Accounts Payable Shared Services Manager – BGI Ethiopia

Accounting and Finance

BGI Ethiopia

BGI Ethiopia is one of the leading breweries in Ethiopia and home to five iconic and distinctive brands in the country. With breweries in six cities of Ethiopia such as Addis Ababa, Zeway, Hawassa, Kombolcha, Zebidar, Raya and Mata, BGI Ethiopia has been operating in Ethiopia since 1998 and internationally as part of the Groupé Castel. Besides being a fierce competitor in the market, we believe in practicing unwavering Community-based work that benefits and courts communities to bring about positive change.

Accounts Payable Shared Services Manager is responsible for overseeing the overall A/P accounting in order to guarantee completeness and reliability of this accounting in compliance with law and accounting standards for BGI Ethiopia Plc companies.

 Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate his/her assigned tasks on time

• Guarantee justification and lettering of all accounts within his scope

• Direct the management of the monthly closing within his scope, ensuring that all activities are executed promptly and by accounting policies, procedures, and guidelines. This includes : PO analysis, cut off analysis and posting of accruals

• Monitor PO status

• Coordinate the vendors invoicing in order to make the invoices available to the treasury before the term of payment

• Plan the vendors reconciliation and organize a monthly review with review with the Accounting & Tax Manager and CFO

• Develop and maintain a high-level service quality for internal and external stakeholders

• Manage, plan and direct the staff to ensure compliance with company policies and standards. Evaluate staff performance based on KPI and objectives

• Organize the meetings necessary for the proper functioning of its scope with internal and external customers

• Specific Projects and Activities IT : Work closely with the ERP IT team in the adoption of the new ERP system and improve business capabilities and processes relations to Accounting operations.

• Reporting (SAP FC) Produce all information for the monthly reporting

• Internal control Take part to Finance action plan

• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the line manager

• Expert in accounting and tax law

• Good knowledge of the company, its businesses and culture

• Taking initiative

• Responsiveness and anticipation.

• Good knowledge of ERP process

• Mastery of Office 365 tools

• The position requires a minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or Business Management with a concertation in Finance. Chartered accountant preferred.

• 8-10 years’ hands on professional experience of audit and head of accounting (but at least 5 years in managerial position)

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