Finance Officer Full-time Job

CJ Patel Group is a diverse group of companies operating across a variety of industries, all with the common goal of delivering world-class products and services. With the head office in Suva, CJ Patel Group has extended manufacturing, sales, distribution, and service businesses in Fiji with renowned brands and products and significant exports to a number of countries.

We are currently looking for suitably qualified and experienced Finance Manager (s) to be based at our various business entities in Suva.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Entity General Manager, the successful incumbent will be responsible for management of finance functions in the assigned business entity. This is a collaborative role and requires working closely with senior managers and multiple operating departments to provide monitoring, analysis and reporting to support future planning and decision making.

• Lead, initiate and drive the finance team to achieve accurate, timely and informative financial reporting.
• Preparation of annual budgets and forecasts including timely and accurate financial statements and annual reports including management of monthly financial and Board reporting.
• Manage end of year financial functions, including KPI reporting and variance analysis
• Prepare and support internal and external audit process.
• Maintenance and documentation of accounting procedures & policies
• Working closely with Executive Leadership team to deliver reports, analysis findings, potential risk areas and forecast opportunities.
• Work with internal management to identify and implement business decisions ensuring profitability and efficiency.
• Manage, maintain, and build strong business relationships with customers and external stakeholders.
• Cooperate with Internal Teams to carry out effective financial planning to ensure alignment with the company’s strategies.
• Manage finance team and improve their capabilities by training in order to deliver right service and effective support.

 Qualifications Skills and Experience

• Degree or higher qualification in Accounting & Finance with at least 10 years’ experience as a senior accountant or 5 years’ experience as a Finance Manager.
• Must possess excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Diverse industry experience preferred in manufacturing, sales & distribution, FMCG etc.
• Must have strong analytical and presentation skills with attention to detail and excellent ability to work with spreadsheets and Microsoft office applications.

This role presents itself as a great opportunity for a talented and experienced professional to make their mark with the Group. The successful candidate will be rewarded with a great team environment, and the opportunity to grow within the Group.

Remuneration
An attractive remuneration package will be offered to the successful candidate to commensurate with qualification and experience. All applications will be kept strictly confident.

How to Apply:  

Interested candidates who meet the above criteria can email their application and detailed CV with the subject “Finance Manager” to careers@cjpatel.com.fj 

 

Applications close on Saturday 2nd March 2024.

The CJ Patel Group is a diverse group of organisations across a variety of industries, all with the common goal of delivering world-class products and services.
With our head office in Fiji, CJ Patel controls the operations of over 20 different companies across 10 countries, using a variety of business ownership models from joint venture, to wholly owned subsidiaries.
We are an adaptable group, capable of changing our models to best suit the needs of the business sector and the environment in which we are operating.