Ujamaa Africa Finance Vacancies

Business Manager
Location: Based in Korogocho Slums
Expected Date of Appointment: 15/05/2013
Job ID: UJAMAA - BUSINESS #01/042013
Closing Date: 23/04/2013

Company Profile:
UJAMAA - Africa is an NGO founded with the aim of promoting health, personal safety and
economic empowerment to vulnerable women and children. 

UJAMAA’s  economic empowerment arm – UJAMAA MASHINANI, seeks to change its previous approach of lending small startup loans, to establishing a well thought out  innovation  owned by the people, for the people in form of a village bank.

We are seeking an individual, with a passion based on the principals of creating a robust and transparent village bank with a client centric approach, in order to serve our clients better and achieve long term sustainability.

A system that will open doors, and create opportunities  for economic empowerment which will ultimately improve and transform livelihoods.

Responsibilities:

• The primary responsibility is to create and develop UJAMAA MASHINANI, its products and services, and mentor internal staff trainers to become effective trainers , through innovative ways.
•  Be responsible for leading the department, assuring its full integration with other activities of the organization, especially to identify and implement cross-strengthening activities in regards to micro-finance and village banking.
• Be responsible for developing, maintaining and strengthening relationships with UJAMAA - Africa  donors, the community,  relevant international and domestic financial institutions and/or Ministries.
• Develop strategy and work plans for UJAMAA Mashinani, in consultation with UJAMAA - Africa executive management.
• Promote and market UJAMAA MASHINANI to various the stakeholders with potential for expansion.
• Oversee and finalize the development and training relevant to the client base and community at large.
• Maintain a high quality of training tools and develop an effective methodology for training consistent with best international practices.
• Develop evaluation tools to measure the effectiveness of UJAMAA Mashinani, with expansion into other slums in consideration.
• Facilitate and spearhead functions, duties and responsibilities.
• Supervise staff in the department going by the guidelines set up by the parliament of UJAMAA MASHINANI.

Skills and Competencies: 

• Excellent  information and management skills. 
• Must possess minimum 3 years  working experience management or similar role.
• Excellent interpersonal skills coupled with excellent organization and planning.
• Knowledge of business development concepts and a mind tuned into innovative concepts.
• Knowledge and ability to understand and execute management functions, financial and accounting policies, rules and procedures.
• Experience working in development sector in Administration and Finance management (Preferably in Micro Finance).
• Ability to prioritize and handle a diverse and heavy workload, working under pressure and strict adherence to tight deadlines.
• Strong IT skills

Minimum requirement 

• Bachelor’s degree  in Business Administration, Commerce, Finance and Accounting or Management - a Master’s degree in any Business Management related field,  would be an added advantage.

To apply send your detailed, updated resume and motivation letter, to recruitment.ujamaa@gmail.com
 
Include the Job Title and JOB ID in the subject line.

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

NO CANVASSING, only EMAIL applications to the above address will be considered.

Deadline: 23rd April 2013.

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BAT Employment Opportunities 2013

Finance & Credit Analyst, East Africa Markets

Job purpose
To plan, develop and control all aspects of general ledger management, trade credit management and fixed assets management as well as provide support to the East Africa Markets (EAM) team.

Develop and maintain key relations with BAT finance team, East Africa marketing team, internal and external auditors, which will assist management in tracking performance and making business
decisions.

Ensure effectiveness of controls and efficiency of financial accounting processes and make improvements where necessary.

Key Deliverables 
a) General ledger management

• Daily preparation of General Ledger (GL) journals for posting by the British American Shared Service Africa Middle East (BASS AME) team.
•  Daily verification of the GL codes and checking payment vouchers / expense claims for all of the EAM marketing team.
•  Monthly Reconciliation of the marketing provision accounts as per set deadlines.
•  Ensure maintenance of monthly cut off procedures in line with BAT global requirements.

b) Trade debtors credit management

• Monitoring of customer balances and payments to ensure that our customers are in line with approved credit policy.
•  Review of credit terms in line with shipment plans to ensure shipments are not constrained by credit holds.
• In liaison with Supply Chain, forecast debt closing positions and anticipate BAT credit holds and take appropriate corrective action where shipments are at risk.
•  Preparation of debtors aging report that shows monthly account status for all of East Africa Markets for discussion at the Credit Committee

c) Reporting Requirements 

• Plan reporting of Royalties payable in the royalties reporting system.
•  Plan volumes reporting in the Financial Management System.
•  Upload of budget and plan numbers into SAP.
•  Marketing overhead splits reporting in the Financial Management System

d)  Marketing activities management: verification and approval of marketing activity credit notes and ensuring that all submissions from the end markets are accompanied by proper documentation that justifies payment to trade partners.

e) Coordination of the supplier payment processes for BAT Djibouti and Tobacco Management Consultants (TMC) Ethiopia including their respective payrolls.

f)  Checking and approving of cash and bank reconciliations for BAT Djibouti and TMC Ethiopia as well as stock reconciliations for BAT Djibouti

Requirements:

• A University Degree holder in a finance related field and preferably a holder of a professional accounting qualification or equivalent.
•  At least 3 years of finance experience in an FMCG environment.
•  Strong business orientation with a good appreciation of International Financial Reporting Standards.
• Good interpersonal skills and the flexibility to deal with people at a variety of levels in different countries, both internally and externally.
• Good communication and influencing skills.
• A Self-motivated individual

For further Information and to apply;-  
                                                         
External Applicants apply through www.bat.com

Applications close on 30th April 2013

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