Job Description

Job specific tasks:

• Define the company’s annual financial planning & budgeting process and designs resulting annual financial plan & budget. 
• Assist departments in developing capital, operating and manpower budget and consolidate their budgets
• Interact with all functions to get inputs on budget and preparation of financial reports and forecasts
• Consolidate departmental budgets and develop master budget
• Monitor capital, operating and manpower spending and track the utilization of the budget
• Report on budget performance & variance reasons and produce explanation reports
• Manage credit in order to plan payments in a cost effective manner
• Maintain adequate liquidity at all times by forecasting payment schedules and therefore manage the expected shortfalls/surpluses of funds
• Control financial operations of all departments
• Produce financial statements

Managerial tasks:

• Coach, motivate and retain staff, develop individual as well as team capabilities
• Lead the section to pursue goals and targets by month, quarter and year
• Manage and solve any occurring problem with suppliers
• Organize section; work in coordination with Quality Management Department: processes, job descriptions, etc.
• Ensure that section has proper resources to conduct daily activities and achieve objectives
• Participate in recruitment activities for own section if requested by HR department
• Follow up on daily, weekly and monthly reports of all activities
• Provide reports and feedbacks to top management (formally and informally) and confer on key topics
• Evaluate performance, delegate responsibility and authority. Follow up to ensure proper performance

Required Skills or Experience

• BSc/BA degree in Banking & Finance/ Economics or any business related program.
• ICA/ACCA/CIMA Chartered preferred.
• MBA will be an added advantage
• 10 (Ten) years minimum experience in the same role. 
• Proven administrative, leadership and management ability in the area of Financial Planning and Control, Inventory Control, Cost Management
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Proficient in accounting software
• Must be adept in the use of Internet and E-mail
• Demonstrated ability to show financial results