Finance Manager - Guinea

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Who will you be working with?

As the Finance Manager you will be responsible for the overall operational finance execution, including budgeting, forecasting, controllership, and reporting, serving as a business partner to the operations management team to drive the successful delivery, profitability, and growth of Wabtec’s Freight Services contracts in the Republic of Guinea including West Africa.

Role:Finance Manager

Location: Guinea, near the port of Morebaya

How will you make a difference?

As Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in driving the financial success and strategic growth of Wabtec’s Freight Services contracts across the Republic of Guinea and West Africa. By overseeing key operational finance functions—including budgeting, forecasting, controllership, and reporting.

What will your typical day look like?

• Lead annual budgeting and monthly/quarterly forecasting across key financial metrics (orders, sales, cost, inventory, EBIT, CFOA) in collaboration with commercial, operational, and divisional HQ teams.
• Drive strong operating performance by partnering with local and global stakeholders to meet financial targets and deliver profitable growth.
• Oversee timely and accurate financial close and reporting processes in alignment with corporate and divisional calendars.
• Provide strategic insights on risks and opportunities, supporting commercial and operational teams with actionable recommendations.
• Collaborate with HR, Treasury, and Compliance teams to ensure successful execution of cross-functional initiatives and deliverables.
• Supervise shared services finance teams to ensure efficient and accurate execution of Record to Report, Accounts Receivable, and Accounts Payable cycles.
• Manage third-party service providers, ensuring full compliance with statutory audit and tax regulations.
• Champion simplification and process improvement initiatives, delivering clear cost-benefit outcomes across systems and operations.

What do we want to know about you?

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance from an accredited university or a professional certification preferred (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, Chartered Accountant, MBA in Finance)
• Extensive experience in finance roles including budgeting, forecasting, FP&A, operational finance, statutory finance, tax, controllership, and reporting.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP standards.
• Legal authorization to work in Guinea.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Experience working in multinational, matrixed organizations
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills to support data-driven decision-making

If you don’t have all the above criteria, don’t worry, we would still like to hear from you as we live our values and always put people first, and strive to expand what is possible.

Legal authorisation to work in the Guinea is required. We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

*Please note that we do not accept agency candidate submissions without a formalised agreement with Wabtec Talent Acquisition. If you are an agency/third party Recruiter and have not been engaged by Wabtec for this search, we do not owe you a fee if you submit a candidate to the applicant tracking system that is ultimately hired.

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