The Dina Investment Group is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Treasury and Tax Manager. This critical leadership role is responsible for optimizing the Group’s liquidity, capital structure, and cash flow across multiple factories and subsidiaries, while simultaneously spearheading comprehensive corporate tax planning, compliance, and risk mitigation strategies in alignment with Ethiopian tax laws and international frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

1. Treasury & Cash Management

• Liquidity Optimization: Oversee day-to-day cash management, group liquidity pooling, and fund allocations across all factories, business units, and corporate headquarters.
• Cash Flow Forecasting: Develop and manage robust weekly, monthly, and rolling 12-month cash flow forecasting models to anticipate capital requirements and support strategic investment moves.
• Working Capital Management: Partner closely with manufacturing plant controllers and cost departments to optimize working capital cycles (inventory, payables, and receivables text execution).
• Banking Relationships: Serve as the primary liaison with commercial banks and financial institutions; negotiate competitive credit facilities, trade finance instruments (LCs, bank guarantees), and interest rates.

2. Tax Strategy, Compliance & Governance

• Tax Compliance: Ensure absolute and timely compliance with all statutory direct and indirect taxes, including Corporate Income Tax, VAT, Withholding Tax (WHT), Customs/Excise duties, and employment taxes.
• Strategic Tax Planning: Develop and execute corporate tax structures to optimize the group’s liability, utilizing legally available incentives, manufacturing exemptions, and capital allowance frameworks.
• Audit & Dispute Management: Lead and manage relationships with the Ethiopian Ministry of Revenue (MoR) and other regulatory bodies; directly oversee tax audits, health checks, and resolve potential disputes or assessments proactively.
• Transfer Pricing: Establish, implement, and maintain robust Transfer Pricing documentation and policies governing inter-company transactions between group subsidiaries, corporate holding, and production factories.

3. Risk Management & Reporting

• Foreign Exchange (FX) Risk: Monitor and mitigate foreign currency exposures, implementing appropriate hedging strategies and optimizing hard currency allocations for raw material imports.
• Financial Controls: Formulate, update, and enforce strict treasury controls, cash handling policies, and tax governance framework parameters across the entire group.
• Executive Reporting: Prepare and present highly comprehensive Treasury & Tax dashboards detailing cash positions, credit exposure, currency risks, and effective tax rates to the CFO and Board.

• Education: Bachelor’s/master’s degree in accounting, Finance, Fiscal Studies, or a highly quantitative corporate business discipline.
• Professional License: Active and recognized certification is highly preferred ACCA, CPA, or CIMA preferred)
• Experience: Minimum of 8+ years of progressive corporate finance experience, with at least 3-4 years specialized in managing a dedicated treasury or tax unit within a multi-company structure or a major manufacturing conglomerate.
• Industry Context: Deep working knowledge of manufacturing operations, import/export custom frameworks, standard costing exposure, and capital-intensive multi-site operations.
• Technical Expertise: Advanced mastery of local Ethiopian tax regulations, proclamation guidelines, and regulatory systems, coupled with professional proficiency in ERP platforms (ERP:  Odoo, MS and advanced Excel).
• Leadership & Soft Skills: Exceptional negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills to seamlessly interact with commercial bank executives, tax auditors, and plant managing partners.