Our client, Eastern Produce Kenya
Limited/Kakuzi Limited is a Camellia Plc group company based in Kenya. Camellia
Plc is an international group, listed on the London Stock Exchange and employs
over 73,000 people worldwide.
Our client is currently expanding its agricultural activities in Kenya. In order to continue with this expansion, our client seeks to hire a General Manager - Finance and Administration to be based in the City of Nairobi.
Financial: To plan, manage and co-ordinate the
implementation and maintenance of effective financial accounting function for
the Kenya Group (EPK Ltd and Kakuzi Ltd) and to ensure the availability of
accurate financial reports regarding income, expenditure, budgets and forecasts
required to ensure sound financial decisions.
Administrative: Ensure that secure Administrative systems are always in operation.
Key Duties and Responsibilities;
Planning / Management:
- Plan, manage and co-ordinate the activities of
the Kenya Group's Financial Departments (EPK Ltd and Kakuzi Ltd).
- Plan and co-ordinate long and short term
financial strategies in liaison with Group Finance Director(GFD) (and
Group Managing Director)
- Monitor, assess and analyze both Companies
cash-flow position on a regular basis.
- Plan and implement cost effective procedures
for the Group including update/review of Blue book procedures.
Performance Standards
- Effective planning to ensure the productive
utilization of staff to ensure that set goals/objectives are attained
- Accurate forecasts, budgeting to ensure
correct future viability and increased profitability of Company.
- Propose and recommend actions to be taken to
ensure that planned cash-flow results are attained.
- Co-ordinate financial procedures/policies to
ensure availability of accurate financial reports to assist with general
management and decision making.
Financial Control:
- Manage and co-ordinate the Kenya Group's
financial accounting function.
- Provide input for the effective control of
corporate division's budgeted operational expenditure.
- Monitor all Capital Expenditure.
- Manage and control the Corporate division's
financial funding, Company loans, interest rates and rebates (in liaison
with GFD)
- Monitor and control operations' and group's
cash situations (in liaison with GFD)
- Implement and co-ordinate effective control of
corporate division's assets.
- Finalize monthly and quarterly financial
progress reports to Camellia HQ in UK, Regional Office and Nairobi Stock
Exchange.
- Manage and control the corporate division's
payments in terms of Company's creditor policy.
- Manage and control all debtors' payments.
Performance Standards
- Ensure accurate recording of all
income/expenditure on all operations.
- Ensure finalization of monthly financial
reports (Management and Camellia packs).
- Investigate over expenditure (thru month
variance report meetings) and liaise with operational General Managers’ to
rectify/control expenses as per approved budgets.
- Endorse and control Capex as per approved
budgets.
- Monitor all financial transactions, effect
necessary changes to ensure most economical rates/ interests.
- Ensure timeous transfer and management of
funds and maintain cost effective banking/funding procedures.
- Accurate recording of depreciation, book
value, disposals and capitalization of all assets.
- Accurate, timeous finalization of financial
reports, board and variance reports with appropriate commentary where
applicable.
- Timeous payment of creditors and authorization
of payments.
- Ensure payments within stipulated credit
terms.
Financial Accounting:
- Prepare profit/loss forecasts for Kakuzi and
EPK Ltd.
- Consolidate Group's Board Reports.
- Undertake various ad — hoc financial related
investigations or negotiations.
- Structure and explore best possible legal
avenues in terms of TAX relief. (in Liaison with GFD)
Performance Standards
- Accurate monthly financial reports.
- Required format-timeous submission to exec and
non-exec Board Members of EPK and Kakuzi boards.
- Investigate, prepare and finalize
recommendations in terms of various financial viability/cost and
profitability studies.
- Liaise with external auditors/experts to
ensure Company claim maximum relief in terms of Tax Act.
Information Technology:
- Ensuring most effective and efficient use of
IT methods (in liaison with GFD)
Performance Standards
- Implement new systems and enhance existing
systems
Administration:
- Planning and execution of annual operational
Budgeting exercise for EPK (including its managed clients) and Kakuzi Ltd.
- Check and authorize debtors/credit
applications.
- Attend the various monthly management, and
Quarterly Board meetings, plus others, as required.
- Company Secretarial duties - Compile and
distribute Board Meeting notices agenda's and papers as per relevant
timings stipulations. Keep minute books and attendance registers up to
date.
- Authorize and sign various internal documents.
- Complete Assessment Action Plans and
Performance Appraisal documents.
- Complete annual financial statements.
- Complete annual tax returns.
- Control Company's insurance portfolios.
- Control Group's (Kenya) administrative
activities.
Performance Standards
- Set parameters, advice management to ensure
that accurate budgets are compiled. Produce final budget packs.
- Sound financial basis / terms.
- Advise management on all finance related
aspects to enhance sound management.
- Capture accurate minutes of Board meetings
(when attended) and ensure board meeting administration carried out
according to requirements.
- Monitor sub-ordinates, productive and
development.
- Statutory and Stock Exchange.
- Administration of Local Company pensions and
Company Secretarial duties as above.
Liaison:
- Liaise with bankers, government departments,
suppliers/clients regarding all finance/services related aspects (in
liaison with GFD).
Performance Standards
- Maintain sound relations, attend effectively
and timeously to all matters/correspondence to promote and further
Company's image.
Qualifications
- Be a holder of a first degree in a business
related course from a recognized university
- Masters degree will be an added advantage
- Be a member of ICPAK /ACCA/ or
Equivalent
Application process: Kindly send your 2 page CV and cover letter
detailing your experience, qualification and motivation for the job to
poduk@racg.coke / recruitment@racg.co.ke by 24th October 2014 and address it to
The Recruitment Manager as soon as you read this advert.
Only shortlisted candidates will be
contacted.
Our Client is an equal opportunity employer and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
