Finance Manager

This pivotal role is responsible for managing the company's day-to-day financial operations, strengthening and developing the finance team, and ensuring accuracy, compliance, and efficiency in all financial processes. The Finance Manager will also play a key role in enhancing vendor relationships, ensuring exceptional service to both internal and external stakeholders, and contributing to business growth through strategic financial planning and innovative revenue-driving initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

-Manage the company's financial accounting functions including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Payroll, General Accounting, Taxation and Cost Control;
-Debtors To monitor at all times that payments are received timely and liaise with the finance department of our respective top customers whenever there is any accounting challenges slowing down payment and if necessary personally follow up including meeting customers.
-Creditors Ensuring creditor payments are reconciled and paid timely including negotiating of better rates and payment terms
-Manage the cash flow on a weekly basis to ensure positive cash at all times, and coordinate the same with the Receivables Team, COO.
-Produce accurate financial reports to specific deadlines including annual budgets, bi-annual forecasts, monthly management accounts and weekly cashflows;
-Responsible for Annual statutory audits, ensuring audited financials are signed off and filed within specific deadlines;
-Key contact person for the Revenue Authorities, ensuring any tax queries and audits are handled with zero exposure to the company;
-In charge of the company's Finance, Procurement and Administration policies and procedures;
-Responsible for company legal secretary issues, ensuring annual returns with BRELA are filed on time;
-Responsible for administration issues including ensuring company insurances, licenses are updated on time;
-Supervise staff, Train and ensure staff are motivated to work under you
-Interact with other managers to provide consultative support to planning initiatives through financial and management information analysis, reports, and recommendations.
-Establish and implement short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures.
-Manage HR issues for support staff as first point of contact
-Keep abreast of changes in financial regulations and legislation;
-And any other task assigned by the COO or Directors
* This job description serves as a general guideline for the role and is not
exhaustive. Responsibilities may evolve over time and are not limited to the
duties listed above.

Key Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance a MUST
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Association of Chartered Certified Accounts (ACCA) completed or finalist an added advantage.
· Work experience of Minimum 7 years in Finance related role and experience in a Managerial role of not less than 3 years.
· Knowledge of Advanced MS Excel, Google Sheets, IT Savvy
· Technical expertise in Tanzania Tax laws.
- Past experience in Travel/ Hospitality sector an added advantage