Finance Director at Welcome2Africa

Job Summary:

• The finance department assumes responsibility for managing and reporting the organization’s finances. It is committed to continuous improvements in the way it organizes the financial and accounting affairs, including the preparation and presentation of appropriate accounts and the dissemination of financial information to executives.
• The primary function of this position is to oversee the ongoing accounting functions that include preparing reconciliations, payment processing and maintenance of accounts receivable spreadsheets.

Job Description:

• Overall responsibility and key contact for the strategic planning, implementation, managing and running of all the finance activities of a company, including business planning, budgeting, forecasting, risk and governance as well as negotiations
• Advising on long and short-term business and financial planning
• Provide commercial insight and leadership across the business in order to exceed business plan targets
• Provide analytical, forecasting, reporting, Everything relating to cash flow, financial planning, and taxation issues.
• Produce reports, which include key metrics, financial results, and variance reporting, weekly, monthly and as when requested
• Identify and implement opportunities for financial improvement across the organization
• Analyze financial data and create/propose financial models for decision support
• Guide the process by developing, establishing and enforcing policies and procedures
• Provide analysis of trends and forecasts and recommend actions for optimization
• Perform market research, data mining, business intelligence, to help the company make informed decision, including pricing, bonus, etc
• Engaging and follow up with debtors and creditors
• Support Fund-raising for the organisation and propose suggestions and recommendations
• Guide revenue generation based on historical and market information
• Analysing investment opportunities for W2A to consider

Job Requirements:

• 4-6 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in fundraising investments, strategy, audit and someone who has worked closely with a CEO or decision maker
• Post-secondary education in Finance, Economics, or Accounting.
• Experience using Quick Books, Tableau, Power BI and Zoho Expense would be considered an asset.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint);
• Strong sense of urgency to complete tasks.
• High attention to detail.
• Make appropriate informed decisions, regarding priorities and available time
• Resourceful, can-do attitude
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment
• High degree of professionalism in dealing with diverse groups of people.