Job Title: Financial Controller
Hiring Organization: Kyosk
Digital Services
Location – Locality: Nairobi
Location – Region: Kenya
Industry: Agtech
Company
Job Type: Full
Time
Salary: KES
Competitive
Date Posted: 03/22/2024
- Responsible
for the management of timeline and accurate reporting both management and
statutory for the country by overseeing the accounting and reporting team
- Responsible
for budgeting, forecasting and business performance elaboration including
variance analysis and actuals vs budget for the country
- Treasury
management and cash flow forecasting including monitoring of burn
- Management
of outsourced business partners; statutory auditors, tax consultants,
company secretarial, legal and insurance
- Take
direct charge of the provision of business planning and financial
analysis, information and insights which enable the various departments of
Kyosk Digital Services to make appropriate business decisions with the
help of the business analyst
- Be
a strategic finance Business Partner and provide support for operations
and commercial teams
- Take
direct charge of the system of internal controls, risk and governance
working closely with the IC&PO Manager
- All
aspects of legal entity controllership
- Lead
and own the adoption of global best practices defined in the business to
bring about best practice institutionalisation at the local entity and
ensure that the country stays ahead of such standardisation and continuous
improvement
Key
Responsibilities
- Facilitating
accurate, timely and pertinent internal Reporting
- Make
sure that all deadlines are respected working closely with Reporting and
Accounting team and interlocking with operations and commercial teams
w.r.t the monthly close process and requirements.
- Ownership
of the trial balance and review of all general ledger postings as well as
in-depth monthly balance sheet reviews.
- Provision
of reliable figures and in-depth knowledge of the relevant business
metrics. Analysis ranges from top-level reviews to detailed research.
- Prepare
and share key financial statements on a monthly basis
- Prepare
ad hoc reports to analyse any variances against targets e.g., volume and
mix analysis
- Own
the periodic (weekly, monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual as well as
ad hoc business review needs i.e., prepare and generate reports,
templates, slides etc required for business review to track performance
against KPIs.
- Prepare
and distribute key business reports and analyses (Revenues): daily,
weekly, monthly, YTD, quarterly, bi-annual, and annual against targets.
- Increase
productivity by developing automated reporting/forecasting tools
- Performance
Monitoring
- Preparation
of the company’s annual budget and strategic capital allocation, working
with the various operational heads
- Monitor
the Company’s key financial performance indicators based on approved
forecasts; and regularly
- Support
in the preparation of Statutory Annual Reports and Monthly management
Reports
(MMR)
- Organizing
and leading periodic meetings with other departments, where key financial
information can be shared and disseminated.
- Responsible
for driving key discussion topics and agenda for each meeting
People
Management and country functional leadership
- Lead,
train and support a growing team of managers, controllers, analysts, and
accountants as the business expands across the country to ensure strict
adherence to Kyosk Digital Services standards and compliance with
procedures
- Develop
a strong-performing team, by taking care of the career paths of all direct
reports and teams