Finance Manager
Job Description
Financial Accounting, Reporting & ERP Migration: Maintain books of accounts, perform weekly bank, supplier, customer, and intercompany reconciliations, and play a lead role in data migration, testing, and process mapping for a new ERP system transition. Taxation & TRA Compliance: Prepare and submit statutory returns including VAT, PAYE, SDL, WHT, and Corporate Tax in full compliance with TRA deadlines, and coordinate external tax/statutory audits. Inventory Costing & Working Capital Management: Oversee stock valuation, manage landed cost allocations for imports, perform aging analyses for receivables/payables, and enforce internal financial controls and SOPs.
Education & Experience
Education
Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Finance, Accounting, or related field; professional accounting qualifications (e.g., CPA Tanzania, ACCA intermediate, or equivalent) preferred; advanced MS Excel skills and proficiency in Tally, with hands-on experience in ERP systems and migration workflows
Experience Level
3 to 5 years of hands-on finance and accounting experience; industry background in Manufacturing, Trading, Mining, Industrial Operations, or Distribution; direct expertise in Tanzanian tax compliance and TRA regulations (VAT, PAYE, SDL, WHT, Corporate Tax); proven track record in ledger maintenance, month-end/year-end closing routines, landed cost calculations, inventory valuations, bank reconciliations, and ERP migration/data master testing
Additional Information
Core responsibility involves driving ERP system migration from legacy software (Tally) to an enterprise ERP. Focus on Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) statutory compliance (PAYE, SDL, WHT, VAT).