Title: Commercial Finance Lead Africa
Location: Europe Middle-East Africa-Kenya-Nairobi-Kenya
Job Number: 00Y8W
Commercial Finance lead Africa
The role will provide finance support to the Africa sales and marketing organization
directly reporting to the Regional Business Lead and serve as a core member of the Africa Leadership Team. The role functionally reports to the International Finance Lead (St Louis) and EMEA Finance Lead (Morges).
Direct reports to the role today includes 2 Business Analysts.
This role is responsible for providing business and financial planning support to the
main countries in the region with a heavy emphasis on assistance to the commercial organization when developing business strategy and market funding policy.
This role leads core processes such as monthly forecasts, annual budget, LRP, cash/credit/risk management and it is responsible to ensure overall compliance with any matters that affect the integrity of the Finance function in the region. This individual will interact closely with EMEA and STL finance groups such as Controllership, FP&A, Treasury & Credit and Manufacturing Finance.
The successful candidate will be able to:
Maintain responsibility for financial operations including managing business performance and compliance with accounting and internal control policies.
Develop and direct financial strategies aligned with the company’s business plans and support realization of long term growth objectives and market opportunities.
Partner with credit and risk management to establish and maintain stable policies and procedures.
Build a strong team of Finance professionals in the Area by providing them with opportunities for skill development and career growth.
Provide guidance and review the work of country finance teams regarding all financial matters.
Provide knowledge of external environment that may impact Monsanto’s operation in the area (e.g. governmental/regulatory changes, interest rate movements, foreign exchange movements, commodity price changes etc). Qualifications: In respect of the ideal candidate profile:
Any nationality
Male or Female
Fluent English is a must
Bachelor’s degree in Finance with 10 years of experience; MBA would be a plus
Strong people management and leadership skills
Solid finance knowledge and ability to explain these concepts to non Finance colleagues
Outstanding modeling skills and capacity to create financial models that using some key variables predict a certain outcome
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to interact with colleagues from different countries
Strong results orientation, agility, initiative and foresight while being innovative and creative
Capable to succeed in a fast-paced and dynamic matrix environment (strong relationships and networks). Job: Finance/Accounting
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