Financial Controller

Job Description:

Please find the details below:

Position: Financial Controller

Experience: 10+ years

Notice: Immediate to 30 days

Location: Ghana, Africa (Onsite)

About the company: It is a leading global commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management company. As an origin-integrated business operating in over 40 major commodity producing countries worldwide, the company focuses primarily on coffee, cotton, and cocoa, and is also diversified in selected other agricultural products and services markets. The company in West Africa works in a selection of communities that produce and trade major international commodities and contributes to the prosperity of its host communities by providing products and services that enable farmers to increase household incomes, build income resilience, improve, and sustain community access to social services.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensuring that company, financial statements are in line with management’s requirements
• Recognize patterns in spending, revenue, and recommend solutions to any problem areas.
• Identify and update Management on risks and come up with possible solutions to mitigate
• Perform monthly business review analysis and a financial analysis
• Liaise with Group teams on operational and financial review
• Monthly reporting to the Group using COGNOS
• Maintain an efficient system of accounting records
• Review and improve the Company’s set of controls and budgets designed to mitigate risk
• Enhance the accuracy of the company reported financial results
• Ensure that reported results comply with generally accepted accounting principles
• Develop budgets that meet the requirements of the businesses
• Strong credit control functionality to improve liquidity
• Supervise all audit and internal control processes
• Liaising with Finance and SAP teams
• Lead 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

• Accounting software, SAP and improving functionality
• Manage and develop the Finance team by reviewing the current team and adjust the

structure and the team to improve the performance of the department

• Coach, develop and performance manage the accounting team

Qualifications/Experience

• An advanced degree in accounting, business, finance or a related field
• A Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience, ideally in the Commodity agri sector
• A thorough understanding of business and financial principles and practices
• Excellent mathematical and analytical skills
• SAP or similar software knowledge is essential
• Experience in managing, developing and leading a team
• A high sense of Integrity
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build trust and relationships with employees, business managers and Financial Institutions
• Ability to work in an entrepreneurial, multicultural, multidisciplinary team and deliver high quality work within deadlines to meet objectives
• Excellent communication skills, both written and spoken
• Strong Excel skills