JOB DETAILS:
Q-Sourcing Limited trading as Q-Sourcing Servtec is a manpower management solutions firm operating in the East African Region in the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and South Sudan.
On behalf of our client Volcafe, we are looking for a competent, skilled, and experienced Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst to work in Namanve, Uganda.

Job Title: Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst
Reports to: Senior Financial Analyst

Role Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as Financial Planning and Analysis Analyst based in Uganda to provide key support of all aspects of Finance functions. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in a challenging and fast paced soft commodities environment. The role will report to Senior Financial Analyst and will be based in Namanve, Uganda.
Volcafe Ltd is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of ED&F Man Commodities, a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.

Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.

Key Accountabilities
To proactively produce and provide to all interested parties timely, reliable Management information and analyses related to the operations of Volcafe Uganda Entities in order to support business diagnosis, strategy and decisions making. The role aims to ensure that there is robust financial management and reporting across the Business.

The position requires substantial experience in a similar role with technical finance expertise and general management capability.

• Produce and consolidate full financials monthly, quarterly and consolidate in accordance with group policies and procedures with clear performance commentaries. This includes construction of production cost per unit analysis and harmonization of all other production KPIs in making month end commentaries

• Develop account reconciliations, journal entries, data compilation and analyses ensuring accuracy and timely delivery of accounts to the group including actual, reforecast, monthly best estimate etc.
• Coordinate with various departments and perform variation analyses for all technical accounting problems, do periodical simulations and set targets for the different drivers not limited to inventory and debtor days, production KPIs, Capex, and sensitivity analysis including detailed models in line with commercial strategies

• Take the lead in coordination of the budgeting process and tracking performance with clear commentaries explaining the variance.
• Create a mechanism of harmonizing key performance indicators across the Business Units to deliver benchmarking and efficiency.
• Drive for timely booking of performance in Hyperion system and harmonization of reported numbers across systems (D365 Microsoft dynamics, HFM, ITAS, CPRS)

• Drive for adherence to chart of accounts hierarchy during posting in ERP to deliver automation of financial reporting.
• End to End ownership of the control environment for the full cycle of the business with a focus on the complete enterprise risk matrix of the organisation

Mandatory Skills and Experience:
• A degree in Commerce or Finance or Business studies and a professional qualification (ACCA/CPA)
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a busy business environment. A reliable Audit firm and or FMCGs experience is highly desirable.
• Highly developed analytical skills
• Excellent understanding and application of management information systems
• Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel and specifically spreadsheet design,

All candidates who meet the criteria outlined as above are encouraged to apply under the job vacancy “QSSU-VOC-FPA-FINANCIAL PLANNING AND ANALYSIS ANALYST”
Note:
Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.