Group Financial Controller (Relocation to Kenya Required)

One of our clients is a Kenya-based agricultural production, processing and export group with several affiliated companies, and is hiring a Group Financial Controller to lead its accounts payable function.

𝗞𝗲𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀

🔺 Oversee AP operations across all group companies and set standard policies, procedures and approval workflows

🔺 Supervise processing of supplier invoices, credit notes and debit notes, and maintain supplier ledgers and ageing reports

🔺 Lead supplier reconciliations, resolve disputes and prevent duplicate or unauthorised payments

🔺 Manage procurement-to-payment controls, including three-way matching of POs, GRNs and invoices

🔺 Prepare weekly and monthly supplier payment schedules and support cash flow forecasting with the Group CFO

🔺 Oversee accounting for payments to farmers, aggregators and produce vendors

🔺 Review manufacturing, packhouse, logistics and freight payables, with correct allocation to companies and cost centres

🔺 Reconcile intercompany balances and support group consolidation

🔺 Control supplier master data and banking detail changes, and monitor ERP workflows and segregation of duties

🔺 Build fraud prevention controls and maintain clean audit trails for all payments

🔺 Prepare monthly AP ageing and liability reports, and coordinate with internal and external auditors

🔺 Lead and develop AP teams across entities and report regularly to the Group CFO

𝗥𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

🔺 Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related field

🔺 ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent is mandatory

🔺 8 to 10 years of progressive accounting and financial management experience

🔺 At least 3 to 5 years in a senior AP, financial controller or finance management role

🔺 Proven AP experience in manufacturing, agriculture, FMCG, food processing or export-oriented companies

🔺 Experience handling high-volume supplier transactions and managing AP across multiple companies or business units

🔺 Strong knowledge of procurement accounting, inventory accounting, cash flow planning and working capital

🔺 Hands-on ERP experience, advanced Excel and financial reporting skills

🔺 Good knowledge of IFRS and applicable taxation requirements

⚠️ 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: Direct experience in companies dealing in physical goods (procurement, production, processing, trading or distribution). Candidates with experience only in service-based industries will not be considered.

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀

🔺 Agriculture and fresh produce exports

🔺 Food processing and manufacturing

🔺 FMCG manufacturing and distribution

🔺 Agricultural commodity trading

🔺 Industrial manufacturing and inventory-intensive trading

𝗕𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀

🔺 In-patient medical insurance

🔺 Company accommodation (private room in a shared apartment)

🔺 Company transport to and from the workplace

🔺 Airtime allowance

🔺 One return air ticket to home country after each full year of service

🔺 Relocation travel to Kenya and work permit assistance

🔺 Annual leave and statutory entitlements as per Kenyan law