February 15th, 2022 at 06:08 am
ECOM Agroindustrial Corp. Ltd is a global commodity trading and processing company specializing in coffee, cotton and cocoa in major producing and consuming countries, with other ancillary agricultural operations and products.
ECOM is one of the world’s top three merchants in coffee, one of the largest coffee millers in the world, and among the top five merchants in both cotton and cocoa.
Based in GHANA – As an origin‐integrated business operating in over 40 major producing countries worldwide, ECOM focuses primarily on coffee, cotton, and cocoa. In West Africa, ECOM is one of the leading cocoa companies operating between farm gate and chocolate maker clients. We also trade in other crops, such as cashew and sesame.
We provide advisory services, training and support to farmers on productivity, quality, certification, and crop diversification, environmental and broader social issues. We also run a fleet of over 150 modern trucks that serves our logistics and transport needs. We provide farmers with relevant products including a range of agro‐inputs and micro‐financing options. The company impacts the livelihoods of over 250,000 smallholder farmers.
In Ghana, Ecom is made up of six (6) fast growing entities.
POSITION: Business Analyst
About 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.
Your responsibilities will include:
- 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
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Who we are looking for:
- 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
HOW TO APPLY
CLOSING DATE: MARCH 4, 2022
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