Business Controller – Africa vacancy

Business Controller – Africa vacancy
Inchcape Shipping Services Kenya
Job description

• Ensure financial control, compliance and transparency according to ISS’ corporate policies and statutory requirements across the regional locations.
  
• Support group wide / regional initiatives and drive changes through.
  

• Support for local finance teams during reporting cycles (month end, year end, budgeting, forecasting, strategy planning), performing first level of financial and non-financial information review;
  
• Responsible for achieving the control (and any other) objectives set for the specific region;
  
• Ensure and monitor compliance with the Accounting Policies Manual;
  
• Monitors control environment and compliance with the corporate policies and takes corrective actions;
  
• Detailed monitoring of cash flows, own working capital, principals funds management, DA turnaround, compliance with the Group’s credit policy;
  
• Detailed monitoring of control/safeguards over assets, including bank accounts and cash centralisation, bank mandates control, bank fees, etc.
  
• Specific focus on high growth / risky areas/business units, including regular site visits;
  
• Supporting the VP Finance in ensuring any migration of finance functions to shared services is done in a controlled way and with a minimum business disruption;
  
• Support during the migration to new general ledger and/or operational systems;
  
• Roll out and monitor usage of standardised reports, working closely with the local finance teams and Head of Reporting & Management Information;
  
• Training / coaching local finance managers.
  
• Compliance with the Group’s policies
  
• Financial risk exposure 
  
•  Ad hoc support for Head of Financial & Management Reporting.
  

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience as operational accountant/controller or financial auditor
  
• Some exposure to financial risk management and enforcing control environment
  
• Knowledge of ISS’ business / industry
  
• Experience in working in a multi-national, multi-cultural organisation
  
• Excellent communication skills and a good command of the English language (oral and written)
  
• Knowledge of IFRS
  
• Open to change and new ideas
  
• Willingness to travel on a regular basis
  
• University degree in finance, accountancy  or economics
  
• Solid knowledge base across ISS’ business streams.
  
• Managing Change – Demonstrable success with managing change of structure and processes surrounding a financial function.
  
• Working knowledge of local languages
  

PLEASE APPLY AT -   HR.Dubai@iss-shipping.com.
Last date of applications is 10th September .

We thank all applicants, regrettably  only shortlisted candidates will be contacted back.