Our
client, a French multinational among the Fortune Global 500 companies, is
looking to hire a Financial Controller (Director) for its Kenya Operations.
The
company, a major international player in Employee Benefits, Incentive and
Recognition Programs and Public Benefits Solutions, is opening a new subsidiary
in Kenya and currently operates in 80 countries worldwide and has over 400,000
employees.
She/he
will be responsible for the company’s business plan and ensure the full
integrity of the financial information by respecting the group’s and local
accounting rules.
She/he
will be responsible for managing the entity’s cash flows and financial
investments to maximize financial revenues whilst respecting local and group
regulations.
The Financial Controller (Director) will specifically be responsible for:
- Providing
leadership to the Board's Finance and Accounting strategy, to optimize the
company’s financial performance and strategic position;
- Coordinating
the three-year financial plan, of which the first year is the budget,
ensuring consistency with the strategic plan;
- Advising
the CEO and other Board Members in all important decisions concerning the
company, notably by giving an economic, financial and legal opinion;
- Ensuring
that the company’s financial systems are robust, compliant and support
current activities and future growth;
- Giving
the necessary support to the operational departments in the development of
existing and new business opportunities and in improving their
performance;
- Managing
directly, or through a shared service center in India, accounting &
tax, controlling, treasury, legal, internal control and facilities
management;
- Delivering
monthly analysis, KPI’s and reports to analyze and drive the company’s
results and business performance;
- Managing
the company’s annual results in collaboration with the operational team by
careful forecast management, strong development focus, careful cost
control, and appropriate challenge in target setting, to ensure that the
budget objectives are secured;
- Ensuring
full integrity of the financial information by respecting group and local
accounting rules and guarantees the quality and respects the deadlines of
group reporting;
- Managing
the relationship with the company’s auditors;
- Ensuring
the company’s fiscal compliance, with the support of group’s fiscal team;
- Ensuring
that all of the company’s operations respect the current legislation,
including local voucher and e-voucher regulations;
- Managing
the treasury and financial investments of the company to maximize
financial revenue whilst respecting the local and group regulations;
- Managing
the local relationship with banks;
- Preparing
and administering payroll and ensuring that employees are paid in a timely
and accurate manner;
- Negotiating
and managing the employee insurance and benefits plans; and
- Processing
and submitting statutory and benefits remittances on time.
The successful candidate should have the following
qualifications:
- Bachelor’s
degree in Business Administration, Commerce, or Finance;
- Master’s
degree in Higher Education Administration, Computer Science, Business
Administration or related field is highly desirable;
- Minimum
of five (5) years of experience in finance, with broad finance skills and
including accounting, credit collection, legal & tax, treasury, and
controlling. At least two (2) years experience with ‘Big 4’audit firms
highly preferred;
- Be
a qualified member of an accountancy body or holder of an equivalent
qualification;
- Possess
knowledge of the business environment of the mobile payment industry, best
practice in accounting business and legal factors;
- Meet
the requirement for a commercially astute, articulate, technically strong,
dynamic, insightful and influential leader with the ability to operate at
both strategic and operational levels;
- Excellent
interpersonal skills, ability to manage local stakeholders and remote
finance shared service center;
- Possess
exceptional communication skills at all levels;
- Ability
to work in a start-up mode: fast decision process, growth focus, agility,
new idea generation;
- Ability
to challenge the CEO and management team and drive decision making;
- Possess
strong analytical skills, rigorous and methodical approach to complex
problems solving ;
- Ability
to work autonomously, to coordinate and prioritize high work load;
- Knowledge
of Navision will be an added advantage.
- Ability
to handle high levels of pressure and critical decision-making;
- Must
be a person of high integrity and openness combined with commitment to
good governance;
- Energetic,
highly motivated, with an enquiring mind and passion for excellence and
innovation in pursuit of business growth and success;
- Extensive
knowledge of electronic transaction support systems (including card
systems), excellent knowledge of the Ms Office packages and experience
with an ERP system;
- Extensive
expert knowledge of IT, telecommunications and electronic transaction
support systems (including card systems), excellent knowledge of Ms Office
package and experience with ERP system; and
- Must offer medium availability to travel on business, occasionally abroad.
Qualified candidates, please apply for the position by
sending their CVs and cover letters to recruitment@dpckenya.com.
Only qualified candidates shall be contacted
Only qualified candidates shall be contacted