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Duties & Responsibilities
Financial Accounting:

• Accounting policies’ compliance – ensuring accounting policies are effectively adhered to.
• Reconcile items like revenues, receivables, payables, inventories, advances and miscellaneous income, to make sure they lie within accounting policy definitions.
• Working with various corporate & product teams to ensure accuracy & timely preparation of monthly relevant reconciliations & schedules to meet Corporate accounting requirements.
• Monthly preparations of balance sheet schedules to ensure cleanliness of financial accounts.

Implements / Supervises Internal Controls:

• Protects and preserve the company's assets to comply with financial reporting and control requirements.
• Ensure adherence to company-wide accounting & other policies
• Own the data. Collaborate with the various teams & business counterparts and take responsibility for the accounting, preparation of financial and management reporting information.
• Prepare periodic updates of financial reports;

Adherence of Standard operating processes in the following areas:

• Weekly reviews and reports
• Assist in month close activities, preparation of monthly reports.

Reconciliations:

• Ensure systemization through ERP reporting
• Review any specific areas agreed with manager finance as crucial.

Financial Planning & Projections:

• Providing insightful information on key value / growing drivers & variance reports
• Assist in preparation of annual comprehensive budget in a timely manner and presentation for final approval
• Proactively work on accounting complexities
• Assist in preparing financial model & analysis of financial feasibility of new projects.

Treasury:

• Preparation of cash flows (weekly, monthly, annually)
• Assure the provision of adequate responses to banks & other external stake holders.
• Assure that the periodic reporting requirements to banks are met in a timely manner;
• Prepare daily bank status reports and cash flow forecasts
• Prepare weekly / monthly bank reconciliations

Budgeting Control:

• Prepare budget control reports
• Ensure follow-ups on effective implementation of corrective actions based on budget performance reports.

MPR Reporting:

• Assist in preparation of monthly financial statements within the specified deadlines & provide analytical reports, follow recommend corrective actions to ensure accounting controls;
• Ensure timely and complete month end & year-end closing in preparation for annual audit.
• Meet set deadlines for various MPR reports
• Prepare & analyse the financial information - PL, Balance sheet schedules.
• Assist in preparation of key variance reports that have occurred between months.
• Prepare key metrics reports (agreed with management) relevant for the business and put up for analysis & discussions.
• Prepare monthly reports in docket in power point slides with all information to be presented & discussed with management.
• Bring out important aspects of accounting transactions.

Operations and Risk review:

• Analyse capital expenditure proposals
• Ensure compliance to capital expenditure policy
• Follow up on actual expenditure and performance – as agreed with management.

External & Internal Audits:

• Coordinate with the external auditors in delivering various audit requirements;
• Execution of annual audits in all department to assure their timeliness and effectiveness;
• Preparation of draft financial statements, quarterly management accounts and provide the necessary explanatory schedules & reports.
• Assure that the recommendations & internal audit queries are effectively implemented & followed.

Qualifications / Experience

• Candidate must be a Chartered Accountant
• HND or BSc in Accounting with minimum of 2 -4 years’ experience
• Knowledgeable of IFRS along with its right application
• Extensively working on ERP, proficient in excel, power point exposure is desirable.
• Ample experience leading and working across corporate functions with financial rigour and accountability.

Functions & Responsibilities
Compliance:

• Prepare a legal and regulatory compliance checklist and check for 100% compliance;
• Monitoring changes in relevant legislation and the regulatory environment and taking appropriate action;
• Liaising with external regulators and advisers, such as lawyers and auditors;
• Ensure that none of the policies and procedures of the Company and its related activities is illegal, unethical, or improper;
• Respond to alleged violations of rules, regulations, policies and procedures by evaluating or recommending the initiation of investigative procedures;
• Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability develop/implement corrective action plan for resolution of problematic issues, and provide general guidance on how to avoid or deal with similar situations in the future.
• Manage interactions/ correspondence with regulators and relevant legal agent.

Litigation:

• Offer dispute resolution advice including matters of recovery claims and actions;
• Liaising with external Lawyer representing the Company in any form of dispute;
• Handle all default related litigations.

Contracts:

• Drafting and review of contracts, including but not limited to contracts for provision of goods and services; acquisition of goods and services, partnership contracts, etc;
• Ensure legal documentation of transaction executed by the company;
• Ensure appropriate execution and monitor implementation.

Legal Advise:

• Provide Legal advise on the relevant laws and regulations as it concerns the business of the Company;
• Draft Legal Opinions when requested.

Custodianship:

• Ensure effective and efficient filing system
• Ensure proper custody of sensitive documents
• Ensure proper titles and ownership of Group’s assets.

Requirements
Experience:

• 2-4 years post bar experience in Corporate, litigation and commercial legal practice.
• Must have a working knowledge of investor relations function.
• Must have experience in preparing executive-ready PowerPoint presentations.
• Must be able to interpret financial statements and understand the financial instruments
• Must have knowledge of legal and statutory filing and reporting requirements.

Knowledge, Skill and Ability:

• Ability to ensure that the highest standards of quality and customer care are achieved;
• Verbal and written communication skill
• Integrity, transparency and honesty, and must be able to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to flexibly change deadlines and work priorities
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, ERP (enterprise resource planning) etc.
• Vast legal knowledge (corporate and litigation) – local and international
• Legal document drafting - e.g. contracts, agreements, NDA etc.
• Managerial skills
• Knowledge of statutory requirements for business processes relating to the company services.