Chief Finance Officer, Reime Group.

Location
Based at Reime Group Office at Nairobi, Transferable to any where in the world in the interest/ business need of Reime. 

Qualification & Experience
Degree in Finance with requisite qualification/certification for Chartered Accountancy / Cost Accountancy. A diploma in fund management will be an added  advantage.
Should have experience in Heading financial functions in an unit/ organization with annual turnover of  at least $50M. Should have exposure to multi country business environs in sub-Saharan Africa. Exposure to Mergers and Acquisition, company listing activity will be an added advantage. Total Experience of over 15 years, of which at least 5 years in similar capacity.
Experience is relax-able for deserving candidates. 

Function
Heading whole gamut of finance and accounting function in the Group including its subsidiary companies..

Span of Control
Reports to CEO Reime & Dotted line reporting to CFO of Holding Co. All functional Finance HoDs in Reime subsidiary report to him in matrix reporting format. 
The role is strategizing the overall Profit and Loss of the Reime Group. The deliverables include Ensuring effective Financial Management through Financial planning and control, Budgeting and Fund Management, Effectively managing Working capital issues, Treasury and investor relation.
 

Job Details
Role Objective
The role is strategizing the overall Profit and Loss of the Reime Group. The deliverables include Ensuring effective Financial Management through Financial planning and control, Budgeting and Fund Management, Effectively managing Working capital issues, Treasury and investor relation.


Principal Accountability
This position will have the overall accountability to:
•    As a member of Reime Group Management Team the CFO is accountable to ensure the business delivers Net sales and Net Margins as per the Forecast for Reime Group.
•    Ensure that the required financial procedures and practices are put at place and conceptualize and introduce required SOPs.
•    Working closely with business heads and CEO as business partner in driving the growth of Reime Group
•    Ensure arrangement of funds in all subsidiaries for implementation of projects.
•    Play a key role in monitoring timely receipt of funds against sales invoices.
•    Put proper checks and systems at place to ensure timely release of payments to parties and all concerned.
•    Driving regular Internal, External and statutory audit requirement.
•    Preparation of Group AoP, regular monitoring and reporting of related MIS data.
•    To be the custodian of the Financial Health of the Group and the subsidiary companies.
•    To work on cost reduction measures  
•    To ensure compliance of statutes and also various Policy guidelines of Reime.


Essential Requirements 
•    Experience in handling Project Financing.
•    Strong Interpersonal Skills
•    Quality & Cost consciousness
•    Team Mgmt expertise
•    Managing P & L independently
•    High degree of analytical ability


Key Qualities
•    Good Business  and commercial acumen
•    Negotiation skills
•    Strategic Planning skills
•    Communication skills
•    Team skills 
shivo@firstgroupconsulting.co.za

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