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Leadership and Professional Development

The document summarizes an interview of a finance manager candidate. It outlines the typical duties and responsibilities of a finance manager role, including collecting and analyzing financial information, reporting to management, developing budgets and business plans, and minimizing financial risk. It also lists typical qualifications like a degree in finance, accounting, or business, and 3+ years of experience. Key skills include analytical abilities, communication skills, and attention to detail. The document then provides sample interview questions that may be asked of finance manager candidates, focusing on work experience, motivation, conflict resolution, handling errors, working under pressure, and future goals. It asks about willingness to work flexible hours and relocate. The final question asks candidates to explain why they should be

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Leadership and Professional Development

The document summarizes an interview of a finance manager candidate. It outlines the typical duties and responsibilities of a finance manager role, including collecting and analyzing financial information, reporting to management, developing budgets and business plans, and minimizing financial risk. It also lists typical qualifications like a degree in finance, accounting, or business, and 3+ years of experience. Key skills include analytical abilities, communication skills, and attention to detail. The document then provides sample interview questions that may be asked of finance manager candidates, focusing on work experience, motivation, conflict resolution, handling errors, working under pressure, and future goals. It asks about willingness to work flexible hours and relocate. The final question asks candidates to explain why they should be

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LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL

DEVELOPMENT
INTERVIEW OF FINANCE MANAGER
Group Members
• Muhammad Numan
• Aarsa
• Luqman Butt
• Muhammad Hadi
• Fareed Ayyaz
Finance Manager duties and responsibilities of the job
 Collecting, interpreting and reviewing financial information
 Predicting future financial trends
 Reporting to management and stakeholders, and providing advice how the company and
future business decisions might be impacted
 Producing financial reports related to budgets, account payables, account receivables,
expenses etc.
 Developing long-term business plans based on these reports
 Reviewing, monitoring and managing budgets
 Developing strategies that work to minimize financial risk
 Analyzing market trends and competitors

Finance Manager job qualifications and requirements


A degree and several years’ experience in the financial field will be required to gain a
Finance Manager role. A degree in the following fields will prove particularly
advantageous:
• Accountancy or Finance
• Economics
• Mathematics
• Business Studies
• Management
• Minimum 3 years of experience in large corporate business.

Postgraduate degrees in financial management would also be beneficial for candidates looking to
advance their career.

As well as formal qualifications, a Finance Manager job description should detail the following
qualities:

 An analytical mind
 Negotiation skills and the ability to develop strong working relationships
 Commercial and business awareness
 Good communication skills – both written and verbal
 A keen eye for detail and desire to probe further into data
 Ability to stick to time constraints
CANDIDATE NO. 1
 Introduce yourself.
 Why do you want to leave your current job?
 Why are you joining this company?
 When you have to deal with multiple priorities, how do you manage?
 What motivates you?
 What is your greatest achievement?
 What can you bring to this role that you’re certain other applicants can’t?
 Imagine there’s a conflict between two accountants you supervise. How do you resolve
it?
 If one of your subordinates made an error, how would you handle it?
 Recall a time you had to prepare a financial report with a very tight deadline. How did
you manage?
 Give an example of a time when you had a difficult person to manage and how you
handled the situation
 Where do you see yourself in five years?
 Are you willing to work all hours?
 Would you leave the company if you’ll get more salary from any other workplace?
 Why should we hire you?
CANDIDATE NO. 2
1. Introduce yourself.
2. Why do you want to leave your current job?
3. What experience do you have in this field?
4. Why are you joining this company? What do you know about this company?
5. What are your weaknesses?
6. How are you when you’re working under pressure?
7. If one of your subordinates made an error, how would you handle it?
8. Imagine there’s a conflict between two accountants you supervise. How do you resolve
it?
9. What can you bring to this role that you’re certain other applicants can’t?
10. Are you willing to relocate?
11. Do you prefer to work independently or on a team?
12. Where do you see yourself in five years?
13. What salary are you expecting?
14. Why should we hire you?

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