BASED IN GHANA – ECOM Agro-industrial Corp. Ltd is a leading global commodity merchant and sustainable supply chain management company. As an origin-integrated business operating in over 40 major commodity producing countries worldwide, ECOM focuses primarily on coffee, cotton, and cocoa, and is also diversified in selected other agricultural products and services markets. ECOM in West Africa works in a selection of communities that produce and trade major international commodities and contributes to the prosperity of its host communities by providing products and services that enable farmers to increase household incomes, build income resilience, improve, and sustain community access to social services.

The Role

This role requires a highly analytical individual who oversee the financial analysis of various businesses in Ghana.. He or she works closely with the Finance Director and Financial controllers as well as Group consolidation Team (London/Dallas) for accurate reporting and strong analytics that supports business decisions. He or she is an experienced Finance professional who has a strong background in Finance and preferably has the experience working in the Agric commodity sector.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review and analyzing the consolidation financials of various Ghana Profit centers
• Country level tax reporting to COGNOS
• Consolidating the various reports and schedules for respective companies
• Assisting on preparing comprehensive analysis on Financials for companies
• Standardizing the financial reports and process across Ghana
• Consolidated budget preparation with AFCs and upload in SAP for Ghana companies
• Handling SAP functionality improvement projects
• Liaising with Group Consolidation Team & Finance Team to align various reports and processes
• Liaising with Finance and SAP teams for improvements
• Liaising with Audit teams (Internal) on internal controls

Qualifications/Requirements

∙ An advanced degree in accounting, business, finance or a related field

∙ A Minimum of 7 years relevant financial/professional experience working as Manager level or above, ideally in the Commodity agric sector

∙ A thorough understanding of business and financial principles and practices

∙ Excellent mathematical and analytical skills

∙ Experience in managing, developing and leading a team

∙ A high sense of Integrity

∙ Strong interpersonal skills, ability to build trust and relationships with employees, business managers and Financial Institutions

∙ Ability to work in an entrepreneurial, multicultural, multidisciplinary team and deliver high quality work within deadlines to meet objectives

∙ Knowledge of SAP and COGNOS accounting software