Flowers Accounting Lead
Description
Role purpose
- Manage Pollen & Cuttings Flowers finance team
in Kenya/Ethiopia to ensure efficient and effective delivery of
accounting, statutory & tax activities
- Manage statutory and tax accounting processes and
related compliance activities
- Implement effective governance model in countries
driving full compliance of activities and processes for group and local
purposes.
- Ensure implementation of and alignment with global
and regional finance initiatives
- Active member of local Flowers leadership team
Accountabilities
- Ensure local statutory and tax books are complete
and accurate on a real time basis and get submitted to appropriate
authorities on time and according the valid standards. This relates to all
statutory and tax filings (corporate income tax, local statistics, local
taxes, VAT related taxes, etc.).
- Ensure assets and liabilities in the balance sheet
represent a true and fair value in compliance with local statutory and tax
principles and guidelines.
- Ensure governance model is executed and related
processes are fully compliant with group and local policies / regulations.
- Ensure a good internal control framework & be
accountable for following through on all relevant compliance issues.
- Ensure effective stakeholder communication towards
Board of Directors regarding finance matters of the legal entity.
- Be a sound and responsive face to local legal, tax
and external audit bodies.
- Represent Syngenta to tax authorities &
external auditors.
- Manage Finance Operation Processes and ensure they
follow Group compliance standards.
- Lead/participate in projects either from a license
to operate or operational excellence perspective.
- Ensure all legal entities have strong and
effective internal controls framework including Delegated Authorities and
Segregation of Duties.
- Ensure data and output provided by outsourced
partners are reliable and meeting defined performance indicators.
- Ensure that assets are safeguarded in accordance
with Corporate Policies and Procedures.
- Ensure all documents comply with tax requirements
and related compliances and are authorized according to the
formalised authority levels in the organization.
- Ensure Group Transfer Pricing framework is
implemented and follow country specific regulations regarding Transfer
Prices as agreed with Group Tax team.
- Manage weekly cash forecasting, bank mandates,
foreign exchange hedging with Group Treasury.
- Sustain high standards on verification of assets
and liabilities in the balance sheet, review and approve financial
accounting schedules.
- Ensure compliance to standardised accounting,
reporting and financials systems as well as policies and procedures.
Critical success
factors
- Strong communication and relationships with local
management and other stakeholders
- Effective team managament & coaching mindset
- Strong risk management mindset
- Strong prioritisation skills
- Collaboration and agility mindset
- Strong business acumen and understanding of
end-to-end implications of commercial decisions
- Effective decision-making ability
- Strong continuous improvement mindset
Qualifications
Critical knowledge
- University degree in commerce, accounting or
finance or its equivalent
- Excellent knowledge of SAP.
- Excellent knowledge of relevant local tax
legislations.
- Excellent understanding of International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and Generally
- Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Strong understanding of business end to end
processes and internal controls necessary to safeguard the Company’s
assets.
- Strong understanding of legal entity governance
framework (roles / accountabilities of BOD, LELT)
Critical Experience
- 6+ years of professional experience in Finance
operations
- Ability to work independently, to take informed
decisions and determine priorities
- Demonstrated strengths in unquestionable integrity
and trustworthiness.
- Experience in working in multinational
organizations with emphasis on communicating and decision making &
awareness of cultural differences.
- Demonstrated ability to work under pressure.
- Demonstrated ability to manage teams in a virtual
environment.
How
To Apply
Interested
and qualified? Go to Syngenta on
syngenta.taleo.net to apply