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financial manager job

description
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Key duties/responsibilities for financial manager


1. Provide financial support to business units.
2. Maintain financial oversight and make recommendations on financial issues
to assigned business unit (s).
3. Coordinate and execute the monthly / annual forecast analysis process with
assigned business unit(s)
4. Proactively resolve MIS issues impacting performance and review impact
with business unit(s) and Divisional Financial Officers
5. Provide project financial support and analytics related to financial and other
performance metrics to assigned business unit(s).
6. Lead and/or present financial analysis and results to business unit(s).
7. Coordinate and execute the review of monthly reporting and results process
with assigned business unit(s).
8. Provide analytical support and recommendations on key financial issues.

Key job qualifications for financial manager


1. Bachelors degree or higher from an accredited university
2. Minimum of ten (10) years combined experience in corporate finance
and/or a professional services firm
3. Merger, acquisition, and/or divestiture experience
4. Strong financial acumen ability to translate complex business problems
into financial terms
5. Licensed, active CPA or CMA
6. Strong Microsoft Excel skills
7. Strong organizational and prioritization skills
8. Working knowledge of accounting (purchase accounting a plus),
economics, tax, legal, and business operations
9. Knowledge of PeopleSoft and ability to write database queries are
advantageous
10. Good communication skills (at all levels in the organization), both written
and verbal.
11. Flexible and responsible for meeting tight deadlines.

Format for financial manager job description


A typical job description includes 4
main part as follows:
1. Job information
This part includes: job title, reporting
relationships, department, job
location, manager/supervisors title,
job code, purpose and objective of the
job.
2. List of main task
3. Contents of Job Specifications
Knowledg/education.
Skill requirements.
Experience.
Abilities. Ability include physical
ability, metal ability, aptitudes.
4. Contents of working conditions
Environmental conditions
Job hazards / safety
Machine, tools and equipments

KSA model in setting up job description


1. What is KSA model?
KSA model is a competency model of individual. KSA is the same KSAO.
KSA include Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (also called KSAs model) that an
applicant must have to perform successfully in the position.

2. Components of KSA:
Knowledge
A body of information needed to perform a task.
For example, Human Resources Knowledge include knowledge of personnel
recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and
negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Skills
Skills are the proficiency to perform a certain task.
For example, skill in operating computer peripherals such as printers.
Abilities
Abilities are an underlying, enduring trait useful for performing tasks.
For example, oral comprehension the ability to listen to and understand
information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

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Fields related to financial manager:


The above job description can be used for fields as:
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architecture, automotive, agency, banking, budget, building, business
development, consulting, communication, clinical research, design, software
development, product development, interior design, web development,
engineering, education, events, electrical, exhibition, energy, ngo, finance,
fashion, green card, oil gas, hospital, it, marketing, media, mining, nhs, non
technical, oil and gas, offshore, pharmaceutical, real estate, retail, research,
human resources, telecommunications, technology, technical, senior, digital,
software, web, clinical, hr, infrastructure, business, erp, creative, ict, hvac,
sales, quality management, uk, implementation, network, operations,
architectural, environmental, crm, website, interactive, security, supply chain,
logistics, training, project management, administrative management
The above job description also can be used for job title levels: entry level
financial manager, junior financial manager, senior financial manager

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