Job Description: Department Finance & Accounting Reports To Executive Management / Factory Manager Location Belbeis Industrial City, Sharqia, Egypt Employment Type Full-time Key Interfaces All Factory Departments, External Auditor, Tax Advisors, Banks, External Parties Supervises Accounting Supervisor, Senior/Junior Accountants, Finance Control roles (per approved organization structure)

Job Purpose To establish, lead, and progressively stabilize the Finance & Accounting function from the ground up in a manufacturing environment undergoing financial and systems restructuring. The Finance Manager is responsible for building reliable accounting discipline, ensuring the integrity of the General Ledger and financial records, strengthening documentation and internal controls, producing accurate financial statements and statutory/tax outputs, and developing the finance team and systems in a controlled manner. The role requires a hands-on manager who can work with imperfect legacy information, investigate problems before making conclusions, and build a sustainable finance function rather than merely operate an existing one.

Key Responsibilities

1. Finance Function Establishment & Leadership • Take ownership of establishing and operating the Finance & Accounting function according to the approved organization structure and transformation plan. • Set clear responsibilities, work allocation, review levels, and accountability across the finance team. • Build disciplined month-end routines, documentation standards, reconciliations, and financial-control practices. • Prioritize critical finance risks and stabilize the function progressively without disrupting ongoing business operations. • Develop the finance team through coaching, review, and practical on-the-job guidance.

2. General Ledger & Accounting Integrity • Own the integrity, completeness, and accuracy of the General Ledger and accounting records. • Ensure journal entries are properly supported, reviewed, authorized, and posted according to the approved Chart of Accounts and accounting policies. • Review account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and unusual balances and ensure timely resolution of identified issues. • Maintain disciplined period closing procedures and ensure transactions are recorded in the appropriate accounting periods. • Ensure the accounting structure remains consistent and controlled as the business and ERP environment develop.

3. Financial Statements, Closing & Statutory Reporting • Lead monthly and year-end closing activities and ensure timely preparation of reliable financial statements. • Review Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow outputs for consistency, completeness, and reasonableness. • Ensure major balances are supported by reconciliations, schedules, and appropriate evidence. • Coordinate statutory financial reporting requirements with external auditors and relevant advisors. • Provide management with clear explanations of significant financial movements, risks, and unresolved issues.

4. Legacy Data, Opening Balances & Financial Cleanup • Lead the controlled review and validation of opening balances and legacy accounting information transferred into the new finance environment. • Use original documents, reconciliations, and reliable source evidence to validate financial data where historical systems or records cannot be fully relied upon. • Investigate significant differences and identify root causes before deciding whether correction, reconstruction, or other action is required. • Document unresolved historical issues, financial risks, and required corrective actions and escalate them appropriately. • Prevent unverified historical data from contaminating the integrity of the new accounting environment.

5. ERP & Finance Systems Development • Own Finance requirements and controls during the phased development of the ERP environment. • Ensure the General Ledger is stabilized before supporting controlled activation and integration of additional ERP modules. • Participate in ERP rehabilitation, data migration, mapping, testing, module activation, and process-improvement projects. • Validate that new modules and interfaces integrate correctly with the General Ledger and do not create duplication, conflicting records, or uncontrolled entries. • Ensure appropriate finance controls, approvals, and audit trails are embedded in system implementation.

6. Internal Controls & Documentation • Establish and enforce practical financial controls covering documentation, approvals, authorization, recording, and reconciliation. • Ensure financial transactions are supported by complete and valid documentation before accounting treatment is finalized. • Identify control weaknesses and recurring documentation failures and recommend corrective actions. • Coordinate with other departments to improve the quality and timeliness of documents and financial inputs received by Finance. • Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and escalation mechanisms within the available organization structure.

Required Skills: Environment Reports Data Cables HR Inventory Valuation Support Financial Transactions Balance Treasury ROOT Accounts Receivable Financial Data Journal Entries Development Escalation Authorization Closure Accounts Payable Data Migration Interfaces Balance Sheet Structures Organization General Ledger Business Operations Adjustments Investigation Financial Planning Approvals Operations Salary Ownership Bank Reconciliation Hiring Analysis ERP Cash Flow Internal Controls Corrective Actions Compliance Accountability Tax Validation Financial Statements Inspection Reliability Financial Reporting Coaching Cash Manufacturing Filing Integration Procurement Budgeting Records Pressure Excel Education Preparation Accounting Finance Testing Documentation Planning Design Business Sales Leadership Communication Management

Desired Candidate Profile

Candidate Profile / Hiring Benchmark

RequirementDetail Education Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Commerce with Accounting specialization. Professional Qualification CMA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent is preferred but not mandatory where practical manufacturing finance experience is strong. Experience Approximately 8 12 years of progressive Finance/Accounting experience, including at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial capacity. Manufacturing Experience Strong preference for candidates with direct factory/manufacturing experience and practical exposure to inventory, costing, production-related accounting, and working-capital issues. Build/Transformation Experience Strong preference for experience establishing, restructuring, or significantly improving a finance function, accounting system, ERP environment, or Chart of Accounts. Technical Foundation Strong General Ledger, closing, financial statements, reconciliations, internal controls, tax/audit coordination, and accounting-documentation discipline. Systems Strong Excel and practical ERP experience; ability to understand data migration, mapping, integration, and control issues. Management Capability Able to lead old and new team members, objectively assess capability, preserve useful operational knowledge, and introduce stronger standards without unnecessary disruption. Problem-Solving Style Evidence-based, investigative, and structured; does not rush to rebuild or discard data before understanding root causes. Personality Hands-on, calm under pressure, firm on financial integrity, diplomatic with stakeholders, able to challenge unsupported assumptions, and capable of building credibility through evidence rather than authority alone.