Senior Finance Manager (Horticulture) – Naivasha at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements.

• Financial Planning and Strategy: Lead the company’s financial planning process, including preparing budgets and forecasts, and building and maintaining financial models to enable strategic decision making.
• Performance Reporting: Prepare comprehensive monthly financial reports on performance and cash flow.
• Operational Control: Monitor expenditures and analyze cost savings and efficiencies
• Performance analysis: Avocado sales and harvest tracking, analysis and reporting.
• Packhouse analysis: Analyse and monitor the performance of the company’s packing facility.
• Accounting & Audit: Oversight of the monthly accounting and bookkeeping, management accounts preparation and processes. Oversight of the audit.
• ERP Systems: Work on the implementation and running of a new ERP system.
• Training and Development: Training and sharing of knowledge and skills with the current finance team, including a Finance Manager and Accounts Assistant, to ensure the team is highly capable and effective.
• Management Engagement: Working with the company’s senior management and shareholders to provide them with the financial information and tools they require.
• Governance and Compliance: Ensure the company’s financial practices are carried out with high levels of good governance, and to develop and improve them.

Key Qualifications.

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar position, and 10 years’ experience in finance Accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA).
• Highly computer literate, with expertise in Excel.
• Extensive experience with ERP and accounting software systems.
• Previous experience in agriculture and/or retail or distribution is an added advantage.
• Self-confident, conscientious, and highly organized with excellent written and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Able to act independently, take responsibility, and work with a team.
• Sound integrity.