Financial Controller Full Time

Job Description

An exciting vacant position has arisen at East Africa Bottling Share Company – Ethiopia for the role of Financial Controller. East Africa Bottling Share Company( EABSC) works with the world’s most cherished trademark; invests in the most sophisticated production system in the world and employ people who are prepared to work with passion and focus.

The Financial Controller  plays a pivotal role to oversee the financial strategy of the business and manage all assets and resources in the most efficient manner, which promotes sound financial health of the business. The Financial Controller will be responsible to:

• The Control and Reporting of both AMWSC and EABSC.
• Work with the Financial Director to ensure the organization optimize their value creation on a sustained basis
• Ensuring financial capability is effectively developed across Finance teams
• Entrench policies and procedures
• Enhance governance and control

The role will be reporting to the Finance Director

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Finance Leadership

• Advice the Finance Director on short, medium and long-term investment opportunities that will benefit the business.
• Offer commercial orientation and perspectives to the Finance Director to drive value creation throughout the business.
• Focus on key strategic priorities, and create capabilities within the finance team to drive and support initiatives that will enhance the achievement of those priorities.
• Support the strategic plan development and support the Finance Director and Country Finance Planning and Operations Manager to evaluate alternative ideas and options in that endeavor.
• Responsible the Balance Sheet and Working Capital Planning.

General Accounting & Finance

• Maintain sound accounting system which ensures best practices in book keeping and accounting for all transactions.
• Maintain a competent finance team that provides up-to-date and accurate information to the business at all times.
• Work closely with tax authorities to ensure full compliance and minimize exposures to the business.
• Implement credit policy for the business, which promotes good management of accounts receivables portfolio and reduce bad debts.
• Ensure efficient working capital management practices are entrenched.
• Review and sign off month end file and provide to Finance Director.

Governance & Control

• Promote good corporate governance practices within the business which ensure that the business remains a viable and responsible entity.
• Practice performance management to ensure the finance team is well engaged and that proper succession planning is entrenching to promote going concern.
• Provide safe and sound work environment for the finance team and support initiatives that minimizes the business risk.
• Promote key external stakeholder engagements which are necessary to enhance healthy business relationships and support business continuity..

Planning & Reporting

• Analyze data; financial and non-financial, so as to inform the Finance Director on macro-economic trends which underpins forecasts and budgets.
• Co-ordinate the Balance sheet budgeting process and ensure budgetary controls are maintained.
• Maintain healthy relationship with the Group Office and Group Finance offices to ensure the operation is abreast with current developments and reporting requirements.
• Ensure that all financial statements and reports are properly and timeously prepared, communicated and distributed as required.

Decision Support

•  Runs finance literacy programs for other departments and depot to ensure that they are in line with finance requirements.

Build and embed superior Finance capabilities:

• Share best practices for use to the Finance Director in the broader CCBA business.
• Identify local best practices and capabilities and share to Finance Director
• Participate in communities of practice led by group office as instructed by the Finance Director.

Skills, Experience & Education

• BA Degree in Accounting and Finance/ Accounting or related filed of studies
• Added advantage: Master Business Administration in Finance
• Ten (10) years accounting and financial management experience with at least 5 yearsoffinancialmanagement experience w
• Hands-on experience in a multinational manufacturing business environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.