Vacancies at Summit Recruitment and Search

Key Requirements:

• Setting up internal controls for pre and post costing.
• Provide recommendations for cost reduction and optimal resource utilization.
• Execute the planning and preparation of annual budget and forecasts while coordinating with HQ.
• Ensuring tax compliance and identifying tax planning opportunities.
• Evaluation of variances between actuals vs budget.
• Facilitating timely completion of external audit and corporate compliance.
• Ensure that consumption, scrap, month-end inventory count transactions and material transfers are done on time.
• Coordination with HQ and generate financial reports i.e Income Statement, Statement of Financial Position, Direct Cashflows, Costing Benchmark, Working Capital & General expenses.
• Ensuring full compliance with relevant laws and trade sanctions.
• Follow and ensure compliance with Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) policy, procedures and rules.
• Ensure that reconciliation of inter-company and third parties receivables/payables is performed timely.

Qualifications:

• Must have a relevant bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or any other related field.
• Must have CPA-K or ACCA qualification.
• Must have 10 years and above working experience in a similar role.
• Must be Proficient in SAP & Excel.
• Must have experience in Costing and Treasury Management.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy in financial reporting.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Deadline for applications: 31st July 2023

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Key Requirements:

• Working alongside BD Mangers to plan origination and to identify potential new co-development opportunities.
• Analyzing the financial fundamentals of a new opportunity and using their judgement to make sound commercial assessments and present data in a meaningful way
• Having a good understanding of the organizations’ strategy and ensuring new investment proposals are fully aligned to it, with a particular focus on climate, gender, Sustainable Development Impact and Health, Safety, Environmental and Social (HSES) considerations
• Drafting and screening investment papers and reviewing with the Regional BD lead and seeking input from across the business
• Co-ordinating and managing due diligence of new opportunities, identifying and suggesting mitigations for any risks.
• Analyzing the commercial structure and associated terms in a project, understanding, querying or developing financial models as needed, securing sign-off of financial assumptions and model.
• Being familiar with financial and legal jargon and engaging knowledgeably with finance and legal teams during due diligence of a new opportunity
• Assisting the BD Manager in the negotiation and structuring of a new opportunity, ensuring prior input and agreement to proposed terms / structure from Legal, Finance and Business Integrity
• Reviewing and identifying potential risks within project plans and budgets and forecasting disbursements from projects
• Compiling BD reports, maintaining up to date data on the projects that they are supporting and helping to track progress against the pipeline of IDC approved co-development projects

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, finance or business management, with strong academics
• At least 4 years of relevant experience in the origination and development of infrastructure projects or within infrastructure businesses
• A track record of evaluating and presenting investment proposals to a Board or Investment Committee
• A robust understanding of the commercial realities of developing infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa, the potential risks / issues that should be identified and mitigated, and the financial fundamentals needed for success.
• Demonstrable interest in the sectors and geographies where the organization in Africa
• Having a strong network of contacts within the infrastructure market in sub-Saharan Africa

Deadline for applications: 20th of August 2023