Applications are invited from suitably qualified individuals to fill the above new positions in the business.
MAIN JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Intake activities:
- Authorizes cash for cotton purchases
- Verifies subsidiary summaries of seed cotton purchases
- Verification of physical stocks at Common Buying Points against reports submitted
- Reconciles seed cotton purchases against seed cotton received at the main ginnery.
- Prepares cash flow plan for seed cotton purchases.
- Requests funding on time from head office as per cash flow plan.
- Prepares intake and production reconciliations
Business Planning Activities:
- Prepares operational budgets
- Prepares financial statements for the business unit.
- Prepares a variance analysis between budget and actual expenditure.
- Designs and implements business unit internal controls
- Ensures all expenditure is within budget.
- Ensures security of all company assets including hardware and software.
- Conducts regular cash counts.
- Carries out spot and standard stock counts.
- Prepares and submits information for external audit purposes.
- Response to audit issues raised.
- Carries out bank reconciliations
- Verifies all payments e.g. transporter and daily payments
- Supervision of staff.
- Ensures daily back up and correct system parameters are adhered to.
- Checks adherence to the ICT policy at business unit level.
- Acts as liaison or point person for audit interactions both internal and external for the business unit
- Maintains the asset register for the business unit
Liaises and negotiates with the unit’s creditors
Qualifications:
- Degree in Accounting
- Full CIS/ACCA/CIMA an added advantage
- Possession of a post-grad qualification is an added advantage.
- At least three (3) years experience.
- Possession of a Class 4 driver's license
- Be a team player and with good communication skills.
Be able to work under pressure and adhere to set time frames and targets