Finance Manager
Managing the organization’s financial
accounting and reporting systems.
Answerable to the director.
Key financial controller.
- Giving all Financial reports and presentations
to the board of directors
- Preparing reports and analyzing and evaluating
financial performance data.
- Developing and constructing long-term,
strategic business plans.
- Researching other factors that affect
organizational performance.
- Monitoring and analyzing competitor
performance.
- Researching and making recommendations on
investment strategy.
- Executing capital-raising campaigns to fund
expansion and investment.
- Creating monthly reports and cash flow
projections to predict future trends and developments.
- Revising business plan recommendations
according to research findings and analysis.
- Developing and overseeing financial management
systems that operates at minimal risk.
- Liaising with external auditing agencies,
legal bodies and statutory organizations to ensure financial compliance.
- Managing organizational borrowing and debt.
- Managing the organization’s insurance budget.
- providing and interpreting financial
information;
- monitoring and interpreting cash flows and
predicting future trends;
- Analyzing change and advising accordingly;
- Formulating strategic and long-term business
plans;
- Researching and reporting on factors
influencing business performance;
- Analyzing competitors and market trends;
- Developing financial management mechanisms
that minimize financial risk;
- Conducting reviews and evaluations for
cost-reduction opportunities;
- Managing a company's financial accounting,
monitoring and reporting systems;
- liaising with auditors to ensure annual
monitoring is carried out;
- Developing external relationships with
appropriate contacts, e.g. auditors, solicitors, bankers and statutory
organizations.
- Producing accurate financial reports to
specific deadlines;
- managing budgets;
- Arranging new sources of finance for a
company's debt facilities;
- supervising staff;
- Keeping abreast of changes in financial
regulations and legislation.
- Prepare monthly analysis of cost of goods sold
and operational expenses against prior year and budget, providing
explanations and business solutions to help mitigate the risks.
- Partner with Product Management and Purchasing
Team in determining financial impact due to product cost reductions, new
product roll out, etc. and prepare periodic forecasts to update management
on projected results.
- Analyze financial performance against key
business metrics and document pertinent financial highlights that will
enable management to determine progress against budgets.
- Identify, investigate, and analyze potential
operational improvement. As appropriate, based on findings make proposal
for operational changes (policy, procedures, processes, etc.)
- Perform all other duties as assigned and
required.
Education
- 5 + years of experience in a similar position;
experience in Administration preferred.
- Masters degree in Finance
- CPA(K)
- Have a flare for numbers, work well with
people, aggressively anticipate impacts of workload/issues to team
deadlines and have a very positive work attitude including willing to work
some longer hours during peak periods.
- Strong experience in income statement
analysis.
- Advanced Excel skills, ability to work with
lookups and pivot tables.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Outlook and
PowerPoint.
- Experience with Oracle Financial Analyzer or
equivalent, and Business Intelligence, a plus.
- Good in presentation skills
- Strong organizational, analytical and
interpersonal skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication
skills.
- Self motivated to learn new concepts and
participate in new projects.
All applications to be emailed to
titus@kentrain.co.ke and mainamaina83@yahoo.com while indicating job title by
8th December 2014