COMPANY DETAILS:

At SHAFA Agro Limited, we are building one of the most ambitious agricultural and food production businesses in East Africa. As Tanzania’s largest fully integrated dairy operation, our activities span dairy farming, animal nutrition, feed manufacturing, and food processing, enabling us to deliver high-quality products while advancing innovation, sustainability, and food security across the region.

Our success is built on our people. We believe that exceptional talent thrives in an environment that values professionalism, collaboration, continuous learning, and personal growth. As our business continues to expand, we are constantly seeking passionate, skilled, and motivated individuals who want to make a meaningful impact.

SHAFA Agro is part of a multinational group with operations and business interests across Tanzania, the United Arab Emirates, and Europe. We are proud of our diverse and multicultural workforce, which includes professionals from Yemen, the Philippines, Zimbabwe, India, Brazil, Tanzania, and other countries. This international environment brings together different perspectives, experiences, and expertise, creating unique opportunities for employees to learn, grow, and contribute to a world-class agribusiness organization.

COMPANY WEBSITE: https://shafafarm.com/

JOB TITLE: FINANCIAL CONTROLLER

Role Purpose

Own the company management reporting, performance controlling, costing/pricing discipline, and cash flow planning, using outputs provided by the centralized transactional finance function. This is a business-facing finance role, focused on clarity, discipline, and decision support.

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Key Responsibilities

1) Management Reporting & Performance Control

• Overview effectiveness of Daily Reporting
• Deliver monthly management accounts (P&L, Balance Sheet, KPIs) with clear commentary.
• Perform analytical review of transactional outputs (completeness, accuracy, cut-off, unusual movements).
• Produce and present variance analysis (actual vs budget/forecast/prior) with root-cause and actions.
• Maintain standardized reporting packs by site/plant, product, customer/channel.

2) Budgeting, Forecasting & Business Planning

• Lead annual budget and periodic rolling forecast cycles.
• Build scenario analyses (volume, yield, input costs, FX, pricing) and quantify impacts.
• Support investment and operational decisions with business cases and sensitivity analysis.

3) Costing, Pricing & Margin Management (Manufacturing/Agriculture)

• Own costing methodology: standard costing / actual costing, BOM/routings where applicable, overhead absorption.
• Analyze yield, scrap, downtime, efficiency and production variances (materials, labor, overhead).
• Maintain and validate pricing models, price updates, margin bridges, and profitability by product/customer.
• Identify margin leakage and drive corrective actions with Operations and Commercial.

4) Cash Flow, Working Capital & Treasury Reporting

• Produce weekly cash position and 13-week cash flow forecast; reconcile forecast vs actual.
• Monitor and report working capital: AR aging/collections, AP maturity, inventory days and slow-moving stock.

5) Internal Controls & Finance Process Ownership

• Define and enforce finance control standards: close calendar, reconciliations, approvals, segregation of duties.
• Ensure audit-ready documentation and compliance with group policies.
• Act as finance process owner for ERP/reporting tools: requirements, controls, UAT, and sign-off.

6) Business Partnering

• Act as the financial partner to Dairy, Farms, Milk Division and Feed Mills
• Support divisional management with clear financial insight on cost, margins, and cash
• Translate operational performance into financial impact
• Challenge assumptions and support decisions on pricing, production, and investments
• Remain independent from operations while being close to the business

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Key Deliverables

• Monthly management reporting pack + variance commentary
• Budget and rolling forecast pack + scenarios
• Costing/pricing dashboards and profitability analysis
• Weekly cash position + 13-week cash flow forecast
• Working capital dashboard and action log

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Profile & Skills

• Manufacturing/agriculture controlling experience with strong costing and margin analytics
• Strong cash flow forecasting and working capital discipline
• Advanced Excel; ERP/reporting tools ownership mindset; strong with data structures
• Structured, pragmatic, independent; able to challenge and drive actions cross-functionally