Our client is a leading FMCG company in Kenya (Kiambu). They seek to hire a Finance Manager whose main responsibility will be to ensure and achieve quality, accuracy, timely and be efficient & effective in reporting to management, regulatory bodies and the Bank’s financial partners. Provide guidance to business by interpreting financial reports, preparing budgets and forecasts and business performance and analytics in a manner to drive business growth.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- To be the point of contact for finance in all operations, sales reporting, expenditure analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and financial accountability.
- Carry out monthly executive reporting on milk rate computation, identifying opportunities for cost savings and revenue improvement.
- Verification of payment vouchers and reconciliation of discrepancies within the books of accounts.
- Responsible for the preparation and presentation of monthly management reports.
- Responsible for the preparation of the annual budget statement and performing monthly variance reviews.
- Responsible for Cash flow management & short-term funding requirements.
- Handling profitability management, product costing, product pricing, capital expenditure planning inventory management, debtors’ management, creditors management, OPEX management, and business unit management.
- Responsible for ensuring the company is compliant on all statutory requirements.
- Contribute to financial systems implementation to ensure compliance with internal financial policies, procedures, control mechanisms, and generally accepted accounting practices.
- Lead the finance team and be a dependable finance business partner across multiple departments.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics or related field of study.
- Must have a CPA- K or ACCA
- A minimum of 7 years accounting experience, with 3 years in a supervisory position.
- Must have experience in a dairy processing company.
- Strong experience of costing accounting in a manufacturing environment.
- Ability to generate and communicate ad hoc financial reports.
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships with people at all levels who represent a variety of diverse backgrounds
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Planning and organizing abilities
- Strong leadership and teamwork abilities.
- Adaptable with the ability to pro-actively solve problems
- Integrity, with a commitment to service
How to Apply
If you are up to the challenge, and possess the necessary qualification and experience; please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Finance Manager-Dairy) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before 6th September 2023.
NB: Applicants residing around Banana are encouraged to apply