Group Financial Controller (Relocation to Kenya Required)

HRBS Global · Karachi division, Pakistan

One of our clients is a Kenya-based agricultural production, processing and export group with several affiliated companies, and is hiring a Group Financial Controller to lead its accounts payable function.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee AP operations across all group companies and set standard policies, procedures and approval workflows
• Supervise processing of supplier invoices, credit notes and debit notes, and maintain supplier ledgers and ageing reports
• Lead supplier reconciliations, resolve disputes and prevent duplicate or unauthorised payments
• Manage procurement-to-payment controls, including three-way matching of POs, GRNs and invoices
• Prepare weekly and monthly supplier payment schedules and support cash flow forecasting with the Group CFO
• Oversee accounting for payments to farmers, aggregators and produce vendors
• Review manufacturing, packhouse, logistics and freight payables, with correct allocation to companies and cost centres
• Reconcile intercompany balances and support group consolidation
• Control supplier master data and banking detail changes, and monitor ERP workflows and segregation of duties
• Build fraud prevention controls and maintain clean audit trails for all payments
• Prepare monthly AP ageing and liability reports, and coordinate with internal and external auditors
• Lead and develop AP teams across entities and report regularly to the Group CFO

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related field
• ACCA, CPA, CA or equivalent is mandatory
• 8 to 10 years of progressive accounting and financial management experience
• At least 3 to 5 years in a senior AP, financial controller or finance management role
• Proven AP experience in manufacturing, agriculture, FMCG, food processing or export-oriented companies
• Experience handling high-volume supplier transactions and managing AP across multiple companies or business units
• Strong knowledge of procurement accounting, inventory accounting, cash flow planning and working capital
• Hands-on ERP experience, advanced Excel and financial reporting skills
• Good knowledge of IFRS and applicable taxation requirements

Mandatory

Direct experience in companies dealing in physical goods (procurement, production, processing, trading or distribution). Candidates with experience only in service-based industries will not be considered.

Preferred Industry Background

• Agriculture and fresh produce exports
• Food processing and manufacturing
• FMCG manufacturing and distribution
• Agricultural commodity trading
• Industrial manufacturing and inventory-intensive trading

Benefits

• In-patient medical insurance
• Company accommodation (private room in a shared apartment)
• Company transport to and from the workplace
• Airtime allowance
• One return air ticket to home country after each full year of service
• Relocation travel to Kenya and work permit assistance
• Annual leave and statutory entitlements as per Kenyan law