Finance Executive

Role Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Finance Executive - General Ledger RTR. in Finance & Accounting Team to work in a truly global environment where the overall purpose of the role is to manage general ledger function by manages a company financial record, including recording transactions, reconciling accounts, and preparing reports, reporting to Head of Finance Operations. The role provides long term development potential for someone eager to demonstrate their skills and experience in the fast-paced soft commodities environment.

Business Overview

**Volcafe Ltd**is one of the world’s leading international green coffee trading companies, operating in over 20 countries globally. Our expertise spans green coffee procurement and preparation, sustainability, blending, quality control, risk management and export as well as importing and distribution. We supply the world’s major coffee roasters and retail distributors with their green coffee requirements, with significant strategic growth ambitions for the future. We are part of **ED&F Man Commodities,**a world leading trader of agricultural products including coffee, sugar, molasses and animal feed.

Volcafe works across the whole green coffee supply chain to make coffee business better, together with our partners and employees. We have built and operate sustainable coffee supply chains across all our origins, addressing key economic, social and environmental issues in coffee farming communities. Our Volcafe Way farmer support programme engages with thousands of coffee farmers and provides a holistic response to the challenges they face.

Key Accountabilities
- Record financial transactions, including income, expenses, assets, and liabilities.
- Reconcile accounts, including fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and accounts payable.
- Prepare journal entries, including accruals, prepayments, and adjustments.
- Generate financial reports, including income and cash flow statements.
- Assist with audits and tax preparation.
- Support other departments with accounting issues.

**Skills and Experience**:

- Master’s or bachelor’s degree in related field from a well-recognized institute along with 3-5 years of experience with Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to work independently and in a team, Knowledge of accounting standards and regulations & ability to communicate clearly and professionally
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office. (Excel)
- Experience in Preparation of Balance Sheet Reconciliation, Problem-Solving & analytical Skills
- Participation in continuous improvement projects within shared services is good to have.
- Understanding of the impact of collections processes on downstream and upstream processes.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- We recognise that talent comes in many forms, and we value potential just as much as experience. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. _

**Our Offer**

We provide a fast-paced, stimulating and truly global environment, which will stretch your abilities and channel your talents. We also offer competitive salary and benefits combined with outstanding career development opportunities in one of the global leaders in soft commodity trading.

**Our Values**

**Respect, Integrity, Meritocracy, Client Focus, Entrepreneurship**

Our values define who we are. They are the fundamental beliefs that determine our actions and guide our behaviour. They influence the way we communicate and collaborate, and define the way we engage with our clients, partners, and communities. Our values are underpinned by a set of essential behaviours, which form part of our performance management approach. Delivering on our objectives is very much about ‘what’ we do, but these essential behaviours also provide a guide and measure for ‘how’ we do things. Our performance essentials are Take Initiative, Self‐Management, Deliver Results and Collaboration.

**Our Commitment**

We are committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. We are committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment and are focussed on actively building and developing diverse teams. All qualified applicants will receive equal treatment without regard to race, colour, sex, gender, age, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, marital or civil partner status, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment (identity, gender expression), genetic information or any characteristic protected by local law.

**We are willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process.