Financial controller

Job Description:

Position: Financial controller.
Location: Douala, Africa

The Role: This role requires an experienced Finance Controller who has the ability to manage robust accounting processes and controls that lead to the delivery of timely and accurate financial reports of all businesses in Tiko, Cameroon. The ideal candidate for the role has a strong knowledge of the SAP system. The overall objective of the Financial Controller role is to manage transactional accounting, product control, and management reporting. They will be expected to proactively work to continually improve the efficiency of the accounting function.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce timely and accurate financial reports
• Maintain an efficient system of accounting records
• Improve the Company’s set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk
• Enhance the accuracy of the company's reported financial results
• Ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles
• Provide regular analysis & manage risk and currency
• Lead and manage, coach and mentor a team
• Manage activities associated with process improvements, timely reporting and the development of appropriate systems to ensure that financial transactions, policies and procedures are in line with the Company’s objectives

Skills & Experience

• An advanced degree in accounting & costing, business, finance
• A Minimum of 8 years’ relevant professional experience, ideally in the Commodity Agric sector, trading, food & beverage industry
• A thorough understanding of business, financial and accounting principles and practices
• Excellent Excel skills: interest in and aptitude for systems, as well as a data-driven approach to problem-solving, is essential
• Knowledge of ERP specifically a smaller platform such as Sage Evolution
• Experience in managing, coaching and mentoring a team
• A high sense of Integrity
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, ability to build trust and relationships with employees and business managers
• Strong analytical and presentation skills
• Ability to work in an entrepreneurial, multicultural, multidisciplinary team and deliver high quality work within deadlines to meet objectives
• Self-starter with attention to detail, ability to manage and prioritise workload, and independently work through issues to propose solutions.
• Knowledge OHADA accounting law
• Fluency in English and French