Title: Head of Finance – East Africa
Industry: Pharmaceuticals
Salary: Competitive based on experience and other benefits available.
Level: Head of Department
Our client is a leader in the pharmaceutical industry and has a presence in more than eight African countries and their head office is in Europe.
Our client is a leader in the pharmaceutical industry and has a presence in more than eight African countries and their head office is in Europe.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide strong
financial leadership and discipline in the development of business
strategy.
- Conduct
evaluation, modelling and analysis of commercial initiatives and provides
the business decision makers with insight and direction on key business
decisions.
- Devise annual
budgets and quarterly rolling forecasts reporting on variances to target.
Work with budget holders on initiatives to remedy these variances
- Annual
preparation of year end reporting pack, and overall responsibility for
annual external audit and preparation of statutory accounts
- Design, develop
and maintain good systems & processes for reporting and control.
- Develop
dashboards, metrics and reports that provides analysis and insight to
enable better financial planning and decision making by management
- Ensure
appropriate systems and internal controls are in place
- Ensure all
statutory requirement submissions of Corporate Tax, VAT, WHT, PAYE and
returns in preparation of monthly payroll
- Continuously
evaluates and reviews spending within the organisation for opportunities
for improvement
- Be proactive
with budget holders in identifying areas for cost improvement within the
operation and develop and deliver a programme of cost reduction and
efficiency initiatives to deliver bottom line improvements
- Ensure
appropriate measures are taken to maintain integrity and confidentiality
of financial information
- Continually
review and evaluate any business continuity risk and take relevant actions
to eliminate or mitigate such risks
- Be the key
contributor on legal and regulatory compliance agenda
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s
degree in Finance or Accounting
- CPA (K)
finalist
- 5 years
experience in a commercial finance function
- Technical
knowledge of IRFS
- Strong
commercial acumen with keen analytical skills
- Proven
financial analysis and forecasting ability
- Experience of
working with a pharmaceutical organization preferred
How to Apply
Please only send your CV
quoting the job title in the email subject (Head Of Finance – East Africa) to
jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke before Monday 10th October, 2016.
Kindly indicate current/last salary on your CV.
N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing.
Only applicants meeting the
strict criteria outlined above will be contacted as part of the shortlisting
process.
