The Senior Finance Manager (Horticulture) plays a critical leadership role in managing the financial health and strategic planning of the company, specifically within the horticulture sector in Naivasha. This role involves overseeing all financial operations, ensuring good governance, and providing strategic financial information to senior management and shareholders.
Key Responsibilities
- Financial Planning and Strategy: Lead the company’s financial planning process, including preparing budgets and forecasts, and building and maintaining financial models to enable strategic decision making.
- Performance Reporting: Prepare comprehensive monthly financial reports on performance and cash flow.
- Operational Control: Monitor expenditures and analyze cost savings and efficiencies.
- Performance Analysis: Conduct avocado sales and harvest tracking, analysis, and reporting.
- Packhouse Analysis: Analyse and monitor the performance of the company’s packing facility.
- Accounting & Audit: Provide oversight of the monthly accounting and bookkeeping, management accounts preparation, and processes. Oversee the audit process.
- ERP Systems: Work on the implementation and running of a new ERP system.
- Training and Development: Train and share knowledge and skills with the current finance team, including a Finance Manager and Accounts Assistant, to ensure the team is highly capable and effective.
- Management Engagement: Work with the company’s senior management and shareholders to provide them with the necessary financial information and tools.
- Governance and Compliance: Ensure the company’s financial practices are carried out with high levels of good governance, and continuously develop and improve them.
Qualifications and Experience
- Relevant Bachelor’s degree in finance or a related field.
- Accounting qualification (CPA/ACCA).
- At least 3 years of experience in a similar position, and 10 years’ experience in finance.
- Highly computer literate, with expertise in Excel.
- Extensive experience with ERP and accounting software systems.
- Previous experience in agriculture and/or retail or distribution is an added advantage.
- Must be self-confident, conscientious, and highly organized with excellent written and analytical skills.
- Ability to work under pressure and to prioritize tasks effectively.
- Able to act independently, take responsibility, and work with a team.
- Sound integrity.
