Our client is looking for a Finance and Administration Manager (FAM) that
will oversee all finances and financial processes for a consumer solar
electronic startup.
Candidates must be based in / willing
to relocate to Nairobi, Kenya with occasional international travel.
Specifically, the FAM will be
responsible for maintaining our client’s accounting, bookkeeping and managing
all financial transactions.
Also he/she will be working directly with
the FM to update budgets and expenses as well as full financial
reporting.
The list of responsibilities
includes, but is not limited to:
- Updating all the budgets to provide full
financial information as it is made available and tracking it against our
client’s projections
- Finalizing monthly/annual operating budgets
with FM; specifically updating budgets with actual financial information
and comparing to projections that are made
- Preparing all monthly and quarterly financial
reports (BS, IS, CFS among others) that will be reviewed by FM
- Making sure all of our client’s’s book-keeping
is kept up to date including
- Monitoring all cash flow (AP/AR and all
banking) activities
- Expenses are accounted for and reimbursed
- Management accounts
- Tax filings and payroll
- Creating consistency and maintaining financial
controls across the entire supply chain
- Gaining a full understanding of our accounting
system- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and being able to train other
employees to follow all internal financial procedures on ERP
- Conducting quarterly internal audits for our
client’s
- Leading tax filings and audit processes with
external vendors
- Managing the following general
responsibilities for your potential team of staff and third party service
providers:
- Raising and processing client invoices
- Ensuring compliance with payroll and statutory
payments
- Ensuring bank records are reconciled on a
monthly basis
Role Requirements :
- Business degree and/or CPA (MBA is a plus)
- 4+ years’ experience in consulting and/or
internal finance (Finance Manager, Senior Accountant, CPA, controller,
treasurer), preferably for an international company with multiple offices
- Ability to handle accounting software and
manage accounting reporting (BS, P&L, CFS) requirements
- Ability to juggle multiple tasks at once in a
fast-paced work environment
- Experience in day-to-day finance operations
- Experience in financial strategy formation and
implementation
- Experience interacting with executive staff
and external partners
- Previous work with startups and supply chain
management a plus
How to Apply:
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Do not apply if you do not meet the minimum requirements
Please note that due to higher number of applications, if you do not hear from other within 3 weeks, consider yourself unsuccessful, However, we shall keep your CV in our database for other future openings.