CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - BOTSWANA INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED

Botswana Insurance Company Limited, the Insurer of First Choice since 1975, is looking to recruit a suitably qualified citizen to fill the following vacant position, tenable in Gaborone:

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Job Summary
Reporting to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will be responsible for the development and implementation of effective financial and accounting controls and to ensure profitable management and growth of the company’s assets (both financially and otherwise), the strategic analysis of financial data, IT planning and infrastructure and preparation of management reports and take full responsibility for half year and year end audits. As a member of the senior leadership team, the CFO will work closely with a motivated and engaged finance and governance committee of the board of directors.

Requirements

Key Performance Areas

• Provide strategic recommendations to the Managing Director based on financial analysis and projections, cost identification and allocation, and revenue/expense analysis.
• Financial management and reporting
• Financial and tax planning
• Corporate governance
• Divisional strategy formulation and direction
• Investment management
• Organisational budget control
• Information management
• Compliance with all relevant Acts.

Competencies

• Strategic orientation
• Leadership and motivation
• Communication, influence and impact
• Business orientation
• Decisiveness and assertiveness
• External environment orientation
• Budgeting and resource management

Job requirements

• Degree in accounting or equivalent qualification plus a recognised professional financial qualification such as CA, ACCA or CIMA
• Membership of a professional accounting body
• At least eight (8) years well rounded financial experience is required, five (5) of which should have been post qualification experience at management level in financial and management accounting and internal control systems.
• Insurance experience will be an added advantage

Closing date and application instructions

Interested applicants should email a motivation letter, a detailed curriculum vitae and academic qualifications to careers@bic.co.bwby the 30th September 2015.

Only short-listed candidates will be responded to. If you have not heard from us by the 10th October 2015 please consider your application unsuccessful.

Location

Gaborone

Company

The Sunday Standard

Publication date

21.09.2015

Publication end date

30.09.2015