Finance Manager

Key facts

About the role

Highlights

• Category: Accountant & Finance
• Job Title: Finance Manager
• Company: Frontieri
• Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Salary Range: 65,000 to 80,000 ETB
• Reports To: Chief Executive Officer
• Job Purpose:
• Responsible for overseeing the company's financial management, accounting operations, budgeting, cash flow planning, financial controls, and statutory compliance. Provides strategic financial advice while ensuring effective financial management of consulting projects and corporate operations.
• Key Responsibilities:
• Develop annual budgets and rolling financial forecasts.
• Analyze financial performance, identify financial risks and opportunities, and provide recommendations to management.
• Oversee project costing, pricing, cost structures, profit margins, and payment terms.
• Review project budgets and commercial commitments before contract approval.
• Monitor project expenditures, committed costs, completion forecasts, and budget overruns.
• Manage revenue recognition, client receivables, invoicing, and collection processes.
• Prepare cash flow forecasts and monitor working capital requirements.
• Oversee accounting records, bank reconciliations, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure timely preparation of monthly and annual financial statements.
• Manage tax reporting, statutory compliance, and audit coordination.
• Oversee payroll, staff advances, consultant payments, fieldworker payments, and administrative expenditures.
• Manage company assets and corporate financial commitments.
• Establish and monitor internal financial controls, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure compliance with financial regulations, tax requirements, and accounting standards.
• Lead, supervise, and develop the Finance team.
• Strengthen financial management systems, reporting processes, and operational efficiency.
• Promote accountability, transparency, and effective financial governance.
• Education Requirement: Not specified in the provided announcement.
• Work Experience: Not specified in the provided announcement.
• Required Skills: Not specified in the provided announcement.

Required qualifications

• Educational Qualification:
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Accounting and Finance, or a closely related field.
• Strong knowledge of financial reporting, accounting principles, and financial controls.
• Work Experience:
• At least 10 years of progressively responsible experience in finance and accounting.
• Minimum of 5 years in a Finance Manager or Finance Team Leadership position.
• Practical experience in project or contract accounting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, financial reporting, and financial closing.
• Experience in consulting, research, professional services, or other project-based organizations.
• Proven experience managing financial controls, Ethiopian tax compliance, external audits, and financial process improvements.
• Experience coordinating financial and regulatory requirements across multiple country operations, preferably Kenya, Uganda, and South Sudan.
• Required Skills:
• Strong accounting and financial management skills.
• Advanced spreadsheet skills.
• Proficiency in accounting software, particularly Peachtree.
• Strong knowledge of Ethiopian tax requirements and accounting compliance.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Ability to prepare high-quality financial reports and communicate financial information clearly.
• Strong commercial judgment and financial analysis skills.
• Professional integrity, discretion, and accountability.
• Ability to challenge unsupported financial assumptions and provide evidence-based recommendations.
• Strong leadership and staff development skills.
• Requirement Skill: Accounting
• Desired Skill: Accounting

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