Finance controller at Lesaffre

Main duties:
 

Reporting to Lesaffre Kenya Manager, and functionally to the Regional Finance Director, you will:
 

• Carry out the financial processes and the internal controlling of the entity
• Participate in the preparation, review, control of the monthly / annual closing in coordination with the local accounting company
• Carry out the IFRS reporting in the group tools and formalize a monthly reporting to the MEA region
• Be Sage administrator
• Product dashboards to follow up the activity of the entity
• Ensure, in collaboration with the accounting company, of the right social and tax declarations
• Participate in building the forecast and budget of the entity (including the HR part)
• Write processes and make ad hoc studies: production costs analysis, margin analysis, forecast based on corrected budget…
• Define and implement an action plan for the improvement of the working capital requirement, follow up of the payments (suppliers, clients)
• Follow up the cashflow plan of the entity. Work together with trade finance manager Africa if needed.
• Lead the payments processes (payroll, suppliers etc.) and the collection process in coordination with the sales team
• Participate to the Expenses notes process. Collect the sheet/receipt. Check the figures. Reimburse the staff.
• HR admin tasks in coordination with the HR Manager: carry out the payroll (with the support of the accounting company), prepare the employment contracts, register the employee on the medical insurance, organize mandatory medical examinations, make the headcount reporting
• Be Lesaffre Kenya IT contact. Working closer with local IT Service provider and group IT

Qualifications

• Graduated in Business Administration or Finance, you have at least 10 years of experience in finance
• You master Office 365
• Experience with Sage is preferred
• Your communication skills, your rigor, your attention to details, your autonomy, your sense of confidentiality and your analytical skills will be necessary to achieve your duties.