At Jumia, mobility is at the heart of our people development approach. This job board helps us establish more transparency in available opportunities in the company to promote mobility.
You need to follow simple guidelines:
- Before applying, make sure you discussed the opportunity with your direct manager and both of you agree that this is positive for your development (Direct manager to draft a recommendation letter).
- Please ensure there is a match in level & location.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Defining and implementing financial strategy in collaboration with the CEO
- Designing policies and processes for internal control in order to minimize business risk and comply with local and internal accounting standards
- Managing and maintaining the financial accounting system, and all accounting processes including daily accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash collection, GL, payroll
- Providing complete analysis of financial results to the executive leadership team and Partner group
- Effective and timely management of financial planning, analysis and budgeting within the global business
- Creating infrastructure to capture weekly, monthly, quarterly KPIs Leading a team, providing technical and professional development and establishing succession planning
- Organizing, evaluating and directing the fiscal functions and performance of the business; developing country/product specific policies and procedures to improve overall operation/effectiveness; participating in the development of financial plans and programs
- Ensuring the accurate/timely reporting of the business financial results, the preparation of the budgets, financial reports and analyses; ensure compliance with all country legal, regulatory and tax reporting requirements
- Evaluating cash flow projections
- Providing strategic financial input and leadership on issues affecting the region and provide financial advice and knowledge to others within the discipline.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years’ audit experience / Accountancy
- Qualified accountant with knowledge of IFRS accounting standards Experience in big 4 audit firm or preparing for an audit of a large business
- Broad based global experience in leading a financial unit Exceptional analytical skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external affiliates and clients
- Strategic orientation, managing vision and purpose, developing organizational capability
- Successfully managed financial organization with comparative scale and complexity
- Leadership Skills
- Strategic orientation, managing vision and purpose, developing organizational capability
- Unwavering discipline
- Strong influencing and communications skills and ability to work across multiple areas of company.
