Finance Manager

Workplace Circumstances

• Environment: Farming / Agriculture
• Languages: English, Khmer
• Location: Phnom Penh

Position Summary

Duty station: Phnom Penh, with frequent travel to target farms

Reports to: CEO/Founder

Duties & Responsibilities

• Financial systems and control
• Establish accounting policies, approval procedures, cost centres, and internal controls for head office, farm, and provincial operations.
• Review the general ledger, bank accounts, payroll, inventory, fixed assets, and month-end reconciliations prepared by the finance team.
• Investigate financial irregularities, control weaknesses, shortages or suspected misuse of company funds.
• Budgeting, cash flow and cost management
• Lead annual and seasonal budgeting and cash-flow forecasting based on approved operational and production plans.
• Monitor expenditure against budgets by farm, province, project and commodity.
• Analyse production costs and margins for agriculture construction and other relevant projects and recommend corrective financial measures.
• Financial reporting and compliance
• Prepare accurate monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and management reports.
• Report significant budget variances, cash flow concerns, outstanding balances and financial risks.
• Coordinate tax compliance, statutory reporting, banking requirements and external audits.
• Transaction oversight
• Review payment packages and authorise or submit them for approval according to delegated authority.
• Verify budget availability and financial compliance for procurement packages prepared by the Administration and Procurement Officer.

Languages

• Khmer - Good
• English - Good

Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Banking&Finance, Business Administration or related field.

Work History

• Relevant finance or accounting experience for 7 years as a minimum
• A supervisory or management role for 3 years as a minimum

General & Technical Skills

• Professional accounting qualification such as ACCA or CPA is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of accounting, budgeting, cash-flow management, internal controls, financial reporting and audit preparation.
• Practical knowledge of Cambodian taxation, statutory compliance and payroll requirements.
• Experience with multi-site operations, inventory accounting, fixed assets and agricultural or production costing is strongly preferred.
• Ability to analyse budgets, production costs, profit margins, variances and financial risks.
• Proficiency in accounting software, QuickBooks, Microsoft Excel and digital financial-reporting systems.
• Good written and spoken Khmer and English.
• Willingness to travel when financial verification or operational support is required.

Soft Skills

• Strong leadership, accuracy, confidentiality, integrity and problem-solving skills.