Career Opportunities at Ol Kalou Dairy (2017) limited - 3 Positions

• Oversee overall consolidation and growth of the Company`s business as per the company`s Strategic plan;
• Provide leadership to the management team and ensure prudent management of the Company`s resources including human resources;
• Develop overall communication and engagement programs for stakeholders;
• Develop and grow stakeholders relationships -advising and informing the board and interfacing between board and staff;
• Ensure the company maintains high product quality, services and standards;
• Formulating and/or ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures;
• Provide effective mobilization and utilization of resources by overseeing management of the financial, tax risk and facilities;
• Prepare and recommend yearly budget for Board approval and prudently manage resources within those budget guidelines according to current policies and regulations.
• Strategy formulation, implementation and evaluation;
• Perform any other duties as allocated by the Board from time to time.

General Manager is expected to display engaging leadership, strategic thinking, all round Communication Skills, decisiveness, Initiative focus, Confidence, Team builder and dairy Sector understanding.

Qualifications/Experience

• Holder of a Bachelor’s Degree in (Agribusiness/Business/Economics related);
• At least 10 years experience in agri-business sector;
• Possession of an MBA would be desirable;
• Experience working with small scale producers;
• Good business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit;

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• Carry out day to day operations of the accounts functions;
• Supervise day to day running of accounting and operations;
• Preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reports;
• Advise the board and assist the managements on financial matters of the organisation;
• Carry out the functions of budget execution and prepare reports based on budget and actual performance regularly;
• Facilitate and co-operate with external auditor in liaison with the internal auditor to carry our external auditing;
• Co-ordinate finance committee meetings and take minutes of the same;
• Keep and maintain proper, timely and accurate accounts and financial records;
• Oversee the preparation of milk payroll including all statutory requirements and perform milk payroll reconciliations;
• Make sure that there is compliance with the relevant law and regulations and that IFRAS guidelines are followed in accounting work;
• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures;
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls;
• Safe guard the organisation assets and advice the organisation on matters of resource investment;
• Perform other duties as assigned by the General Manager from time to time.

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in accounting/finance or CPA (K) is preferable
• 5 years experience with at least 3 years in a similar position;
• Experience working in a busy office set up;

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• Maintain adequate liquidity reserve in accordance with set rules and regulations;
• Assist in organizing mobile banking services as per market demands;
• Distribute cash to tellers as necessary and keep records of the same appropriately;
• Supervise tellers to ensure they are working according to instructions;
• Receive, record, verify and bank cheques for payment to members;
• Receive and reconcile daily teller’s reports;
• Carry out complete surprise check of each teller’s cash at least twice a month;
• Prepare for daily deposits in the commercial banks;
• Prepare daily, weekly and cash summaries and reports;
• Keep custody of cheque books and be responsible to the senior accountant for the drawing of all cheques;
• Carry out any other duty connected with cash transactions as instructed by Senior Accountant from time to time;
• Maintaining the main ledgers, preparing bank reconciliation statement, preparing income and expenditure statement and trial balance on monthly basis.
• Perform any other duties assigned to you by the Senior Accountant or any authorized officer.

• Bachelor’s degree in finance / accounting / agri-business and C.P.A. III.
• Proficiency in computer skills – MS Office Suite;
• Exposure to accounting packages like sage or pastel;
• 3 years relevant experience in a Sacco or Financial Services Organization.