Role Overview

The Head of Finance and Administration acts as the company’s "Chief Custodian," responsible for balance sheet management, fiscal discipline, and maintaining the operational backbone of AC Mobility. This leader provides the vital data-driven guardrails that empower all teams to move fast and innovate without compromising the company’s solvency, operational integrity, or regulatory standing.

Core Responsibility

The core responsibility of this role is to ensure long-term financial sustainability and administrative excellence. The Head of Finance and Administration must ensure that the company’s resources—both capital and physical infrastructure—are perfectly aligned with its strategic goals, effectively balancing aggressive growth with rigorous risk management.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Modeling and Strategic Governance

• Build and maintain advanced 3-way financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and execute complex scenario-based forecasting.
• Lead the implementation, optimisation, and management of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools.
• Uphold deep corporate governance, managing board reporting, cap table updates, and all statutory compliance requirements.
• Drive high-level contract negotiations, including commercial leases, insurance premiums, and master service agreements (MSAs).

Strategic Financial Planning and Analysis (F, P and A)

• Lead the annual and strategic budgeting process, directly translating the company’s strategic roadmap into detailed financial models and departmental allocations.
• Manage cash flow and liquidity meticulously to ensure AC Mobility has the capital necessary for Research and Development, daily operations, and scaling needs.
• Provide the executive team with real-time financial insights, utilising variance analysis to identify, communicate, and correct overspending before it impacts the bottom line.
• Act as a "Strategic Brake," exercising the judgment to know exactly when to slow down spending to preserve capital and when to accelerate investment to capture market share.

Administrative and Operational Governance

• Oversee the company’s physical infrastructure, including comprehensive office management, facilities maintenance, and the strategic procurement of corporate assets.
• Design, deploy, and strictly enforce Internal Control Frameworks to actively prevent fraud, waste, and abuse across all business units.
• Manage Legal and Corporate Secretarial functions, ensuring all board resolutions, cap table updates, and corporate filings are executed flawlessly and on time.

Risk Management and Compliance

• Oversee and optimise the company’s comprehensive insurance portfolio (e.g., D&O, General Liability, and Fleet Insurance) to ensure maximum coverage at optimised costs.
• Lead and manage relationships with external auditors and tax authorities, guaranteeing 100% compliance with both local and international financial regulations.
• Conduct routine financial "stress tests" to ensure the organisation is prepared for market volatility, economic downturns, or sudden shifts in the mobility landscape.

Procurement and Vendor Management

• Build and lead a centralised procurement function, leveraging the company’s total spend to negotiate highly favourable terms with Tier-1 suppliers.
• Implement and manage automated "Procure-to-Pay" systems to drastically reduce administrative overhead and increase visibility and transparency across the supply chain.

Performance Mentorship and Training:

• Conduct regular performance reviews, identify skill gaps, and implement targeted training programmes for the finance and administration team.

Departmental Workflow Management:

• Supervise the internal production of SOPs and policies within the department, enforcing streamlined processes to ensure all administrative tasks meet company deadlines.

Digital Transformation and ERP Integration:

• Ensure the full provision of all requisite data for the digitisation of departmental policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and workflows. Champion and drive the effective implementation and continuous utilisation of the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system within the department.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Financial Health: Maintaining targeted cash runway and liquidity ratios, with minimal negative variance to the approved annual budget.
• Compliance and Audit: Achieving zero critical audit findings and maintaining 100% on-time statutory and tax compliance.
• Operational Efficiency: Measurable reduction in Procure-to-Pay cycle times and documented cost savings achieved through strategic vendor negotiations.
• Strategic Reporting: 100% on-time delivery of accurate, actionable real-time financial dashboards and quarterly board reports.

Performance Evaluation and Terms

Performance in this executive role will be continuously evaluated to ensure absolute alignment with AC Mobility's broader strategic and fiduciary goals.

Assessment Cadence:

• Progress, fiscal discipline, and leadership capabilities will be actively monitored through regular reviews with the CEO and the Board of Directors, assessed against the established Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and organisational milestones.

Ramifications of Underperformance:

• The expectations for this senior leadership role are exceptionally high given its critical impact on the company's solvency and operational continuity. Sustained failure to meet fiscal objectives, maintain compliance, or uphold fiduciary duties may result in immediate corrective action or termination of employment.

Qualifications and Core Competencies

1. Educational Background

• Required: Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics.
• Preferred: An Advanced Degree (MBA or a Master’s in Finance) is highly preferred to demonstrate strategic management capabilities beyond technical accounting.

2. Professional Experience

• Tenure: A minimum of six years of progressive, demonstrable experience in finance and corporate operations.
• Leadership: At least three years in a senior management role (VP or Head level), ideally within a high-growth technology or mobility company.
• Multi-Disciplinary Oversight: Proven experience successfully managing non-finance functions, such as Procurement, Facilities, or Legal Administration.
• Strategic Transactions: Hands-on experience managing financial due diligence for venture capital rounds, debt financing, or M&A activity is a significant advantage.

3. Professional Certifications

• Required: Active standing as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or ACCA/CIMA is essential to ensure the ultimate integrity of financial reporting and tax compliance.

Soft Competencies

Executive-level command of key competencies needed for the modern workplace, including but not limited to: Strategic Leadership, High-Level Problem Solving, Critical Thinking, Uncompromising Integrity, Excellent Cross-Functional Communication, Work Ethic, Dependability, Empathy, Professionalism, and effective Stress Management in high-stakes environments.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to drive financial strategy for a high-growth, large-scale smart mobility network.
• Hands-on experience with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) integration and complex financial modelling.
• Exposure to real-world corporate governance, revenue assurance, and fiscal management at scale.

• Build and maintain advanced 3-way financial statements (P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow) and execute complex scenario-based forecasting.
• Lead the implementation, optimisation, and management of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools.
• Uphold deep corporate governance, managing board reporting, cap table updates, and all statutory compliance requirements.
• Drive high-level contract negotiations, including commercial leases, insurance premiums, and master service agreements (MSAs).
• Lead the annual and strategic budgeting process, directly translating the company’s strategic roadmap into detailed financial models and departmental allocations.
• Manage cash flow and liquidity meticulously to ensure AC Mobility has the capital necessary for Research and Development, daily operations, and scaling needs.
• Provide the executive team with real-time financial insights, utilising variance analysis to identify, communicate, and correct overspending before it impacts the bottom line.
• Act as a "Strategic Brake," exercising the judgment to know exactly when to slow down spending to preserve capital and when to accelerate investment to capture market share.
• Oversee the company’s physical infrastructure, including comprehensive office management, facilities maintenance, and the strategic procurement of corporate assets.
• Design, deploy, and strictly enforce Internal Control Frameworks to actively prevent fraud, waste, and abuse across all business units.
• Manage Legal and Corporate Secretarial functions, ensuring all board resolutions, cap table updates, and corporate filings are executed flawlessly and on time.
• Oversee and optimise the company’s comprehensive insurance portfolio (e.g., D&O, General Liability, and Fleet Insurance) to ensure maximum coverage at optimised costs.
• Lead and manage relationships with external auditors and tax authorities, guaranteeing 100% compliance with both local and international financial regulations.
• Conduct routine financial "stress tests" to ensure the organisation is prepared for market volatility, economic downturns, or sudden shifts in the mobility landscape.
• Build and lead a centralised procurement function, leveraging the company’s total spend to negotiate highly favourable terms with Tier-1 suppliers.
• Implement and manage automated "Procure-to-Pay" systems to drastically reduce administrative overhead and increase visibility and transparency across the supply chain.
• Conduct regular performance reviews, identify skill gaps, and implement targeted training programmes for the finance and administration team.
• Supervise the internal production of SOPs and policies within the department, enforcing streamlined processes to ensure all administrative tasks meet company deadlines.
• Ensure the full provision of all requisite data for the digitisation of departmental policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and workflows. Champion and drive the effective implementation and continuous utilisation of the company’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system within the department.

• Strategic Leadership
• High-Level Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Uncompromising Integrity
• Excellent Cross-Functional Communication
• Work Ethic
• Dependability
• Empathy
• Professionalism
• Effective Stress Management

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or Economics.
• An Advanced Degree (MBA or a Master’s in Finance) is highly preferred.
• Minimum of six years of progressive, demonstrable experience in finance and corporate operations.
• At least three years in a senior management role (VP or Head level).
• Proven experience successfully managing non-finance functions, such as Procurement, Facilities, or Legal Administration.
• Hands-on experience managing financial due diligence for venture capital rounds, debt financing, or M&A activity is a significant advantage.
• Active standing as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant) or ACCA/CIMA is essential.