Finance Manager

Job description / Role

GBP 60,000 / yr PLUS housing + car + medical insurance + flight home

Our client is a multinational company with HQ in Scotland. We’re searching for a Finance Manager to relocate to Tanzania, to oversee all the finances for the country’s operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a young, dynamic British Finance Manager who wants to experience working in a fast-paced, hands-on role, in a business which turns over USD 25 million.

The role reports into the Head of Finance, Dubai.

Job Description

• The Country Finance Manager is responsible for all the accounting functions of the Tanzania business both for international and local reporting
• Ensures compliance with all Group financial policies, procedures and timetables
• Leads the preparation of accurate monthly, quarterly and yearly tax, and statutory reports
• Ensure that all sales invoices are issued in a timely and accurate manner
• Oversees more junior staff
• Ensures that customers pay in accordance with contracted terms
• Builds effective relationship with clients and suppliers across all levels of the business

Requirements

The preferred candidate will be a current resident of Tanzania or will have previous experience of working on long term residential international assignments, preferably in East Africa, and will be:

• British national
• Qualified accountant (cima, acca, aca) with around 8-10 yrs PQE
• Working as a Finance Manager for at least 3 yrs
• Able to deal simultaneously with multiple tasks
• Show high levels of customer orientation
• A completer, finisher
• Logical, structured, methodical
• Assertive but cooperative
• Able to cope under pressure
• Flexible in approach to working hours and duties
• Able to prioritise
• Highly focused on safety and quality

About the Company

Inspire Selection is an award winning recruitment agency, headquartered in Dubai which recruits across the Middle East region. We employ highly knowledgeable, professional consultants who are experts in connecting the right people with the right opportunities. Our reputation has been built upon our honesty, integrity and our ability to source candidates of the highest calibre right across our specialist sectors. As a result, we are recruitment partners to a wide spectrum of organisations - from leading blue chip companies to smaller, local businesses. Sectors we cover include HR, Administration, Finance & Accounting, Legal, Sales & Marketing including Digital Marketing, IT, Oil/Gas/Energy, Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Higher Education.