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Commercial Business Partner, Financial Planning and Analysis Manager
Key Purpose Statement
- To ensure the effective financial running and rigorous financial control management and process disciplines.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Commercial Business Partnering
- Business partnering the commercial function through transparent reporting and analysis
- Track Key Accounts performance as per signed Joint Business Plans.
- Review and advice on all promotions tracking ROI
- Own value chains and provide regular updates ensuring that system and actual value chains are aligned
- Manage DME spend and ensure value delivery.
- Business analysis with a view to propose and or challenge the margins and incentive programs
- Drive productivity
Reporting and Analysis
- Complete and oversee Internal Financial Reporting; Financial Reporting to the Group Office; Monthly Management Pack and the Budget Pack
- Provide and conduct analysis and financial advice as may be required
- Oversee the processing and consolidation of all key reporting cycles: month end, budgeting and forecasting as well as development of Board pack and analyses
- Takes the lead in sourcing and producing high quality, accurate, timely and compliant financial reports and metrics and they provide the Country Finance Director, Country Commercial Leadership team
Financial Planning
- Manage the Financial Planning process i.e., processing and distribution of financial tasks; Monthly reporting SAP or HFM and any other applicable systems
- Rolling Estimate RE and Budget within the agreed timelines.
- Build strong, collaborative and effective working relationships with the CCBA HO functions to influence the decision-making process and ensure implementation to deliver the results.
- Custodian of Tableau, EDW and HFM monthly tasks.
- Support finance staff within country to develop relevant long-term capability through coaching and training
Internal controls and compliance
- Review Management Reconciliation Files where needed.
- Review Country systems SAP and MSD Compliance report submitted to Group Financial Accountant monthly
Skills, Experience & Education
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce or equivalent.
- Certified Public Accountant or ACCA qualification
- Registered Member of ICPAK
EXPERIENCE:
- 5 – 10 years relevant and hands -on experience in managing people and managing complexity within a fast-paced FMCG Finance environment.
- Excellent knowledge of building finance business simulation and trend reports will be an added advantage
Accounts Payables Assistant_ Tax
Key Purpose Statement
- The Accounts Payable Assistant ensures that all Payables and Tax information is readily available, answers and resolves supplier queries. They facilitate on-time suppliers payments and ensure no invoices are paid unless due and checked. The incumbent helps with KRA requests and queries, facilitates completion of schedules and reconciliations in the case of Tax Audits.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Data capture all supplier invoices.
- Execute creditor reconciliations.
- Major suppliers acknowledgement of reconciliations completed monthly
- Review and verify invoices and check requests
- Prepare payment schedules and process payments
- Sort, code and match invoices
- Set invoices up for payment and Process payments.
- Enter and upload invoices into system
- Track expenses and process expense reports
- Prepare supplier reconciliations
- Prepare and process electronic transfers and payments
- Post transactions to journals, ledgers and other records
- Reconcile accounts payable transactions
- Prepare analysis of accounts payables
- Monitor accounts to ensure payments are up to date
- Research and resolve invoice discrepancies and issues
- Maintain vendor files
- Correspond with vendors and respond to inquiries
- Assist with month end closing
- Provide supporting documentation for audit
- Provide administration support to internal customers and suppliers
- Ensure all creditors’ payments to be made within agreed payment terms, ensuring that discount is obtained where possible.
- Process invoice receipts.
- Assist in Maintaining company’s tax database
- Assist in preparing tax provision schedules.
- Prepare sales reconciliations to align with declared revenues, VAT, WHVAT and bank deposits.
Skills, Experience & Education
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in Accounting, Business Administration or similar
- Certified Public Accountant CPAK
Experience
- 2- 3 years’ experience.
- Tax administration experience
- Dealing with Tax agencies.
- SAP and or MSD experience.
- Creditors handling background.
- Practical experience of working with an ERP
- Hands on experience in Manufacturing environment and Payables.
Compliance Officer – Nairobi
Key Purpose Statement
- The Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring adherence to Company Polices across the operations as well as evaluate the Risk and Control Environment of the Company.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Internal Controls and Reporting:
- Steer compliance operations to facilitate a more robust and proficient approach, reduce fraud and ensure control gaps are closed.
- Maintain standard operating practices SOPs, and ensure alignment of compliance-related policies, controls and processes; provide input to the development of SOPs as required
- Conduct quarterly Risk and Control Matrix and Controls Self-Assessment testing.
- Monitor and manage performance against each RACM and CSA control, review audit findings and monitor actions implemented to close out gaps and correct deviations identified
- Implement and monitor changes and new controls introduced, and ensure changes are embedded into the operations
- Update and review RACM narratives cross functionally to align these to business processes and RACM requirements
- Proactively reduce risks and enhance compliance detection concerns by driving alignment across functions in terms of system adaptation and implementation
- Investigate and propose amendments to current systems, and/or implement new systems that reduce risk in the operational environment
- Review System Segregation of Duties and design mitigations to minimise risk
- Conduct whistle-blow and fraud investigations in-country in an unbiased and independent manner while maintaining total confidentiality and following the required process
- Perform spot checks and surprise checks to ensure compliance at all times
- Generate regular reports as may be required from time to time for review by the Compliance manager for onward reporting.
Internal and External Audit:
- Review audit requests and the allocation of information requests to applicable process owners; guide auditors and the operations to ensure the smooth running of audits within the allocated time period.
- Collate and submit requested information to internal and external auditors to assess compliance to internal controls
- Review, analyse and interpret key audit findings and associated action plans for the country to adequately mitigate the identified risk; investigate and escalate findings or issues as applicable
- Drive closure of audit findings to mitigate further risk to the in-country business
- Adhere to the country governance calendar and fulfil the activities throughout the year
Risk and Governance Capability environment:
- Promote a culture of risk awareness and clear accountability throughout the organisation
- Provide input into the development of training content to improve internal control and governance capabilities across the business
- Ensure the organisation’s risks and liabilities are highlighted and reviewed through continuous update and review of the country risk registers
Relationship Management:
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with multiple customers and stakeholders in-country; understand needs and operating contexts, and manage expectations
- Actively contribute to a knowledge-sharing culture within the country compliance team
- Communicate openly with the Compliance Community of Practice to share information
- Apply effective problem-solving methods to find workable solutions to issues
- Interact at all levels internal and external to resolve issues constructively
Skills, Experience & Education
Qualifications:
- First degree from a recognized university in BCOM, Finance or Accounting
- Certified Public Accountant , ACCA, and or Certified Internal Auditor with relevant experience will be considered
- Additional diplomas such as Control Framework Design, Policy Framing, Forensics Investigation, will be considered an advantage
- Hands-on experience of SAP and or Microsoft Dynamics essential
- Previous governance and control experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred
- Additional Internal audit experience will be advantageous
Experience:
- At least 5 years working experience in an External Audit and Internal Audit field.
Compliance Officer – Nyeri
Key Purpose Statement
- The Compliance Officer will be responsible for ensuring adherence to Company Polices across the operations as well as evaluate the Risk and Control Environment of the Company.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Internal Controls and Reporting:
- Steer compliance operations to facilitate a more robust and proficient approach, reduce fraud and ensure control gaps are closed.
- Maintain standard operating practices SOPs, and ensure alignment of compliance-related policies, controls and processes; provide input to the development of SOPs as required
- Conduct quarterly Risk and Control Matrix and Controls Self-Assessment testing.
- Monitor and manage performance against each RACM and CSA control, review audit findings and monitor actions implemented to close out gaps and correct deviations identified
- Implement and monitor changes and new controls introduced, and ensure changes are embedded into the operations
- Update and review RACM narratives cross functionally to align these to business processes and RACM requirements
- Proactively reduce risks and enhance compliance detection concerns by driving alignment across functions in terms of system adaptation and implementation
- Investigate and propose amendments to current systems, and/or implement new systems that reduce risk in the operational environment
- Review System Segregation of Duties and design mitigations to minimise risk
- Conduct whistle-blow and fraud investigations in-country in an unbiased and independent manner while maintaining total confidentiality and following the required process
- Perform spot checks and surprise checks to ensure compliance at all times
- Generate regular reports as may be required from time to time for review by the Compliance manager for onward reporting.
Internal and External Audit:
- Review audit requests and the allocation of information requests to applicable process owners; guide auditors and the operations to ensure the smooth running of audits within the allocated time period.
- Collate and submit requested information to internal and external auditors to assess compliance to internal controls
- Review, analyse and interpret key audit findings and associated action plans for the country to adequately mitigate the identified risk; investigate and escalate findings or issues as applicable
- Drive closure of audit findings to mitigate further risk to the in-country business
- Adhere to the country governance calendar and fulfil the activities throughout the year
Risk and Governance Capability environment:
- Promote a culture of risk awareness and clear accountability throughout the organisation
- Provide input into the development of training content to improve internal control and governance capabilities across the business
- Ensure the organisation’s risks and liabilities are highlighted and reviewed through continuous update and review of the country risk registers
Relationship Management:
- Build and maintain collaborative relationships with multiple customers and stakeholders in-country; understand needs and operating contexts, and manage expectations
- Actively contribute to a knowledge-sharing culture within the country compliance team
- Communicate openly with the Compliance Community of Practice to share information
- Apply effective problem-solving methods to find workable solutions to issues
- Interact at all levels internal and external to resolve issues constructively
Skills, Experience & Education
Qualifications:
- First degree from a recognized university in BCOM, Finance or Accounting
- Certified Public Accountant , ACCA, and or Certified Internal Auditor with relevant experience will be considered
- Additional diplomas such as Control Framework Design, Policy Framing, Forensics Investigation, will be considered an advantage
- Hands-on experience of SAP and or Microsoft Dynamics essential
- Previous governance and control experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred
- Additional Internal audit experience will be advantageous
Experience:
- At least 5 years working experience in an External Audit and Internal Audit field.