KPMG Jobs in East Africa: Finance Manager

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An exciting finance opportunity at the heart of an East African Organisation

The East African Business Council (EABC), the regional apex body for private sector associations and corporate members, was established in 1997. EABC’s role is to represent and voice the concerns of the business community, with a view to creating a constituency for change that will lead to sustainable policy reform and an environment conducive to attract return on private sector investments.

With financial support from TradeMark East Africa (TMEA), EABC seeks to recruit a Finance Manager to strengthen its financial management capacity.

THE POSITION
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Finance Manager will be part of the senior management team and will be responsible for establishing and maintaining an efficient financial management, governance and administration system which will include instituting a proper risk and compliance management framework for the EABC.

The key duties of this post will include setting up efficient and effective financial controls and systems based on international best practice principles and development and implementation of finance based capacity building programmes. S/he will require experience in the management/operation of international donor financed programmes and financial reporting. A detailed job description can be accessed below:
Finance Manager – Terms of Reference

JOB REQUIREMENTS
The Finance Manager should be a professionally qualified accountant with current membership of a professional accounting body with at least seven years working experience, five of which should be in a senior management and/or advisory role within Finance.
The position will be based at the EABC Offices in Arusha, Tanzania.

HOW TO APPLY
Applications including a detailed curriculum vitae, a working e-mail address and daytime telephone contacts should be sent electronically in PDF file format to:
Executive Selection Division, KPMG East Africa, E-mail: [email protected] on or before Monday, 20 September 2010 by 4.30pm East African time.
Applications received after the deadline time and date will not be accepted.
Our clients reserve the right to accept or reject any application.
Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.