Manager - Finance - Edible Oil

Candidate Profile:

- Willing to relocate to Harare, Zimbabwe

- Good communication skills

- Proven working experience as a finance manager

Job Profile:

The key responsibilities include:

- Managing funds from banks

- Book keeping, taxation and budgeting

- Supervises subordinate personnel in accounts receivable and accounts payable areas of a finance department including Upcountry accountants

- Oversees, monitors and works to improve accounting procedures, internal controls and database management;

- Audits work flow to ensure that all accounting transactions are processed accurately and in compliance with industry standards;

- Reviews and justifies expense reports and other expenditures;

- Supervises the preparation of monthly journal entries;

- Prepares financial statements for a company;

- Helps maintain accountability of the financial resources of a company;

- Handles personally or supervises general ledger reconciliations;

- Ensures compliance with all internal controls;

- Trains staff on proper company procedures;

- Assists controller with a variety of tasks as needed;

- Reviews monthly closing processes to prevent errors;

- Handles special projects as requested by management;

- Helps with the preparation of the yearly audit;

- Assists in safeguarding the assets of investors;

- Stays current on changes in regulations and other industry news;

- Maximizes return, and limits risk, on cash by minimizing bank balances overdrawn, maintaining exposure limits;

- Seek avenues for hedging against FX fluctuations

- Provides status of financial condition by collecting, interpreting, and reporting financial data;

- Prepares special reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.

- Regular visit to our Upcountry businesses to validate systems and controls

- Budgeting and Control

- Business Partnership with relevant stakeholders

- Strengthening Controls system by regular Monitoring of customer balances, Stock positions in Upcountry locations etc

- Ensuring process goods costing is accurate