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Elpis Farms is a global agribusiness which was created with our core values of sustainability, best practices and innovation.
We are committed to our people, our investors and our community to strive for excellence, fairness and value creation to build a world class Kenyan agribusiness with global reach. We aim to supply our customers with the best quality products sourced and grown fairly and sustainably.
We commit to never deviate from our roots and core values.
We seek to hire an accountant whose main roles are to manage company funds in a manner that maximizes return on investment while minimizing risk.
Duties and responsibilities
Management
- Maintain a documented system of accounting policies & procedures
- Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analysing account information.
- Substantiates financial transactions by auditing documents.
- Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures
- Secures financial information by completing data base backups.
- Maintains financial security by following internal controls
- Answers accounting procedure questions by researching and interpreting accounting policy and regulations.
- Comply with Statutory, state, and local financial legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising management on needed actions
- Prepares payments by verifying documentation, and requesting disbursements.
- Maintain general ledger chart of accounts
- Prepare company monthly and annual financial statements and supporting schedules according to month end close schedule
- Review materials usage, labor costing, equipment, fixed assets and depreciation
- Supervise VAT, Insurance, capital assets, general ledger and invoicing
Funds Management
- Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs and available funds for investment
- Ensure sufficient funds are available to meet organizational and operational requirements
- Use hedging to mitigate financial risks related to interest rates on the company borrowings
- Maintain banking relationships
- Assist in determining the company proper capital structure
Budgeting
- Manage the preparation of the company budget
- Report to management on variances from the established budget and reasons for variance
- Assist management in strategic decision making
- Financial Analysis
- Engage in ongoing cost reduction
- Engage in benchmarking studies to establish areas of potential operational improvement
- Interpret the company’s financial results to management and recommend improvement activities
- Review company bottlenecks and recommend changes to improve overall level company output
- Regular financial reporting to management
- Manage capital budgeting proves
- Create additional analysis and reports as requested by management
Qualifications & Skills
- Bachelor degree in Business especially Accounting or Finance
- ACCA II or CPA II preferred
- A minimum of five years of relevant working experience is required.
- At least three years of demonstrated successful experience in accounts, tax and financial management.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, interpersonal, leadership and communication skills
- Proven capacity to work in a team is essential.
- Ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
- Experience in working in an Agri-business Environment is a plus.
- Exposure to International Financial Reporting Standards
- Is a person of attested integrity, with high degree of stewardship of resources
- Result oriented, self-motivated and energetic.
- Computer literacy and good knowledge of diverse accounting packages
- Provision of accounting support to other Functional Units – e.g HR would be an added advantage.
If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV on our website page http://ift.tt/1g6LUWE - only quoting the job title on the email subjectand pasting a cover letter on ‘your message’ box .
On or before the 11th of April 2014. Please state your availability on the cover letter.
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