We have deep functional and industry expertise as well as breadth of geographical reach.

• Give strategic support to the Partner Group for the region, take a leadership role in building the practice and play a leadership role within the support function as this develops across the region.
• Overall compliance with finance process and policies, both internal and external
• Ensure compliance with relevant statutory guidelines and laws, with a key emphasis on tax compliance and tax optimization across the region
• Day-to-day finance function, including a broad range of tasks across general accounting (general ledger, reconciliations), accounts payable (vendor management, processing, payments), fixed assets, work-in-progress (‘WIP’) management (client invoicing, transaction processing, project analysis, variance reporting, etc.) and accounts receivable (client payments).
• Monthly and annual statutory filings, including VAT, WHT, PAYE, etc.
• Project management of statutory audits, internal audits and any audits from e.g. tax authorities, etc.
• Cash flow management and banking
• Monthly management account presentation, analysis, variance reporting, building of complex financial models to support analysis processes and inputs into key decision making processes
• Oversees recruitment, development, coaching, structure of support teams, including finance., as the practice develops and grows across the region

• Minimum 4 year university degree in finance and accounting with strong academic results
• Minimum of 3 years post articles /internship experience with a ‘Big 4’ audit firm;  preferably 3-5 years commercial experience in a professional services environment in finance and accounting
• Excellent analytic thinking, problem solving skills and a proven ability to work effectively under pressure
• Strong knowledge of fundamental finance and accounting processes, coupled with a strong working knowledge of tax (VAT, WHT, Corporate Tax, PAYE, etc.)
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills, an ability to work independently and to interface / manage remote shared services centre support (i.e. manage remote teams)
• Exceptional Excel capability and experience on an ERP system (Oracle highly preferred)
• Willingness to travel within the East Africa region and further if-and-when required to do so