Financial Controller at Walk In Solutions

Their is one good opportunity for Finance Controller   with our  client based at Kenya .

Reporting to East Africa CFO based at Tanzania .

ROLE PURPOSE:

This will be a critical role to

• Drive implementation of strategic business plans over the short and long term
• Streamline and strengthen the financial systems and controls in the assigned geography of the Kenya business

ROLE SPECIFICATIONS:

CFO for the business :

• Overall responsibility of the Finance function (review financial statements, monthly MIS, Group reporting) and audits (internal, statutory).
• Financial evaluation of projects and post implementation review of the projects.
• Monitoring and evaluating business processes; suggesting and implementing changes to bring in control, efficiency and effectiveness.
• Involvement in operational functioning pertaining to procurement negotiations and cost savings.
• Reviewing the work of the finance manager / second line if any and ensuring the procedures are adhered to.

Strategic Business Planning :

• Maintaining repository of data and information to support business processes.
• Overseeing the implementation/maintenance of ERP system.
• Drafting capital expenditure plans and investments in line with business strategy

Planning &Budgeting :

• Preparing Annual Operating Plans (AOP) for the business unit.
• Anchor the annual budgeting exercise and ensure that the business units have a sound rationale/ basis for the budgets.
• Ensure maintenance and reporting P & L for the unit on a monthly basis.
• Preparing Rolling Estimates for remaining year for all regions and reporting the same to HO.
• Preparing brand contributions, day sales inventory calculation
• Monthly Management reporting with detailed analysis of sales & profit along with comparison with prior Rolling Estimate, Annual Operating Plan & Previous Year

Accounting & Statutory Compliances:

• Timely preparation of annual/monthly reports ensuring analysis of the performances on a monthly basis.
• Ensuring compliance to all applicable statutory and legal requirements for the assigned geography.
• Planning and managing internal/statutory/tax audits.
• Periodic compilation of a comprehensive checklist for audit and risk management
• Contributing to better corporate governance by identifying internal control weaknesses and implementing better controls

VALUE PROPOSITION-ASSIGNMENT

• This will be a challenging opportunity for middle to senior management career driven professionals to contribute to an ambitious business agenda for an aggressive growth oriented organization
• Career path for a high performer in the role would be handling CFO roles for larger and more complex clusters or P&L for a business unit with moderate complexity to start with.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

This role has principal reporting to the East Africa CFO based at Tanzania 

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS

Qualification

• The ideal candidate would be a Chartered Accountant /CPA or  Equivalent International degree

Experience

• 8 plus years of experience, with at least 2 years in a finance leadership role
• Experience in FMCG/Pharma/ Automotive / Manufacturing will be preferred
• Knowledge of SAP/ERP Accounting Systems will be desirable

Key Competencies and Skills

• The candidate needs to be high on strategic thinking and achievement orientation.
• The candidate also needs to display the ability and sensitivity to manage cultural differences, geographical complexities and complex stakeholder relationships,
• Other key desired competencies and skills would be teamwork and collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills.