Finance
Manager
Location:
Mombasa, Kenya
Responsibilities
- Operating
in a multi-currency environment with Exposure to Forex Transactions and
Accounting of transactions to arrive at a Realized and Unrealized Gain/
Losses arising from the Forex transactions.
- Identify,
Analyze and measure foreign currency exposures and
recommend mitigation procedures/actions to management
Forecast cash flow positions, related
borrowing needs, and available funds for investment.
- Application
of Receipts to Debtors and Payments to Creditors, and maintain up-to date
Bank Recons and Interest Calculations.
- Operating
in a Manufacturing Environment with exposure to Production accounting in a
ERP environment, arriving Job wise Costing, Tracking the Cost of each
product line with respect to Inventory and conversion costs.
- Managing
the Cycle counts, Stock Takes,
Analyzing various Process controls and establishing process control
measures in Inventory, Should able to close the Inventory Periods by
1st of every month.
- Proper
accounting of payables by 3-way matching, Publish the Supplier Aging
Report with reasons, Analyzing the Expenses
accounting, Proposing the Payments to Suppliers, Processing of payments in
time along with monthly recons with suppliers in an ERP environment.
- Should
able to close the Inventory Periods by1st of every month. Proper
accounting of Receivables, Analyzing the
sale trends, Verifying the Credit Notes
and Debit Notes, Analyzing the Debtors
Position and mapping the Risk factors
from Credit management. Report to management on variances from the
established budget, and the reasons for those variances.
- Follow-up
on the Period Closing in ERP for all Modules and checking
and analyzing the each module,
interpreting the numbers with respect to Financial Reporting,
Checking the Inventory Transactions and Costing Trends
and Production Variable Costs, interpreting the numbers in Reporting etc.
Analyzing the Expenses, Verifying the Journals and proposing the Accrual
Journals for Monthly closing to reflect the proper Expenses and Cost
Center wise Expenses.
- Checking
the Volumes and Value of Revues and correlate with the Cost of Sale,
Analyzing the Cost and Value Addition trends for the Month,
Preparing the Financial Reports and
trends on Weekly/ Monthly Basis, Analysis on the Pricing trends,
active participation on Pricing Decisions, Cost Benefit Analysis on the
Company Activities etc.
- Ensure
to follow 100% compliance on compliance with Returns Filing on
time, ensuring proper documentation back-up
for Compliance Audits and preparing the
yearend schedules and Closing the Financials
for Audit purposes at the yearend
Coordinating both interim and annual
audits with Company auditors
Qualifications
- A
degree in Business related studies
- Fully
qualified accountant –CPA(K)/ACCA
- Experience
in an ERP especially Oracle/SAP
- Exceptional
MS-Office Skills( Word, Excel & PowerPoint)
Experience
- Sound
hands on experience in a manufacturing concern
- 10+
years of progressively responsible experience for a major company or
division of a large corporation with at least three (3)years in
managerial role covering the key
accountabilities as above.
- Experience
in Oracle operating environment will be a major Added advantage.
- Excellent
communication skills are essential, particularly in regard to presenting
the results of analyses to management.
- Highly
energetic, eager to learn and with special attention to detail
- Review
company bottlenecks and recommend changes to
improve the overall level of company throughput
- Participate
in target costing activities to create
products that meeting predetermined price goals.
Email
cv to cvs@cdl.co.ke on or before 1st July 2016, indicate current salary and
expected salary.
