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Summit Recruitment & Search was established in 2009 to address the recruitment, mass recruitment, executive search, outsourcing and training needs of companies based in Kenya or wanting to enter the Kenyan, East African, South African and African market. We have a leading proven track record in our field in South Africa, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rw...

Responsibilities or duties

Financial Planning and Strategy: Lead the company’s financial planning process, including preparing budgets and forecasts, and building and maintaining financial models to enable strategic decision making.

Performance Reporting: Prepare comprehensive monthly financial reports on performance and cash flow.

Operational Control: Monitor expenditures and analyze cost savings and efficiencies

Performance analysis: Avocado sales and harvest tracking, analysis and reporting.

Packhouse analysis: Analyse and monitor the performance of the company’s packing facility.

Accounting & Audit: Oversight of the monthly accounting and bookkeeping, management accounts preparation and processes. Oversight of the audit.

ERP Systems: Work on the implementation and running of a new ERP system.

Training and Development: Training and sharing of knowledge and skills with the current finance team, including a Finance Manager and Accounts Assistant, to ensure the team is highly capable and effective.

Management Engagement: Working with the company’s senior management and shareholders to provide them with the financial information and tools they require.

Governance and Compliance: Ensure the company’s financial practices are carried out with high levels of good governance, and to develop and improve them.

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

Key Qualifications

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar position, and 10 years’ experience in finance Accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA).
• Highly computer literate, with expertise in Excel.
• Extensive experience with ERP and accounting software systems.
• Previous experience in agriculture and/or retail or distribution is an added advantage.
• Self-confident, conscientious, and highly organized with excellent written and analytical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Able to act independently, take responsibility, and work with a team.
• Sound integrity.

Experience needed

10 years

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• Lead the company’s financial planning process, including preparing budgets and forecasts, and building and maintaining financial models to enable strategic decision making.
• Prepare comprehensive monthly financial reports on performance and cash flow.
• Monitor expenditures and analyze cost savings and efficiencies
• Avocado sales and harvest tracking, analysis and reporting.
• Analyse and monitor the performance of the company’s packing facility.
• Oversight of the monthly accounting and bookkeeping, management accounts preparation and processes. Oversight of the audit.
• Work on the implementation and running of a new ERP system.
• Training and sharing of knowledge and skills with the current finance team, including a Finance Manager and Accounts Assistant, to ensure the team is highly capable and effective.
• Working with the company’s senior management and shareholders to provide them with the financial information and tools they require.
• Ensure the company’s financial practices are carried out with high levels of good governance, and to develop and improve them.

• Expertise in Excel
• Extensive experience with ERP and accounting software systems
• Excellent written and analytical skills
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize tasks effectively
• Able to act independently, take responsibility, and work with a team

• Relevant Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in a similar position, and 10 years’ experience in finance
• Accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA)
• Highly computer literate
• Extensive experience with ERP and accounting software systems
• Previous experience in agriculture and/or retail or distribution is an added advantage
• Self-confident, conscientious, and highly organized
• Sound integrity