Job vacancy Finance Partner – East Africa, for a Multinational company

Summit Recruitment and Search Africa is a leading Recruitment and Executive Search agency head quartered in Kenya providing outstanding talent to a wide range of companies and NGOs in various business sectors across Africa.

Our client, a multinational company, is looking for a Finance Partner , to be based in Nairobi. The successful candidate will be responsible to ensure that rigour, compliance, good commercial judgement and innovative solutions underpin the sustainable growth of the company. He/She will be a key member of the leadership team, and will provide insight and challenge to ensure robust decision making. The client is looking for an autonomous self-starter, able to drive financial process improvements, that is able to provide insight on the data and think critically, as well as challenge business leaders around financial performance. Experience working with an international business reporting environment is essential.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Partner and guide the General Manager and leadership team to deliver sustainable business growth
• Drive forecast and Plan Gross Margin and Overhead forecast accuracy improvement.
• Drive automation and streamlining of finance and accounting processes
• Ensure the financial integrity of all transactions and invoices to guarantee compliance with all statutory and internal reporting requirements
• Prepare and submit the orders/sales forecast on a weekly basis in conjunction with Sales Managers and General Manager, ensuring challenge and commentary is robust
• Complete and submit the month end reporting Pack to the Regional Finance Partner providing analysis and insight on the performance of the business and highlighting areas for focus
• In conjunction with the General Manager prepare and submit the quarterly forecast and annual plan.  Preparation of the reports and presentations to the Regional General Manager
• Drive continuous improvement within OpCo and the wider finance team .
• Leverage available tools to analyse and communicate real time finance data. ( e.g. ERP )
• Ensure robust contracts and customer records are in place and maintained
• Balance sheet responsibility in cash/banking and cash forecasting (Optimising DSO and driving management action)
• Management of internal and external audits
• Support growth plans by leading the establishment of new branches as needed in a compliant and safe manner (New accounts, Outsource payroll and payment of taxes)

Qualifications

• A Minimum of 5 years in a Finance commercial environment
• Bachelors Degree in IT, business administration, accounting, economics and/or international business management – Masters and added advantage
• Demonstrable Qualified Accountant/via Degree/Masters etc.
• Experience of local and international accounting practices
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics Finance and Operations (D365 F&O) ERP (preferred)
• Strong analytical skills which forms the basis of strategic thinking
• Strong commercial skills, able to drive results in a complex environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage set up of new branch offices navigating and complying to all local legal requirements
• Innovative with a continuous improvement mindset
• Able and willing to travel for work a few times a year
• Good sense of humour and a real team player

Monthly gross salary: Negotiable depending on experience

5 May, 2024 (2 days left)