Career Opportunities at African Industries Group

Candidate Profile

• A Chartered Accountant/ ACCA with at least 15 years of experience ( at least 7 years of heading Finance Function of reasonable size manufacturing Unit).
• Experience of handling multiple units
• Experience of managing the accounting functions of manufacturing units.
• Should have experience of handling implementation of ERP
• Maturity and leadership skills are prerequisite for the position
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Structured working style
• Analytical mind
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office especially Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power point
• Presentable and good communication skills
• Should have experience of handling functions defined in Job description

Job Description

• Review of Quarterly accounting Statements, Quarterly Business Plan , Monthly Profit & Loss Account and Monthly Cash Budgets
• Ensure the deadlines for completing various reports are being met
• Provide support to Unit Accountants and ensure smooth relationship with Unit CEO’s
• Ensure the appropriate KRA’s and KPI’s are being set for Accounts, Finance and Tax department and proper monitoring system is in place
• Mentoring & Coaching of staff in the department
• Ensure efficiency and effectiveness of outsourced Internal Audit function
•  To help Group CFO in developing strategy for the department and achieving targets set
• Ensure Compliance with the Lenders requirements
• Operational and External Risk Management
• Ensuring timely refund of excess charges by the Banks
• Formalizing control matrix and periodical review of control matrix
• Co-ordinate with Group CFO on Manpower requirement

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Requirements

• A Chartered Accountant with at least 7-10 years of experience ( at least 3 years o heading Accounts team of reasonable size manufacturing Unit).
• Manufacturing experience is compulsory. Steel manufacturing experience will be an added advantage
• Maturity and leadership skills are prerequisite for the position
• Should have hands on experience
• Structured working style
• Analytical mind
• Experience in working on ERP Microsoft Navision would be an added advantage
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft office especially Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power point
• Presentable and good communication skill

Job Description

• Timely preparation of Monthly management accounts. We have audit committee and the management accounts are presented to the committee on quarterly basis (we are planning to switch to monthly presentation).
• Timely preparation of monthly Budgets and variance analysis
• Cost analysis and reconciliation of Cost accounts with Financial Accounts
• Timely preparation of daily, monthly and quarterly MIS.
• Co-ordination with Finance team in HO to ensure that proper financial resources are made available to the unit.
• Commercial support to Unit CEO
• Analysis of Financial Information and highlight the unusual variations/ trends
• Co-ordinate with the Internal Auditors and ensure that the audit compliance reports are submitted in timely manner
• Support Accounts Head in decision making
• Keep a close eye on credit control function
• Support the consultants and internal teams in system development and implementation

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