Head of Accounting/Reporting and Optimization of Scarce Resources – SOCIETE GENERALE
Description:
SOCIETE GENERALE CENTRAL AND EAST AFRICA IS LOOKING FOR
AN ACCOUNTING/REPORTING AND OPTIMIZATION OF SCARCE RESOURCES MANAGER FOR ITS REGIONAL FINANCIAL DIRECTORATE
Main missions
Under the supervision of the Regional Financial Director, your mission will be to:
- Facilitate the process of reporting accounting data according to the norms and standards of the Societe Generale Group
- Produce local and regulatory accounts
- Pilot the animation of the rare resources control system (RWA; Overheads, Liquidity).
- Ensure the implementation of data quality control processes. You ensure the regular holding of data quality committees and ensure the effective implementation of action plans.
- Assist all directors and chief accountants as well as members of the accounting community in their role.
- Ensure the timely production of all reporting within your scope (IFC, regulatory reporting, Safir). You also ensure the follow-up of the accounting management of the SGACE entity (Regional Management).
- Identify, steer and conduct actions with a view to optimizing them (RWA, Overheads, Liquidity).
- Summarize all of these subjects for the Regional Financial Director and/or members of the CODIR of the AFCE region.
- Ensure that best practices are disseminated throughout the Region.
Main activities
Accounting statement
- Ensure the completion of accounting closing work at the level of the accounting teams
- Ensure the reporting of all Group, regulatory and local reports
- Management of decrees and cross-cutting subjects related to decrees
- Accounting control and quality
- Coordinate accounting quality controls
- Control the implementation of controls, permanent monitoring, Kpis of service managers
- Projects
In connection with the Project Manager of the Regional Finance Department, you:
- Co Supervise accounting projects
- Contribute to the success of projects for new accounting standards or procedures
- Ensure that the actions related to the various projects are carried out on time
Management
- Animate the accounting community in the region and participate in the development of employee skills
- -Participate in the recruitment of resources for your department and set annual objectives. You are in charge of monitoring their implementation and validating action plans, Ensure the development and skills development of its teams
Optimization of overheads
In coordination with the regional management control manager, you assist the subsidiaries in optimizing their overheads (excluding staff costs) by:
- Offering initiatives and proven ways to save money
- Disseminating best practices and drafting operating instructions for purchasing departments for AFCE Region subsidiaries
- Supporting the structuring of all purchasing departments to ensure consistency of processes, tools and methods
Your work will be done in permanent contact with the purchasing departments and the financial departments of the subsidiaries, according to their maturity and history in terms of optimizing overheads and relying on the recommendations and practices of the Group Purchasing Department .
RWA optimization
- Animation and management of the Capital Planning process of the entities (in particular optimization of RWA)
- Active regulatory monitoring
Liquidity optimization
You will ensure, in conjunction with the ALM teams and the regional treasury, the implementation of the cash relief plans. You supervise the effective implementation of stress test scenarios and ensure that the resulting recommendations are properly implemented.
Compliance/Risks/Leadership model
- Ensure the application of the rules of the Bank’s code of conduct and compliance
- Ensure that the recommendations of the audit are lifted within the deadlines set out in the action plans
- Ensure the risk culture among the teams placed under his responsibility
- Ensure the proper functioning of the permanent monitoring on its scope of responsibility
- Develop customer impact
Business Competence
- Good knowledge of the banking environment
- Mastery of CEMAC and international bank accounting tools and techniques
- Mastery of the production of IFC, regulatory and SAFIR reporting
- Change management
- Skill developement
- Ability to work in project mode
- Mastery of office tools and business applications
- Proficiency in professional English
Behavioral Competencies
- Good analytical and synthesis skills
- Open-mindedness
- Reliability and quality orientation
- Organization and planning
- Customer orientation and sense of service
- Good oral and written communication
- Ability to adapt in a multicultural environment
Candidate Profile
- Higher education bac +5 in Accounting, Banking & Finance, Audit & Control
- Confirmed experience of at least 5 years ideally in the banking accounting sector
Job location: Douala.
