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About Rural Farmers HubAt Rural Farmers Hub, our vision is to create innovation and access to every farmer in Africa. We accomplish this by developing and distributing precision management solutions for crop health amp; soil quality that benefits small farmers, plantations, and out-growers.
In May 2022, we closed our pre-seed round. We work with reputable organisations in Nigeria like Mercy Corps, Save the Children, IFDC, Sasakawa SG2000, Nigeria Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services, among others. We are positively prospecting to include brands like Olam, Dantata Foods, and others to the list.
Role SummaryRural Farmers Hub is looking for a Finance Manager to join the Senior Leadership Team who will work closely with the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Operations Officer and the Chief Technology Officer, to drive high-growth (30 to 50X) of the business and into multiple geographies. S/he will play a vital amp; strategic role in leading the planning, execution amp; management of the finance, accounting, people, culture, legal, commercial, compliance, risk management, business continuity amp; internal operations across the company’s global operations, which are all important to set up the business for sustainable growth. S/he Manager will work closely with the CEO and COO to report on business amp; financial performance to the Board and its subcommittees. S/he will also manage the commercial aspects to support the company’s growth amp; expansion. S/he will also work closely with the CEO on the fundraising process including deal room execution amp; due diligence. If you are that person, we have reserved a seat at the board for you.
Responsibilities- Financial amp; management accounting management across multiple geographies, with reporting functions for internal amp; external purposes.- Comprehensive budgeting with close tracking amp; active cashflow management.- Preparing board decks and reporting to the Board on business performance, risk and all other matters relevant to the Board.- Preparing annual financial statements amp; managing the full audit process.- Financial analysis, and incorporating data analytics in reporting to support decision making. - Ensuring 100% tax and other statutory compliance at all times across all geographies.- Capacitating the people amp; culture functions with scale in mind.- Managing legal engagements across various legal requirements, including helping to secure Rural Farmers Hub’s intellectual properties (IP).- Managing the commercial functions including pricing across multiple revenue streams amp; customer deal negotiations, in conjunction with the growth team.- Ensuring 100% compliance with various requirements to operate in each geography.- Creating, executing amp; managing the risk management function whilst ensuring company-wide training to ensure risk is managed actively.- Crafting amp; executing business continuity plans.- Managing internal operations that support across multiple functions.
Key Requirements- Chartered Accountant- Minimum of 4 years relevant work experience, experience in accounting, logistics or supply chain industry preferable.- Experience working in a start-up or high growth business would be preferable.- Strong planning amp; execution skills.- Experience hiring amp; managing subordinate teams.- Hands-on approach amp; problem-solving abilities critical.- Experience with accounting software amp; other reporting tools dashboards, data visualisation tools such as power BI, cliqview or equivalent amp; other reporting tools.- Strategic view of finance amp; accounting with ability to dive into the details.- Passion for technology amp; logistics with high propensity to learn quickly.- Creative problem solving amp; ability to handle high levels of pressure.- Strong relationship skills amp; ability to work with people at all levels within an organisation.- Strong teamwork amp; cross collaboration capabilities.
Benefits- Initial annual gross salary is NGN3,000,000 - NGN4,000,000- Employee share option program (ESOP).- The opportunity to be at the fore front of an exciting start-up that is scaling into a global company.
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