Associate, Finance Operations at Babban Gona

Reports to: Head, Finance Operations
Industry: Financial Services

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of financial analysts toward achieving pre-set goals.
• Develop guidance documents for financial processes and train staff on their use.
• Verify that transfer requests meet guidelines.
• Ensure that staff expenditure requests meet guidelines and budget limits.
• Provide support to management during year-end closing which includes helping process transfers and answering any questions that colleagues in the finance division might have regarding revenue, expenditures, fund movement, etc.
• Measuring the monetary funds of the company in order to find out whether they will affect the execution of all the enterprise projects.
• Approve third party payments through accurate reconciliation of financial records.
• Monitor and manage credit cards and invoice payments for farmers.
• Act as the main point of contact for addressing any inquiries and questions related to financial operations.
• Perform monthly invoicing by gathering and compiling data, coordinating with the Financial Control team on cost allocations, and working with financial analysts to record information in the accounting system.
• Analyze existing accounting and finance systems and make recommendations for improvement.
• Support periodic finance audit and development of financial policies and procedures for operational efficiency.
• Develop and maintain financial statements for future reference.
• Support financial planning, budgeting and other reporting activities.
• Ensure that financial operational activities are executed and delivered as per the standards set by the company.
• Develop operational initiatives to achieve financial goals.
• Monitor and manage expenses within the established budget.
• Performs a variety of administrative activities to ensure financial and personnel requirements are met in a timely manner.

Requirements
Experience in  Finance and Accounting Role:

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Banking, Business or Economics.
• Master’s Degree in Finance and/or MBA is an advantage.
• 3 - 5 years of work experience in finance and accounting
• Profound know-how in advanced financial analysis, cash management - accounts payable and receivable, bank reconciliations,  investment banking, etc.
• Strong financial modeling experience.

Other Requirements:

• Strong leadership skill; and ability to streamline functions.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - both written and oral.
• Excellent quantitative and analytical skill.
• Ability to work with a team or independently.
• Extensive experience leading a complex organization and passion for getting into details to identify root cause of issues and create innovative solutions.
• Excellent presentation skills; must be comfortable interacting with executive-level management.
• Strong negotiation skills٫ with a good ability to build relations with employees and vendors.
• Strong organizational skills with business-oriented thinking.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret data to derive business insights
• Ability to provide support to; and collaborate with internal units and external groups to achieve business objectives

Start Up Environment:

• Thrives in a fast paced, start-up environment with dynamic business priorities.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance
• Pension
• Performance Bonus
• Annual Paid Vacation
• Group Life Insurance