Finance operations manager

finance operations manager Reports to: Senior finance manager ( DAF) position purpose The finance operations manager is responsible for overseeing and managing the company's financial operations, ensuring strong financial governance, reliable financial information, effective internal controls and optimized working capital management. The role provides overall leadership and supervision of the accounting, treasury and credit management functions, ensuring that each area operates efficiently and in compliance with group standards, internal policies and local regulatory requirements. With strong technical expertise across these disciplines, the finance operations manager acts as a key finance leader, providing guidance to specialized teams, reviewing and challenging their performance, anticipating financial risks and driving continuous improvement across financial operations.

key responsibilities
1. financial operations management and supervision
• Oversee the overall performance and effectiveness of accounting, treasury and credit management activities.
• Provide technical guidance and direction to specialized teams, ensuring the quality, accuracy and reliability of their work.
• Review and challenge financial processes, controls, reconciliations and reporting to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Ensure that monthly, quarterly and annual financial closing processes are properly managed and delivered within established deadlines.
• Monitor compliance with group financial policies, local accounting standards, tax regulations and internal procedures.
• Ensure effective coordination between finance teams and other business functions.
• Identify organizational and process gaps and implement appropriate improvement plans. 2. accounting governance and financial control
• Supervise accounting activities and ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial records and statements.
• Oversee the quality of financial closing, balance sheet reviews, reconciliations and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with Moroccan accounting and tax regulations, as well as group reporting requirements.
• Review accounting practices, identify potential risks and ensure appropriate corrective actions.
• Coordinate with external auditors, tax advisors and relevant authorities.
• Strengthen the internal control framework and ensure proper implementation of financial procedures and delegation of authority. 3. treasury and cash management oversight
• Supervise treasury activities and ensure effective cash management and liquidity planning.
• Review and challenge cash flow forecasts, liquidity positions and financing requirements.
• Oversee banking relationships, financing arrangements, payment policies and financial commitments.
• Ensure appropriate treasury controls and effective management of financial risks.
• Identify opportunities to optimize cash utilization, reduce financial costs and improve working capital. 4. credit management and working capital
• Oversee the company's credit management strategy and ensure effective implementation of customer credit policies.
• Supervise credit risk assessments, customer credit limits and payment terms.
• Monitor receivables performance, overdue balances, collection effectiveness and customer exposure.
• Challenge collection strategies and ensure appropriate escalation of high-risk accounts.
• Work closely with sales and business teams to balance commercial objectives with credit risk exposure.
• Monitor key working capital indicators, including days sales outstanding (DSO) and overdue receivables.
• Drive initiatives to reduce bad debt exposure and improve the cash conversion cycle. 5. financial governance, risk and compliance
• Ensure strong financial governance across all finance operations.
• Identify financial, operational and compliance risks and ensure appropriate mitigation plans are implemented.
• Monitor the effectiveness of internal controls and ensure proper segregation of duties.
• Lead the implementation and follow-up of audit recommendations and corrective action plans.
• Ensure alignment between local financial practices and group finance requirements. 6. team leadership and performance management
• Lead and develop finance operations teams, including accounting, treasury and credit management specialists.
• Establish clear objectives, responsibilities and performance indicators for each area.
• Coach and support team members, strengthening technical capabilities, accountability and ownership.
• Drive standardization, process efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Promote a culture of accuracy, compliance, accountability and performance. required qualifications and experience
• Bachelor's or master's degree in finance, accounting, audit or a related discipline.
• 8–12 years of experience in finance, accounting or financial management, preferably in an industrial or multinational environment.
• Strong technical expertise in accounting, treasury, cash management and credit management.
• Proven experience supervising specialized finance teams and managing multiple finance functions.
• Solid knowledge of Moroccan accounting standards, taxation and financial regulations.
• Good understanding of working capital management, internal controls and financial risk management.
• Experience in SAP .
• Fluency in French and English. key competencies
• Strong technical finance and accounting knowledge.
• Leadership and ability to supervise specialized teams.
• Strong financial governance and internal control mindset.
• Ability to review, challenge and validate financial information.
• Sound judgment and risk management capabilities.
• Strong organizational and decision-making skills.
• Ability to coordinate effectively with business stakeholders and group finance.
• Structured, rigorous and results-oriented approach. key performance indicators
• Quality and timeliness of financial closing and reporting.
• Effectiveness of internal controls and audit compliance.
• Accuracy of cash flow forecasts and treasury management.
• Overdue receivables performance.
• Working capital optimization.
• Credit risk and bad debt exposure.
• Compliance with group and local financial requirements.
• Finance team performance and process improvement.