Finance Controller/Accountant

OLE PURPOSE

Manage the overall controlling (Accounting, reporting of AR, AP, overheads and Taxes) of the company and maintain company’s overall financial reporting systems.

ROLE SPECIFICATIONS

• Ensure financial statements and books comply with Financial Reporting Standards
• Custodian of accounting policies and procedures
• Responsible for quarterly and annual statutory reporting and audit.
• Balance sheet and general ledger hygiene, ownership of reconciliation process and procedures
• Accounting for and preservation of current assets: cash, AR and advances and etc,
• Ownership of accounting procedures and policies
• Monitoring entity controls and compliance
• Exercise oversight in management of working capitals
• Tax Management and compliance
• Insurance Management
• Month end and year-end close activities
• Responsibility for accounts payables
• Responsibility for accounts receivables and credit control
• Evaluating and managing risks
• Develop mechanism to ensure filing of all relevant statutory returns
• Ensure all applicable legislation are embedded in the Company’s reporting processes
• Comfortable with budgeting and forecasting
• Peer review and benchmarking analysis

CANDIDATE SPECIFICATIONS

Qualification

• The ideal candidate would have a Masters/Bachelor’s degree in Finance/ Accounting or related field
• Candidate should be a qualified Chartered Accountant ( ICAN/ACCA/CPA US)

Experience

• 10+ years of experience
• Past experience in Factory finance / Chief accountant roles would be preferred
• Experience in FMCG/Pharma/Manufacturing will be preferred
• Expertise especially in MS Word, MS Excel, Access, PowerPoint