Project Financing, Cost Planning & Controlling Specialist

About the Company

Cawin Mobility, a company invested in by TRANSSION Group, is expanding its automotive service and mobility solutions business in Ethiopia. We are looking for a qualified and experienced Finance Supervisor to oversee financial operations, accounting activities, tax compliance, banking, and internal controls.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage daily accounting transactions, bookkeeping, and general ledger reconciliations.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and Ethiopian accounting standards.
• Manage tax declarations and payments, including VAT, withholding tax, payroll tax, and profit tax.
• Handle bank accounts, cash flow management, and foreign exchange transactions.
• Liaise with tax authorities, banks, external auditors, and relevant government institutions.
• Establish and maintain financial policies and internal control systems.
• Monitor expenses, supplier payments, inventory, and company assets.
• Perform other finance-related duties assigned by management.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Senior Accountant specializing in high-volume wholesale distribution and commercial operations. In a fast-moving, turnover-driven business, this role is critical to protecting profit margins, managing customer credit risk, accelerating cash conversion, and maintaining strict inventory and financial controls across multiple warehouses.

Key Responsibilities

1. Wholesale Accounts Receivable & Credit Control

• Manage high-volume B2B customer accounts, daily sales invoicing, and customer statement reconciliations.
• Enforce company credit policies, monitor customer credit limits, and produce weekly Accounts Receivable (AR) aging reports.
• Coordinate closely with the sales team to flag overdue accounts and place credit holds on delinquent buyers before bad debt accumulates.

1. Commercial Margin, Rebates & Sales Controls

• Audit wholesale pricing tiers, volume discounts, dealer rebates, promotional allowances, and sales rep commissions to prevent margin leakage.
• Verify and reconcile transit breakage claims and product returns against warehouse and delivery documentation.

1. Inventory Turnover & Warehouse Reconciliation

• Track inventory movement, stock valuation, and Inventory Turnover / Aging across warehouses to identify slow-moving stock early.
• Conduct and review periodic physical inventory counts, reconciling physical balances against system records and supplier/factory deliveries.

1. Supplier Reconciliations, Tax & Reporting

• Reconcile daily factory/supplier deliveries, Accounts Payable (AP), and transit claims with Baijia Ceramic’s production plant.
• Ensure accurate and timely compliance with Ethiopian tax regulations, including monthly VAT, Withholding Tax (WHT), and high-turnover revenue reconciliations.
• Assist the Finance Manager with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closings, working capital analysis, and cash flow forecasting.

5. Team Supervision

• Supervise, guide, and review the daily accounting entries, bank reconciliations, and billing work of Accountant I and Junior Accountant team members.

Financial Reporting Manager 

Responsibilities

A financial reporting manager is reporting to the CFO.

The Financial Reporting Manager (FRM) is essential for ensuring that an organization's financial data is accurate, compliant, and insightful and responsible for preparing and analyzing financial statements, which include balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements. FRM play a crucial role in the strategic decision-making process by providing the CFO & Top management with the information necessary to evaluate the company’s financial performance.

A Financial Reporting Manager's core responsibilities include the meticulous management and supervision of financial statements and reporting activities. They are tasked with:

• Preparing Financial Records: Ensuring that the company's financial records, such as balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements, are accurate and prepared on time.
• Regulatory Compliance: Overseeing that all reporting adheres to local GAAP & IFRS, NBEs regulations, and other relevant financial, tax rules, legislations and regulations.
• Internal Controls: Establishing and monitoring internal controls to safeguard the financial integrity of the Digaf. This often encompasses financial control measures to prevent and detect errors or misstatements.

The role further extends to coordinating with the finance Operation to consolidate financial data and support month-end, Quarterly and year-end close processes and reports.

An FRM responsibility also includes:

• Review the finance operation finance documents 
• Manage & oversees the preparation of financial statements
• Ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations
• Managing a the financial reporting team 
• Staying updated on changes in accounting standards and tax laws
• Assigning and managing finance reporting team
• Develop key performance goals, targets & indicators for the finance reporting function
• Manage and measure finance reporting team performance and report on it
• Assist the CFO in finance reporting issues and priorities
• Work closely and as a team with Digaf’s finance operation team, Internal & External Auditors & communicate effectively.