Finance, IS and Administration Manager

Responsibilities:

• Financial control, including making payments, ensuring matching of payments to invoices and timely chasing of overdue invoices, and reconciling to statements
• Financial record keeping, including ensuring data in our books and our custom built webapp to consolidate finance information from our team is correct and timely.
• Internal audit functions, including making unannounced spot checks
• Ensuring we are compliant with GRA and other financial regulatory requirements
• Working with our office administrator to ensure our company administrative and HR information is properly maintained
• Financial monitoring, including producing regular reports, and alerting top management to any issues of concern
• Advising on business strategy, particularly financial aspects

Requirements:

• Be a qualified chartered accountant
• Have at least 3 years experience as a finance manager working within a company (preferably an SME), and ideally including responsibility for company books
• Combine thoroughness and attention to detail, with an ability to horizon scan, take an overview, and help shape overall business direction as a member of the company management team.
• Be hardworking and self-starting, and also a team player able to build up others
• Have strong analysis skills
• Be an excellent communicator, including leading on ensuring understanding of and compliance with financial responsibilities at every level within the company
• Be flexible in covering wide ranging responsibilities and ready to grow with the company
• Be fully committed to our company values of integrity, win-win solutions, and service with warmth.

Other information: We offer a supportive environment that encourages personal development, an attractive salary and benefits package, and an opportunity to grow with an ambitious company that is committed to helping Africa’s farmers – 60% of the continent’s workforce – to do well.