Chief Financial Officer - CA - FMCG/Pharma/Mfg

We have an opening for CFO for our FMCG client dealing in Personal Care, Home Care and Hair Care products based in Nairobi (Kenya ) .

Looking for Chartered Accountant from 1999/2000/2001/2002/2003 batch outs .

Job Location : Nairobi (Kenya )

Salary : Attractive Salary +Expat Benefits ( Furnished Accommodation+ Car+ Fuel +Driver +Children Educational Fees +Utilities

Role Purpose :

This will be a critical role to :

- Drive implementation of strategic business plans over the short and long term

- Streamline and strengthen the financial systems and controls in the assigned geography of the Africa business

Role Specifications :

Accountability Key activities :

Financial Controller for the business :

- Overall responsibility of the Finance function (review financial statements, monthly MIS, Group reporting) and audits (internal, statutory).

- Financial evaluation of projects and post implementation review of the projects

- Monitoring and evaluating business processes; suggesting and implementing changes to bring in control, efficiency and effectiveness.

- Involvement in operational functioning pertaining to procurement negotiations and cost savings.

- Reviewing the work of the finance manager / second line if any and ensuring the procedures are adhered to.

Strategic Business Planning :

- Maintaining repository of data and information to support business processes

- Overseeing the implementation/maintenance of ERP system.

- Drafting capital expenditure plans and investments in line with business strategy

Planning & Budgeting :

- Preparing Annual Operating Plans (AOP) for the business unit

- Anchor the annual budgeting exercise and ensure that the business units have a sound rationale/ basis for the budgets

- Ensure maintenance and reporting P & L for the unit on a monthly basis

- Preparing Rolling Estimates for remaining year for all regions and reporting the same to HO.

- Preparing brand contributions, day sales inventory calculation

- Monthly Management reporting with detailed analysis of sales & profit along with comparison with prior Rolling Estimate, Annual Operating Plan & Previous Year

Accounting & Statutory Compliance's :

- Timely preparation of annual/monthly reports ensuring analysis of the performances on a monthly basis.

- Ensuring compliance to all applicable statutory and legal requirements for the assigned geography

- Planning and managing internal/statutory/tax audits

- Periodic compilation of a comprehensive checklist for audit and risk management

- Contributing to better corporate governance by identifying internal control weaknesses and implementing better controls

Value Proposition Assignment :

- This will be a challenging opportunity for middle to senior management career driven professionals to contribute to an ambitious business agenda for an aggressive growth oriented organization

- The role provides an opportunity to gain hands-on international exposure in the high-growth, emerging market of Africa

- Career path for a high performer in the role would be handling CFO roles for larger and more complex clusters or P&L for a business unit with moderate complexity to start with.

Candidate Specifications :

Qualification :

- The ideal candidate would be an Chartered Accountant (First Attempt) prefer .

Experience :

- 10 -14 years of experience, with at least 3-5 years in a finance leadership role

- Experience in FMCG/ Pharma /Manufacturing will be preferred

- Knowledge of SAP/ERP Accounting Systems will be desirable

- Experience of having worked in Africa will be a big advantage

Key Competencies and Skills :

- The candidate needs to be high on strategic thinking and achievement orientation.

- The candidate also needs to display the ability and sensitivity to manage cultural differences, geographical complexities and complex stakeholder relationships,

- Other key desired competencies and skills would be teamwork and collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Anagha
Walk In Solutions
Land Line : 0712-3266611