Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across 100+ countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner.
Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Additionally, we are also committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment.
JOB OVERVIEW
- Support and secure a solid bedrock for finance activities in Kenya.
- Expected to deliver quality result in fast changing business environment.
- Deliver high quality set of accounting data to facilitate group, statutory and tax reporting.
- Support local Finance activities and coordinate with EFO and GFO.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and compliance processes in Kenya.
- Protect Syngenta assets in Kenya.
- Support the finance integration activities
- Ensure compliance with Companies Act and other other laws
- Ensure integrity of the countries compliance program with corporate and local policies and procedures
- Continuously monitor emerging internal control risks and update existing controls and processes to respond to these risks
- Detect and report to appropriate Syngenta management any violation or deviation from standards and practices including the code of conduct, laws and other misconduct
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Support and accounting operations process, which include: Fixed assets, Payables, Accounts receivables and Transactions proccessing on ERP system, payments
- Prepare and Record relevant journal entries in local entity books
- Uses best practices and knowledge to improve processes/services
- Support cost awareness and cost control throughout the organization.
- Continuously improve the management reporting process, systems and formats.
- Timely delivery of relevant management reports and /or services to ensure accurate recording of all business transactions in ERP system according to the IFRS rules for group reporting and local GAAP rules for statutory reporting.
- Support continuous improvement and efficiency in relevant processes and Service Excellence
- Active involvement in month end closing and year end processes
- Active communication with other departments
- Cooperation with auditors
- Building and maintaining strong relationship with stakeholders
- Reconciling balance sheet ledgers to sub-ledgers on AP/AR/GL and clearing accounts
- Ensure the Basic controls are performed on a timely manner
- Support the finance integration activation and ensure activities are completed in a timely manner
- Prepare necessary calculation required for legal entity integration and ensure transaction are appropriately recorded
- Support the preparation of statutory, tax reports, returns in accordance with local GAAP, Tax regulations and Group standards.
- Ensure all company records are up to date in accordance with Companies Act
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor’s in economics, accounting or business administration.
- CPA-K / ACCA qualification
- Good understanding of supply and manufacturing concepts.
- Excellent in command in English
- Working knowledge of SAP.
- Master in Excel, data mining
- SAP and SAC (SAP Analytics Cloud) knowledge
- Minimum 1 – 2 years’ experience in a controlling function, preferably within the Flowers industry or a logistic- or manufacturing environment.
- Minimum of 1 – 2 years’ experience with accounting and reporting within a complex organization.
- Experience of working and interacting across multiple locations and cultures.
- Experience with SOX, IFRS and financial Compliance.
Method of Application
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