Current Openings at Kyosk Digital Services

Role Profile:

The role is within the Finance Department. The purpose and context of the role is: supervision of group and local entities accounting supervision; improving the quality of the Group's consolidated financial reporting; management of the intercompany agreement; coordination of all intragroup flows; coordination of issuance of the consolidated financial statements under IFRS; shall be the internal subject matter expert and consultant on all aspects of group accounting, consolidated financial statements and IFRS; and shall maintain current understanding and knowledge share on all aspects of technical accounting and IFRS current and emerging issues as relates the business and their impact to the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of the production of high quality financial accounts and reports for the Group and subsidiary companies.
• Ensuring the company complies with all regulatory requirements regarding financial reports.
• taking ownership of the Group's multi-currency consolidation process (including extensive joint venture and M & A accounting) for both monthly internal management and statutiry purposes.
• Working with the country, Finance Directors to prepare quality consolidated reports for the senior management team.
• Review of monthly balance sheet reconcilialtions, including multi-currency intercompany reconciliations.
• Oversight of the accounting for the Group's key headquarters.
• Administer, develop and improvethe accuracy of the COnsolidation Tool alongside training users on best practice use of the system.
• Developing and implementing best pracitce processes and systems across the Group.
• Technical accounting support to operating businesses.
• Key point of contact for our auditors, taking day to day responsibility for the smooth running of the audit process.
• Support on a variety of ad hoc projects as required.

Key Relationships:

• Global Head of Finance
• Global Head of Growth & Strategic Finance
• Global Director FP & A
• Global Director - Tax
• Country Finance Directors

Decision Making Authority:

• Work is conducted independently, but against a specific work plan with final review by the Global Head of Finance
• The role is a development role, managing the input / output to / from financial reporting systems. Successful candidate should show reactivity and autonomy to perform their assignments.

Minimum Qualifications & Desired Skills:

• Graduate from accounting / business / engineering or equivalent.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA or equivalent) with a post graduate degree in finance.
• Excellent spreadd sheet skills.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in finance, financial reporting and management in a multi national or international groups or auditing firms at senior leadership / executive level in major industiral companies or experience in FMCG sector w.r.t group accounting, consolidation and IFRS.
• Good working knowledge of management reporting tools.
• Good working knowledge and experience of consolidation software including set up.
• Advance knowledge of business intelligence tools eg. power BI, Tableau etc.
• Strong working knowledge of excel analysis and data modelling skills eg. Power Query, Power Pivot.
• Advance knowledge of data wrangling / cleaning tools - ETL (Extract Transform Load) techniques such as Get and Transform in MS Excel.
• Additional knowledge of MySQL would be an advantage.
• High level of skills in accounting, IFRS and accounting processes.

Competencies & Key Skills:

• Business Acument - Sound understanding of the business requirements.
• Analytical Thinking - Ability to analyze information and draw conclusions.
• Effective Decision making - The role requires one to work independently make decisions as to how to approach problems and issues.
• Project Management - Ability to plan and organise workload to meet deadlines is essential.
• Communication Skills - The role involves a lot of communication with different departments in the business. This may alos invlovle discussing  confidential and/or contentious issues. Very good interpersonal skills (communicates openly and effectively, friendly and cooperative).
• Team Work and Team Management - Ability to work independently and also to cooperate with the rest of the Finance department as well as the rest of the business. Develops confidence-based relationships with others; flexible and adapts him / herself easily to other cultures. Ability to manage teams.
• People Development Skills - Ability to develop the skill set of the employees.
• Driving for Results - Completion of work within deadlines to meet the demands of the business with enthusiasm and self motivation.
• Customer Orientation - Ability to deliver the requisite information in a timely and accurate manner.
• Out of the box thinking / Innovation - Ability to challenge exisiting processes and purpose solutions to potential issues and / or future developments.

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Role Profile:

The role is within the Finance Department. The purpose and context of the role is: Identify and lead the execution of international and foreign tax planning strategies to manage global tax risks and optimize efficiency with respect to international operations and structure; Organize efforts of the international tax mandate related to Kyosk initiatives to ensure a proactive, strategic, and consistent approach to supporting tax impacts and new business initiatives; Collaborate with and support global cross-functional teams in business development, Legal, Finance, Accounting, Treasury, and Tax; and Monitor pending or new tax legislation, draft position papers related to legislative and regulatory developments, and support tax policy initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for tax analysis and research related to global tax planning initiatives, cross-border transactions, transfer pricing, and audit activities
• Responsible for managing outside advisors in connection with key strategic projects and tax planning initiatives.
• Ensure all investor/authority reporting deadlines are adhered to and all tax returns are timely filed.
• Build key relationships with colleagues in financial accounting, tax and accounting transaction advisory, equity capital markets, and portfolio management teams to understand the global transactions executed and any other significant operating activity within the portfolio.
• Assist in the determination of proper tax accounting treatment of the various real estate acquisitions, dispositions, recapitalizations, lease transactions executed within the portfolio.
• Assist with establishing appropriate responses to issues raised and specific requests from third party investors and tax authorities

Key Relationships:

• Global Head of Finance
• Global Head of Growth & Strategic Finance
• Global Director FP & A
• Global Director - Group Accounting , Consolidation & IFRS
• Country Finance Directors

Decision Making Authority:

• Work is conducted independently, but against a specific work plan with final review by the Global Head of Finance

Minimum Qualifications & Desired Skills:

• Graduate from accounting / business / law or equivalent.
• Advanced education in taxation.
• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ADIT or equivalent).
• Excellent spread sheet skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and ability to translate complext tax matters to management / cross functional partners.
• Reporting and presentation tools eg. word and powerpoint.
• At least ten (10) years of experience in a multi national or international group with regard to tax planning and tax compliance at a senior / executive level.
• High level of research skills in taxation matters across jurisdictions.
• Multiple assignments in major industrial companies or experience in the FMCG sector w.r.t tax matters.

Competencies & Key Skills:

• Business Acument - Sound understanding of the business requirements.
• Analytical Thinking - Ability to analyze information and draw conclusions.
• Effective Decision making - The role requires one to work independently make decisions as to how to approach problems and issues.
• Project Management - Ability to plan and organise workload to meet deadlines is essential.
• Communication Skills - The role involves a lot of communication with different departments in the business. This may alos involve discussing  confidential and/or contentious issues. Very good interpersonal skills (communicates openly and effectively, friendly and cooperative).
• Team Work and Team Management - Ability to work independently and also to cooperate with the rest of the Finance department as well as the rest of the business. Develops confidence-based relationships with others; flexible and adapts him / herself easily to other cultures. Ability to manage teams.
• People Development Skills - Ability to develop the skill set of the employees.
• Driving for Results - Completion of work within deadlines to meet the demands of the business with enthusiasm and self motivation.
• Customer Orientation - Ability to deliver the requisite information in a timely and accurate manner.
• Out of the box thinking / Innovation - Ability to challenge exisiting processes and purpose solutions to potential issues and / or future developments.

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Role Profile:

The role is within the Finance Department. The purpose and context of the role is: Develop, maintain and review policies for Compliance Program’s general operation to prevent improper, unethical and illegal conduct; Collaborate with departments to direct compliance for investigation and resolution and consult with retained attorney to resolve complex legal compliance issues; Handle rules, regulations and policy violation and review and suggest investigative procedures initiation; Develop and monitor violation-handling system including whistle blower system; and develop and review Standards of Conduct to guarantee continuing currency and guide management and employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead complex legal projects that span legal, business, and functional boundaries (e.g., cross geographies, subject matter areas, jurisdictions, organizations and business models).
• Develop and implement self-assessments, identify gaps and create corrective action plans that will support compliance across Kyosk group.
• Provide counsel to staff in all departments on a variety of complex issues. Identify, research, and analyze legal issues that affect the Organization and its activities at the local, and international levels associated with the Organization’s activities, ongoing operations, and strategic initiatives, including but not limited to, revenue diversification, and jurisdictional and programmatic expansion. Develop and implement staff-friendly plans, systems and procedures.
• Manage outside counsel in litigation matters and coordinate internal requirements in connection with litigation.
• Provide ethics and compliance training and counsel to group employees.
• Drafting and negotiating simple and complex contracts with third parties.
• Advising on general business law issues and managing legal issues including corporate matters, procurement, health and safety and governance.
• Advising on data protection and privacy matters in line with GDPR laws.
• Report back to business functions on current risk and compliance performance, highlighting or escalating areas of concern and contribute to robust and effective compliance controls within the organisation.
• Review marketing materials, presentations and websites to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Assist in the gathering of internal information in response to regulatory requests.
• Acting as Complaints Handling Officer for all complaints made against the organisation, its members and/or its staff.

Key Relationships:

• Global Head of Finance
• Global Head of Growth & Strategic Finance
• Global Director FP & A
• Global Director - Group Tax
• Global Director - Group Accounting , Consolidation & IFRS
• Country Finance Directors
• Other business departments (commercial; operations; people etc)

Decision Making Authority:

• Work is conducted independently, but against a specific work plan with final review by the Global Head of Finance

Minimum Qualifications & Desired Skills:

• Graduate of Law or equivalent.
• Advanced education in corporate / commercial / business from a legal perspective.
• Postgraduate qualification in Business Law.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills and ability to translate complex legal concepts and matters to management / cross functional partners.
• Reporting and presentation tools eg. word and powerpoint.
• At least ten (10) years experience in an international environment with regard to business law and legal compliance.
• High level of research skills in legal matters across jursidictions.
• Multiple assignments in ajor industrial companies or experience in the FMCG sector with regard to legal issues exposure.
• Excellent written and spoken English with a working knowledge of Kiswahili.

Competencies & Key Skills:

• Business Acument - Sound understanding of the business requirements.
• Analytical Thinking - Ability to analyze information and draw conclusions.
• Effective Decision making - The role requires one to work independently make decisions as to how to approach problems and issues.
• Project Management - Ability to plan and organise workload to meet deadlines is essential.
• Communication Skills - The role involves a lot of communication with different departments in the business. This may alos involve discussing  confidential and/or contentious issues. Very good interpersonal skills (communicates openly and effectively, friendly and cooperative).
• Team Work and Team Management - Ability to work independently and also to cooperate with the rest of the Finance department as well as the rest of the business. Develops confidence-based relationships with others; flexible and adapts him / herself easily to other cultures. Ability to manage teams.
• People Development Skills - Ability to develop the skill set of the employees.
• Driving for Results - Completion of work within deadlines to meet the demands of the business with enthusiasm and self motivation.
• Customer Orientation - Ability to deliver the requisite information in a timely and accurate manner.
• Out of the box thinking / Innovation - Ability to challenge exisiting processes and purpose solutions to potential issues and / or future developments.