CDL was founded in early 2003 by its current Managing Director Lucy Mmari.Within her 14 year tenure in a well established logistics company, She honed her skill in human resources management and thereafter started CDL.

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JOB PURPOSE:

Responsible for providing financial data, forecasts and analysis. The information which forms an integral part in managerial decision making on both day to day and forecasting/ strategic planning.

The main accountabilities of the Senior Financial Analyst will include: -

• Coordination and consolidation of Annual Departmental Operating Budgets and analysis of actual expenditure against plan.
• Preparation of daily and weekly production statistics and analysis of performance against expected /plan targets, the efficiencies, usage, rate and output.
• Profitability and viability analysis on products, markets and initiatives.
• Ensuring price reviews and system price updates are maintained correctly.
• Periodic Sales volume and value tracking and analysis.
• General analytical and statistical support to the sales and marketing department; Weekly sales tracking, Distributor discounts & sales commissions (Incentives pay) analysis.
• Preparation of monthly management reports, variance analysis and reconciliations; monthly management load files, monthly cost files and reconciliations.
• Preparation of approval documents (CARs) for new projects, creating the projects in the ERP system and monitoring them to ensure the expenditure is within budget.
• Assisting in preparation of Annual Financial plans and periodic forecasts.

Requirements

The ideal candidate should meet the following requirements: -

• Five years’ relevant costing experience in manufacturing
• University degree BCom or BSc Statistics
• Professional qualifications CPA or equivalent
• Oracle EBS – Minimum five years’ experience
• MS Office - Excel professional level knowledge

• Coordination and consolidation of Annual Departmental Operating Budgets and analysis of actual expenditure against plan.
• Preparation of daily and weekly production statistics and analysis of performance against expected /plan targets, the efficiencies, usage, rate and output.
• Profitability and viability analysis on products, markets and initiatives.
• Ensuring price reviews and system price updates are maintained correctly.
• Periodic Sales volume and value tracking and analysis.
• General analytical and statistical support to the sales and marketing department; Weekly sales tracking, Distributor discounts & sales commissions (Incentives pay) analysis.
• Preparation of monthly management reports, variance analysis and reconciliations; monthly management load files, monthly cost files and reconciliations.
• Preparation of approval documents (CARs) for new projects, creating the projects in the ERP system and monitoring them to ensure the expenditure is within budget.
• Assisting in preparation of Annual Financial plans and periodic forecasts.

• MS Office - Excel professional level knowledge

• University degree BCom or BSc Statistics
• Professional qualifications CPA or equivalent
• Oracle EBS – Minimum five years’ experience