Head of Finance Job in Kenya

Position: Head of Finance

Main Competence Requirements

• The candidate must have the ability to communicate clearly and persuasively


• Must have the ability to work cooperatively with other members of the team (HODs) with a full understanding of the role to be played as a team member


• Focus on delivering quality and continuous improvement


• Ability to create and maintain open constructive relationships with others, respond helpfully to their enquiries and to be sensitive to their situations


• Ability to convince others to agree on or to take a course of action


• Must have the capacity to inspire individuals to give of their best to achieve the desired results


• Looking after the interests of the customer and ensuring that their wants, needs and expectations are met/ exceeded.


• Must have the capacity to understand the business needs and priorities of the organization


• Must have the capacity to identify and explore business opportunities.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Initiating and implementing the department’s operating standards and procedures for the smooth running of the department


• Formulating and implementing necessary policies to govern and guide the financial management of the hotel so as to ensure uniformity and transparency


• Ensuring adequacy of the internal controls in compliance to corporate government requirements


• Manage and give leadership to the annual budget preparation process ensuring a balanced position and necessary action in the event of deficit


• Preparing the hotel’s business plan with all HOD’S and monitoring of same.


• Maintaining the asset register and updating capitalized items.


• Preparation of Capex budget


• Negotiate discounts and credit facilities


• Preparation of cash flow projections


• Provide periodical financial analysis to assist management in decision making


• Manage the hotel’s debt collection and credit control


• Preparing monthly P&L accounts, highlighting departmental variances against budget and the causes


• Working with the HOD’s, establish a revenue and expenditure analysis and forecasts


• Ensuring statutory remittances in compliance with the law


• Ensuring timely Annual returns and company secretarial filling


• Preparing monthly consolidated financial reports and year end management accounts


• Monitoring and management of all POS transactions to ensure accuracy and timeliness of the reporting of the financial result/position


• Preparation of monthly petty cash analysis and Bank reconciliations


• Handling day to day operational issues – when acting as duty Manager


• Payroll reconciliation


• Any other duties delegated by the Directors and the General Manager

Requirements:

• University Degree – Commerce.


• Professional qualification – CPA, ACCA etc.


• Over 5 years’ experience in comparable role


• Experience in the hospitality industry will be an added advantage


• Membership to a relevant professional body – ICPAK an added advantage


• Audit knowledge

If you meet the requirements above, send your CV with the subject HEAD OF FINANCE to terry@amsol.co.ke and cc: jemima@amsol.co.ke