Our client, is looking for a FINANCIAL MANAGER to join their team in Tanzania:
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Finance reporting function for all business units
- Balance sheet reconciliations & process monthly journals
- Monthly management account reporting for regional business units and variance analysis quarterly forecasts, annual budgets and high level forecasts
- Treasury management and cashflow forecasting
- Fixed asset register maintenance
- Debtors age analysis and bad debt provision
- Revaluation and authorisation of all bank reconciliations
- Review and approval of payment obligations (creditors)
- Maintain commercial focus through preparation & review of detailed budgets, forecasts and input into management decisions
- Investigate and report variances and implement controls to reduce variances where relevant
- Plan, direct and coordinate the responsibilities of subordinates to ensure they are performingin line with expectations, including regular lodge visits
- Manage External Audit and field queries with Audit Team
- Co-ordinate regional annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting
- Completion and submission of relevant tax returns, including VAT, Income Tax, PAYE and Withholding Tax
- Maintain procedures for custody and control of assets and records in order to ensure safekeeping
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal customers and provide assistance when problems may be encountered
- Monthly preparation of payroll and reviewing regional payroll
AD HOC TASKS
- Consider review and support investment and commercial opportunities that arise from time to time
- Ad hoc projects as required from time to time
QUALIFICATION & EXPERIENCE
- Qualified Chartered Accountant
- Must be proficient with MS Office Packages and be able to demonstrate superior MS Excelabilities
- Experience in Accpac or Tourplan a plus
- Must be able to work in a challenging environment
- East African Tax & Accounting experience an advantage
- International experience is a plus
- Luxury lodge and / or Touring finance experience an advantage
- Willing to relocate to Tanzania
- Willing to travel to the Tanzania based lodges
SKILLS REQUIRED
- Must be highly numerate in financial reporting, internal controls, taxation, relationships with key stakeholders and problem solving.
- Strong Commercial focus
- Able to prioritise and balance Commercial and technical financial requirements
- The ability to generate and maintain a positive momentum and focus.
- Consistently maintaining a high productivity level whilst demonstrating drive, stamina andthe capacity to work hard.
- Maintains ethical and professional norms in all activities and including a willingness todevelop oneself further.
- Able to coach and facilitate the development of others’ knowledge and skills, providingtimely feedback and guidance to help them reach goals
- High emotional intelligence to be able to balance the highly driven work ethic that is in placecoupled with a sense of ‘fun’ and enjoying work
SALARY
- Negotiable
To apply for this position, kindly forward your CV in Word Format together with a head and shoulders photo to charlene@cedar-wood.co.za
Job Ref#5033