial Officer
DATE
04/26/2008
EXPERIENCE
12 years
GENDER
Male
COMPANY PROFILE
Our client is one of the leading petrochemical company located in Kuwait, dedicated to producing polyethylene and ethylene glycol. Supplying markets in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe,serves the rapidly expanding global demand for value-added plastics and chemicals of the highest quality.

DESCRIPTION
•Manage the company’s financial affairs in an effective and efficient manner.

•Exercise financial control so that accurate and timely decisions are made.

•Promote confidence in the financial management and reporting systems within the Company and amongst shareholders, lenders and customers.

•Manage the treasury and risk management function.

•Lead the finance functions empowering and encouraging staff to act in a proactive, high quality and efficient manner and to take pride in the fulfillment of their function.

•Contribute to the development and agreement to the strategy longer term and annual plan/budget for the Finance function in the capacity of a senior member of the Finance team.

•Develop, gain agreement to and implement suitable policies, procedures, quality systems compliance and ethics codes and standard work practices for different aspects of the treasury function to ensure effective performance of treasury activities and adherence to relevant laws and regulations.

•Assess company financing and working capital needs and develop, recommend, gain agreement to and implement financing plans to meet these in the most effective way on a long, medium and short-term basis.

•Ensure accurate records are maintained, including the GL and Sales and Purchase Ledgers, ensuring accurate and timely posting supported by required reconciliation controls. Proactively follow up on errors improving system capability ensuring rapid access and the required confidentiality controls.

•Provide accurate, concise and timely management information and periodical reports to senior management within the Company, shareholders and other business stakeholders also meeting statutory requirements to support understanding of business performance. This includes reports to various government bodies such as Audit Bureau, Public Funds committee, tax authorities etc. to ensure that they are fully informed of relevant developments.

•Provide for and support the business analysis requirements for the enterprise to ensure such needs are met efficiently and effectively.

•Proactively participate on multi-functional teams as required.

•Oversee and participate in as appropriate the recruitment, training, development, management and motivation of reporting staff (direct and indirect) to ensure high levels of motivation and commitment and that everyone is encourages and enabled to maximise their contribution to SEC.

CANDIDATE PROFILE

•Must be an Accounting Graduate or Finance of a numerate discipline with a recognized accountancy qualification.

• Minimum 12 years experience in the finance function, principally in controlling and or treasury activities with a proven management capability.

• Good computer skills

•Expert in using excel and SAP knowledge is a plus

•Strong communication skills.

•Language skills

•Calculated Risk taking

EDUCATION LEVEL
Graduation
LOCATION
Kuwait
NATIONALITY
Kuwait
CONTACT PERSON
Ms. Rakhi