The British
Council is UK’s international organisation for educational opportunities and
cultural relations.
We build
trust and understanding between people worldwide by enabling them to share
ideas and knowledge.
Finance Manager
The role
will be accountable to the Commercial Manager and will be accountable for
ensuring efficient and effective day to day running of financial systems and
processes, proper vendor and SAP set up and payment process, and ensuring
compliance with corporate planning, risks management and other reporting
deadlines.
Key areas of responsibility for the
Nairobi based position are:
- Ensuring that financial plans are accurately represented on SAP according to required deadlines
- Ensuring that corporate deadlines around treasury, banking, cashflow, risk management are met
- Developing professional relationships and networks with stakeholders such as Corporate Finance, Regional Finance, Audit amongst others
- Coordination of risk management processes, quality review of inputs and consolidation of inputs
- Facilitating access to financial reports and other management information
The ideal
candidate will possess a professional accounting qualification, a st degree in
any discipline will be an added advantage, Financial and Management, Accounting
and a minimum of 5 years’ experience in comparable roles, along with Business
Management, Relationship Building and Influencing skills. The post holder may
be required to occasionally travel within the region.
Applicants
who meet the essential requirements of the post should visit http://www.britishcouncil.co.ke/jobs
and follow the instructions in the How do I apply section carefully.
The British
Council is also committed to a Child Protection Policy: applications will be
considered only for candidates who declare their agreement to the policy.
Deadline
for receiving applications is 10th March 2014.
Please
disclose your current package in your application.
Only
candidates who are successful during short-listing will be contacted.
British
Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer