Role Purpose
- Support and secure a solid bedrock for finance
activities in Kenya
- Expected to deliver quality result in fast
changing business environment
- Deliver high quality set of accounting data to
facilitate group, statutory and tax reporting
- Support local Finance activities and coordinate
with EFO and GFO
- Support budgeting, forecasting and compliance
processes in Kenya
- Protect Syngenta assets in Kenya
- Support the finance integration activities
- Ensure compliance with Companies Act and other
other laws
- Ensure integrity of the countries compliance
program with corporate and local policies and procedures
- Continuously monitor emerging internal control
risks and update existing controls and processes to respond to these risks
- Detect and report to appropriate Syngenta
management any violation or deviation from standards and practices
including the code of conduct, laws and other misconduct
Responsibilities
- Support and accounting operations process, which
include: Fixed assets, Payables, Accounts receivables and Transactions
proccessiong on ERP system, payments
- Prepare and Record relevant journal entries in
local entity books
- Uses best practices and knowledge to improve
processes/services
- Support cost awareness and cost control
throughout the organization.
- Continuously improve the management reporting
process, systems and formats.
- Timely delivery of relevant management reports
and /or services to ensure accurate recording of all business transactions
in ERP system according to the IFRS rules for group reporting and local
GAAP rules for statutory reporting.
- Support continuous improvement and efficiency in
relevant processes and Service Excellence
- Active involvement in month end closing and year
end processes
- Active communication with other departments
- Cooperation with auditors
- Building and maintaining strong relationship
with stakeholders
- Reconciling balance sheet ledgers to sub-ledgers
on AP/AR/GL and clearing accounts
- Ensure the Basic controls are performed on a
timely manner
- Support the finance integration activition and
ensure activities are completed in a timely manner
- Prepare necessary calculation required for legal
entity intergration and ensure transaction are appropriately recorded
- Support the preparation of statutory, tax
reports, returns in accordance with local GAAP, Tax regulations and Group
standards.
- Ensure all company records are up to date in
accordance with Companies Act
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in economics, accounting or business
administration.
- CPA-K / ACCA qualification
- Good understanding of supply and manufacturing
concepts.
- Excellent in command in English
- Working knowledge of SAP.
- Master in Excel, data mining
- SAP and SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud) knowledge
- Minimum 1 – 2 years’ experience in a controlling
function, preferably within the Flowers industry or a logistic- or
manufacturing environment.
- Minimum of 1 – 2 years’ experience with
accounting and reporting within a complex organization.
- Experience of working and interacting across
multiple locations and cultures.
- Experience with SOX, IFRS and financial
Compliance.
How to Apply
