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Job Title:  Financial Planning and Controls Officer

Organisation: Jibu

Duty Station:  Kampala, Uganda

Reports to: Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis with a dotted line to Country Manager (Uganda)

About Organisation:

Founded in 2012, Jibu is a pioneering a powerful new model that provides opportunities for entrepreneurs to own businesses that ensure access to basic human necessities in underserved, emerging market communities. Jibu has scaled a network of locally owned, economically independent franchises that provide safe drinking water to their communities while offering life-changing training and employment. Empowered by a belief in the ability of eye-to-eye partnership to unleash latent entrepreneurial talent, Jibu is transforming the challenge of addressing basic human needs into an expansive opportunity that allows thousands of young entrepreneurs to build lasting solutions, one neighborhood at a time. The company’s ultimate vision is to train, finance, and grow a network of co-invested business owners who will revolutionize the way critical resources participate in emerging markets.

Job Summary:   As Financial Planning and Controls Officer at Jibu, you will play a key role in financial planning and controls for your specific operating company (Jibu Uganda) within the Jibu network. You will work closely with the Group Financial

Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Head and the Group Financial Control team to ensure accurate and strategic financial planning while maintaining a strong financial control environment.

Supervision Received: This is a high-level management position. This position will work highly autonomously and report to the Group Head of Financial Planning & Analysis with a dotted line to the Country Manager (Uganda)

Management Responsibilities: This position works closely with the Group Financial Operations and Group Controller alongside finance teams across the country offices and focuses on building capacity and providing leadership.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Financial Planning: Collaborate with the Group FP&A Head to develop and manage forward-looking financial planning processes at the OPCO level.
• Assist in the creation of annual budgets, forecasts, and financial models.
• Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of financial plans and forecasts for your OPCO.
• Financial Control Environment: Work closely with the Group Financial Controller to establish and maintain a robust financial control environment at the OPCO level. Monitor financial controls to minimize risk and maintain compliance with company policies and regulations.
• Financial Analysis: Conduct financial analysis to identify trends, risks, and opportunities specific to your OPCO. Provide insights and recommendations to the local management team and senior Group Executive management.
• Financial Reporting: Assist in the preparation and review of local financial reports, including assisting Group Financial Control to collate management accounts. Collaborate with stakeholders, including donors if applicable, to provide accurate financial reports for your OPCO.
• Compliance: Ensure compliance with local taxation and regulatory requirements in your OPCO. Stay current with changes in local tax laws and regulations.
• Financial Controls: Support the development, implementation, and maintenance of financial controls and procedures specific to your OPCO. Identify areas where controls can be strengthened or improved.
• Stakeholder Management: Be the primary Finance contact person for OpCo Staff, zees, banks, suppliers, regulatory authorities etc.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• Degree in Accounting or Finance
• Required professional qualification CPA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
• Four years of experience in the Finance department in a similar role in Uganda with a for-profit business that operates in multiple locations and in several currencies.
• Thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures including IFRS and IASs.
• Demonstrable experience with preparing financial statements, management accounting (costing, unit economics) – Critical.
• Demonstrated experience with budgets and forecasts prepared in Excel and daily and monthly monitoring of actual vs. budget.
• High levels of proficiency in Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Excellent accounting software experience. Netsuite experience is an added advantage
• Strong focus on controls and processes and high attention to detail
• Strong communication skills for engaging with business partners and ensuring processes are being followed
• Confidence to challenge senior opinions and maintain positive working relationships

Culture Fit Criteria: At Jibu, we do not recruit based CVs only, we look for a candidate with the right attitude, hunger for success and talent.

• A mature leader, able to influence and hold her/his team accountable to perform and thrive
• Highly motivated to set the pace and Get Things Done in an autonomous and entrepreneurial manner
• Strong entrepreneurial and business instincts; a strategic and decisive leader
• Impeccably honest, reliable, and dedicated
• Strong communicator in spoken / written English

How to Apply:




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Deadline: 22nd July 2024

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