Finance and Administration Manager – Kampala – Amatheon Agri

About US:
Amatheon Agri Uganda Ltd is part of Amatheon Agri, a German agribusiness and farming company developing and operating sustainable agri and food projects in Sub-Saharan Africa. Amatheon aims to create shareholder value and increased food production through the development of new large scale agriculture operations, the application of state-of-the- art farming techniques and vertical integration across the agricultural value chain.

Job Summary: The Finance and Administration Manager will steer and develop an internal team to support the following areas: Finance, Business Planning and Budgeting, Administration, and IT. The incumbent will have the unique chance to play a critical role in partnering with the senior leadership team in strategic decision making and operations as AAU continues to enhance its quality programming and build capacity.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Financial Management:
· Take on the leadership on all financial issues including reporting, cash flow, forecasting, mentor, supervise and appraises the finance team
· Responsible for developing and implementing all necessary business policies and accounting practices; improve the finance department’s overall effectiveness.
· Coordinate and steer the annual audit process, liaise with external auditors and the finance committee of the board of directors; assess any changes necessary.
· Effectively communicate and present the critical financial matters to the board of directors.
· Implements Sage Pastel Evolution ERP system and trains all Sage usage.
· Work closely and transparently with all external partners including third-party vendors and consultants.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
· The candidate should hold a B.A. from a recognized professional accounting/ finance qualification such as CPA/ ACCA.
· A minimum seven to ten years of overall professional experience; six years of broad financial and operations management experience.
· The ideal candidate should have experience of final responsibility for the quality and content of all financial data, reporting and audit coordination for either a division or significant program area, and has preferably had operation experience with general business administration processes (ideally incl. human resources).
· Working knowledge accounting and reporting software and applications of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), International Accounting standards (IAS’s), and International Standards on Auditing (ISA’s).
· Computer literacy skills i.e. Proficiency in using accounting packages like Sage Pastel Evolution
· Excellent track record in setting priorities; keen, analytical, organization and problem solving skills which support and enable sound decision making.
· Excellent communication and relationship building skills with an ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
· Willingness to settle in a developing area

How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates should send an application letter and CV/Resume only and send them via email to: Career.AAU@amatheon-agri.com. Please include your salary history and expectation. Do not include your testimonials at this time.