Responsibilities
- Directs financial activities of an organization by performing the following duties personally or through accounting team members.
- Provides management with timely reviews of organization’s financial status and progress to drive optimal business results each period.
- Establishes, or recommends to management, major corporate economic strategies, objectives, and policies for company.
- Prepares reports which summarize and forecast company business activity and financial position in areas of income, expenses, and earnings based on past, present, and expected operations.
- Directs preparation of budgets, reviews budget proposals, and prepares necessary supporting documentation and justification.
- Advises management about insurance coverage for protection against property losses and potential liabilities.
- Directs determination of depreciation rates to apply to capital assets.
- Advises management on desirable operational adjustments due to tax code revisions.
- |Arranges for audits of company’s accounts.
- Prepares reports required by regulatory agencies.
- Establishes relations with banks and other financial institutions.
The Individual
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; Professional Accounting qualification (or progress towards qualification); or four to ten years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Professional Accounting qualifications (or progress towards qualification).