Finance Manager at Old Mutual Kenya

Job Description

• To supervise the procurement & payments, contracts & contractors and financial accounting and reporting function of planning, tracking and reporting on expenditure (operational and capital) in line with company policies, guidelines and deadlines. Provide financial advice; identify and report financial risks to internal client/s and relevant executive managers.

Key Measurable Goals

• Reporting: Management, statutory and regulatory reporting.
• Effective management of suppliers’ payments, statutory payments, utility bills and all branch and Head Office imprests.
• To ensure financial controls and reconciliations are done on timely basis and closing all outstanding issues.
• Budgetary and Business planning.
• Liaison with administration and procurement department in regard to suppliers and procurement issues.
• Liaison with Internal and External auditors.
• Team management and fostering a culture that drives staff engagement.

     Key Responsibilities

Reporting

• Ensure that the reports are prepared in a timely manner.
• Ensure that the reports are accurate and are of high quality.
• Business partnering through explaining and guiding business teams on interpreting and actioning reports.

Finance Operations                                                  

• Effective management of suppliers payments, timely and accurate statutory payments, utility bills and all supplier payments
• Oversight on Petty cash & imprest administration ensuring branches are adequately replenished at all times.
• Management of staff advances and settlements.
• Liaising with Procurement & Admin Manager ensuring that Creditors and suppliers are managed satisfactorily.
• Liaising with internal and External Auditors in carrying out periodical and Year end Audits respectively. 

Internal Controls & Bank Reconciliations

• Ensuring that all control account reconciliations are carried out on a timely basis for all control accounts and reconciling items are dealt with on time. 
• Ensuring that all bank reconciliations are carried out on a timely basis, investigations done on outstanding items and cleared.
• Ensure good bank relationship management for purposes of correction and issuing of paying instructions.
• Ensuring that all fixed assets are adequately recorded, reconciled and reported.
• Budget Preparations and Business planning
• Involved in Business planning and budget preparation.
• Budget control and monitoring by ensuring the budget holders take charge of their costs and through variance reports.
• Support and/or undertake cost benefit analysis on all expenditures and investments. 
• Taxation                                                
• To ensure that monthly Tax computations are prepared and made on time such as PAYE, reverse tax and withholding tax.
• Perform a quarterly tax health check.
• Leadership
• Mentor and develop the team, managing work allocation, training, problem resolution and leave management.

Bankwide AML, KYC & CFT

• Monitor, on a continuous basis, all transactions to ensure that unusual and suspicious transactions are reported to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)
• Implementing and enforcing the board approved AML, KYC & CFT policy in as far as is applicable within my area of responsibility

Education

• Degree in Business related Studies
• CPA (K) /ACCA

Desirable

• Masters degree in Business or Finance.
• Other relevant Professional Certifications.

Knowledge and Skills

• Analytical skills
• Management and Leadership skills
• Financial Management 
• Excellent Computer packages knowledge
• Working knowledge of Emerge T24 and D365

Experience

• At least 3 years Supervisory experience in
• Financial Accounting Experience

Personal Attributes

• Demonstrate management abilities.
• Analytical
• Confident
• Integrity
• Diligent
• Attention to detail​.