Context & Environment

• Strict reporting deadlines especially from the group.
• The reporting sections work is impacted by input from other departments.
• Accurate and Quality Information for both external and internal use to facilitate decision making.
• Risk of understatement and overstatement of the financial information for the company.

Main objective

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensure spending is within budget and accurately record fixed costs.
• Make relevant accruals and provisions monthly.
• Coordinate and lead the affiliates' Cost Agility Program (CAP) by suggesting relevant saving areas, tracking performance versus budget monthly and ensuring that the set targets are met.
• Use the OPEX tracker to manage fixed costs and share results with the Finance Manager (FM) and concerned Heads of Departments (HODs).
• Ensure variable costs per month are within budget with all necessary elements captured and analyze performance per channel to provide monthly and Year-to-Date (YTD) comments on performance.
• Prepare the Working Capital Requirements(WCR) monthly report, ensuring consistency with CAP, and provide clear explanations for variations from the budget and previous periods.
• Ensure the Head Office (HO) tolerance level of 10% on GMVC between COPA and PCA is met monthly.
• Accurately run the monthly NCA cycles.
• Ensure the NCA are accurate and support the network team to understand NCA results.
• Identify OPEX EONs, allocate material codes, and ensure PRs are approved within the working days.
• Manage the vendor master data (creations, modifications, and blocking of inactive vendors).
• Coordinate fixed cost review meetings by taking minutes and following up on action items discussed to closure.
• Reconcile of the Gifts and Hospitality General Ledger Accounts by providing relevant comments and ensure a quarterly report is signed off by the Finance Manager.
• Prepare the decade sales report.
• Coordinate with the Treasury Manager, Chief Accountant to ensure the Financing plan is submitted on time.
• Coordinate with the Credit and Receivables Manager to ensure the Bad debt provision file is done and submitted on time
• Support the Budgeting & Reporting Manager with completing assigned LTP tasks.
• Participate in the monthly stock-take.
• Assist during audits and support the Budgeting and Reporting team whenever needed.
• Ensure the monthly priority controls 5, 22, and 25 are met and share reports with the Senior Accountant.
• Assist the Finance team with the creation and follow-up of SAP tickets.

Education/Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and or Finance, ACCA or CPA is an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years in a busy Accounting and finance environment.
• Accounting, Finance, Reporting, Fixed Cost monitoring and Control.
• SAP, Comfortable with Excel, PowerPoint and Power BI.