Finance Business Partner at Kilombero Sugar

Location: Morogoro, Tanzania
Job Type: Permanent
Employment Type: Middle Manager
Workplace Type: Onsite

Job Purpose:

• The successful candidate will be responsible for partnering with the relevant function to understand, interpret and translate the function’s strategies in terms of financial cost drivers and value opportunities.
• The role is also accountable for producing accurate, relevant, and timeous management reporting for the function.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure finance is at the heart of the decision-making process, bringing rigour to the evaluation and implementation of value-enhancing decisions.
• Bring financial understanding to a business decision by ensuring alternatives are thoroughly evaluated and the optimum decision taken; use appropriate business tools to support decision-making.
• Focus on streamlining processes and evolving reporting to suit the specific requirements of the business over time.
• Prepare business cases (IRR) and analyses for all capex projects to ensure viability and subsequent realization of envisaged benefits.
• Manage strategic discussions with internal customers to make sure that their needs are met, and key pain points are addressed.
• Accountable for timely and accurate P&L forecasting and budgeting including causals and analysis for your function.
• Accountable for accurate, timely and insightful management reporting in a standardized format; done quarterly for estimates; and annually for budget.
• Develop a good understanding of the cost drivers and identify opportunities for optimizing profitability and managing costs down.
• Formulate and manage Service Level Agreements with required stakeholders.
• Liaise with budget holders with regards to estimates and other changes and ensure major variances are investigated and propose appropriate corrective actions.
• Manage the work of Financial Planners and support their career development.

Must Have Skills:

• Strong Leadership Skills
• Management Skills
• Strong Business Analysis Skills
• Exceptional Accounting and Reporting Skills
• Excellent interpersonal and communication Skills

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accountancy, Business Administration or equivalent
• ACCA, CPA(T) Certification or equivalent
• Minimum 5 years relevant working experience