• Company: PEP
• Location: Lusaka, Lusaka Province, Zambia
• State: Lusaka
• Job type: Full-Time
• Job category: Accounting Jobs in Zambia

POSITION: FINANCIAL MANAGER

DEPARTMENT: FINANCE

LOCATION: LUSAKA-ZAMBIA

PURPOSE OF THE POSITION:

To manage and optimize the overall performance of the financial department by providing specialized, focused leadership and ensure maximum compliance to company best practice and legislative requirements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the country finance team to maximize the department’s outputs.
• Structure and clarify roles, responsibilities and standards of performance for team members.
• Optimize financial processes, systems and methodologies in accordance with best practices, centralized policies from Cape Town and cost-effectiveness requirements.
• Play a key role in the development of Zambia’s growth strategy to ensure profitability -including gross profit margins, exchange rates, etc.
• Evaluate and optimize financial reporting systems, accounting and collection procedures.
• Make recommendations for changes to procedures, operating systems, budgets, and other financial control functions.
• Ensure alignment with the company’s centralized processes, procedures and systems.
• Compute annual budgets for approval.
• Drive and monitor compliance with standards, policies and procedures.
• Keep abreast of changes and ensure compliance with Zambia’s financial regulations and legislation, especially regarding foreign exchange policies; repatriation of funds and relevant tax systems and tax or investment benefits or opportunities.
• Manage an effective in-country treasury function aligned with central standards and procedures.

JOB INCUMBENT REQUIREMENTS

• Grade 12 full certificate with five o levels including maths and English
• Full ACCA/ CIMA or a Degree in Accounting
• Must be a member of ZICA
• PC literacy—MS Word, Excel
• 8 years’ experience in financial management. 5 years in a managerial role
• English: Speaking, Reading and Writing (compulsory)
• Zambian Citizen
• Willingness to travel extensively within and outside Zambia

Competencies required:

• Honesty, Passion & Resourcefulness;
• Strong managerial skills;
• Leadership;
• Communication;
• Interpersonal;
• Problem-solving;
• Decision making;
• Build and maintain healthy business relationships;
• Contracting; Project management;
• Coaching

CLOSING DATE: 2^nd October 2017

 

How to Apply

If you are interested and meet the minimum requirements, please submit your CV form to [email protected]

If you do not hear from us within 4 weeks of the closing date of this position, please regard your application as unsuccessful