Finance Department Manager 4 views

About Hilina

Hilina Enriched Foods PLC is a joint venture between Ethiopian & French investors established in 1998. The Company is engaged in the production of Nutritious products for the prevention & treatment of different forms of malnutrition in children & adults under a franchise agreement from the French company, Nutriset. It’s a very professional working environment with high ethical standards applied in all of its operation.

Hilina Enriched Foods PLC would like to hire a dedicated, disciplined and talented Finance Manager.

Position: Finance Department Manager

Reports to: General Manager

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Plans, organizes, directs, coordinates and controls the overall financial activities of the Company, including cost accounting, financial accounting and cash management.
2. Plans and organizes general accounting, budgeting and expenditure control systems; ensures that corporate funds are utilized properly in accordance with company policies, procedures and approved work programs;
3. Seeks and analyzes business investment opportunities to make optimum use of funds.
4. Ensures the establishment of proper financial accounting and management systems that can provide accurate, timely and complete picture of financial transactions, and that can identify sources and application of funds in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
5. Ensures that policies and procedures governing finance and accounting activities are strictly adhered to.
6. Directs monitors and controls the orderly clearance of payables and receivables; ensures that all tax returns are paid within the time limit set by Government tax regulations.
7. Authorizes payment and countersigns checks; signs vouchers, transactions, correspondence and other documents in accordance with corporate procedures and delegated authority.
8. Monitors that collections are made per policy of the Company; directs the preparation of comparative collection status reports and analysis of collection programs; investigates and develops improvement of collection structures and collection methods.
9. Ensures that financial statements such as balance sheet, income statement sand fund flow statements are prepared on time.
10. Ensures that aging of accounts are prepared to determine the liquidity of receivables.
11. In conjunction with concerned departments and units, develops proposals to dispose of by auction equipment and materials with no book value or which are obsolete and unusable.
12. Ensure that all problems related to food safety management system is reported to immediate supervisor and Quality personnel.
13. Ensure compliance with the relevant requirements of local, national and international laws related to environmental standards and end client’s environmental requirements.
14. Ensure reduction targets (environmental objectives) are in place for environmental aspects e.g. water consumption and discharge, waste, energy and greenhouse gas emissions.
15. Determine environmental aspects and impacts and devise methods to prevent or reduce these environmental impacts.
16. Use the 3R + 1R rule (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rethink) to avoid or minimize discharges to water, emissions to air and disposal to land.
17.  Implement, document, maintain and continually improve the Environmental Management System (ISO 14001:2015).
18. Performs other related duties as required.