Financial Analyst at Africa Improved Foods Rwanda: (Deadline 2 June 2022)

General job information

Department: Finance and Control

Reporting line: Senior Financial Controller

Contract terms: Open ended Contract

Job purpose

The job holder ensures that all department expenditures are within budget and any deviations are appropriately explained and justified. He/She also proactively guide and inform Operations Business Unit progressively on their realizations against budget and/ or RAF during the year.

Key responsibilities

The jobholder will be responsible for performing the following duties:

• Plan and coordinate and ensure that effective monthly stock take activities take place and reported.
• Preparation of efficiency results’ reports against budget and RAF (where applicable) and partner Operations to ensure targets are met.
• Preparation of monthly FOOP for the entire Company comparing actuals against budget as well as RAF (where applicable), seek explanations/ justifications from department heads on variances
• Attend all relevant planning, monitoring, coordination and execution meetings in liaison with your supervisor for effective business partnering and decision-making including Utilities, small projects, Maintenance and FOOP related meeting among others.
• Support on small project (CAPEX) planning and execution meeting throughout the year
• Prepare actual purchase costs for all packaging raw materials against internal targets and advise on the best actions to control adverse deviations (if any).
• Participating in budget setting and advising on relevant allocations of costs based on reviewed ended budget performance
• Undertake any other duties related to the job as may be assigned by Management from time to time.

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Business Administration, Finance & Accounting, Statistics and Economics, or any other related field.
• Professional qualification like ACCA or CPA shall be a great added with at least Part II
• SAP Business One Proficiency shall be an added advantage.
• Minimum of 5 years’ working experience in the business & accounting and/ or Audit related field(s)/ environment(s) in the same role or higher. Having worked in a manufacturing industry is an added value.
• Must have excellent oral presentation, writing and reporting skills.
• Prior experience in Cost Control & reporting or External/ Internal Audit experiences in corporate entity especially manufacturing is preferred.
• Very good knowledge and strong understanding of the Rwandan Laws and Regulations, IFRSs and GAAP is highly desirable.