General Manager, Finance & Accounts SG 2 at SonySugar Limited

Reporting to the Managing Director, the position is responsible for developing, implementing, reviewing financial and accounting policies, strategies, standards and procedures.

Specific responsibilities will include:-

• Ensuring compliance with internal financial and accounting policies and procedures;
• Advising management on all policies and strategies relating to finance and accounting;
• Advising on levies, fees and import or export duties on sugar;
• Advising on agricultural cess and fees for the County governments;
• Designing, monitoring and overseeing the implementation of internal controls to safeguard the Company’s assets;
• Mobilizing resources from the government, development partners, private sector and other stakeholders to meet the mandate of the Company;
• Formulating the Company’s financial strategy and coordinate preparation of annual budgets and resource allocation;
• Coordinating preparation of Annual Public Expenditure Review and the Medium-Term Expenditure budget;
• Ensuring compliance with Government financial policies & circulars and statutory requirements on financial matters;
• Managing treasury
• Facilitating internal and external audit;
• Ensuring compliance with tax and other statutory obligations;
• Disbursing funds to facilitate Company activities;
• Managing and controlling budget;
• Managing and controlling credit;
• Preparing financial reports in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS);
• Providing financial advice in the development and negotiation of proposals for strategic partnerships; and
• Submitting timely statutory reports to the relevant authorities.
• Reconciling ledgers.
• Developing and overseeing the implementation of financial strategies.
• Developing corporate business plans. 
• Performing advisory role in sourcing and application of funds.
• Budgetary control.
• Coordinating preparation of budget in accordance with stipulated standards.
• Preparing of management accounts and other financial data as may be required.
• Ensuring compliance with budgetary policies and procedures.
• Preparing and presentation of monthly cost reports.
• Reconciling and costing of company stores and stocks.
• Maintaining fixed asset register.
• Accounting for the company plantation.
• Undertaking product costing and advising as appropriate.
• Ensuring billing of agricultural inputs to outgrowers farmers
• Ensuring timely recovery of agricultural inputs to outgrowers farmers.
• Ensuring preparation of payment to farmers, land development, cane transport and
• harvesting contractors.
• Ensuring periodic reconciliation of outgrowers’ ledger.
• Ensuring recovery of services offered to third parties

Job Specification/Requirement:

• Masters in Business Administration/Management or equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting Option), Business Administration/ Management (Accounting Option) or equivalent from a recognized institution. CPA (K).
• At least fifteen (15) years’ relevant work experience five (5) of which must be at senior management level.
• Member of ICPAK
• Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized Institution;
• Computer Proficiency.
• Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.