SUMMARY OF THE ROLE
As a Finance Manager, you will lead the department by overseeing all financial functions, ensuring compliance with corporate policies and local regulations, and delivering timely insights to support management decisions.This role is based in Addis Ababa and reports to the General Manager, member of the local Management team.
Responsibilities:
Lead and develop the Finance team by setting targets, coaching, and monitoring performance to ensure efficiency and alignment with company values.
Support strategic financial planning by assisting the Company Manager with budgets, forecasts, and policies to optimize capital returns.
Ensure accurate financial reporting by maintaining accounts in compliance with corporate standards and local regulations.
Oversee financial closing and reporting processes to deliver timely and reliable insights on company performance and KPIs.
Manage tax compliance and credit control by ensuring timely submissions and effective credit risk management.
Strengthen internal controls and governance by implementing procedures, reviewing authority schedules, and addressing audit recommendations.
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE OFFER
What We Look For
Qualifications & experience
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and ACCA certification are required.
Minimum of 5 years’ relevant experience as a Finance Manager and leadership.
Competency requirement
Quickly understands and analyzes complex issues and problems; comes up with sound and rational judgments
Uses a methodical and systematic approach; plans ahead, defines clear priorities and allocates resources effectively
Provides team with a clear sense of direction, inspires and coordinates others and keeps them focused on objectives
Communicates in a clear, precise and structured way; speaks with authority and conviction; presents effectively
Co-operates well with others; shares knowledge, experience and information; supports others in the pursuit of team goals
Focuses on bottom-line results, identifies potential risks and monitors the financial impact of own activities.
What We Offer
Competitive compensation and benefits
Continuous learning opportunities and training activities through on-the-job training and our in-house learning Jotun Academy.
Career development opportunities across multiple disciplines and geographies
Leaders who focus on engaging and enabling their team, proven by consistently high employee feedback scores
A supportive and inclusive company culture where you can be your authentic self
A focus on having fun together through team buildings and social activities
POSITION INFORMATION
Company:
Jotun Ethiopia Paint Manufacturing PLC
Contract Type:
Time Type:
Full timeCLOSING DATE (dd.mm.yyyy):
13.10.2025WHO WE ARE
Jotun’s story in the MEIA region (Middle East, India and Africa) began in 1962, and has grown to include 18 legal entities committed to achieving success and growth of the Jotun Group. Throughout our history, we have focused on providing our employees with meaningful and challenging work, rewarding them through continued learning and development, underpinned by our values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness.As a 100% subsidiary under Jotun Group, Jotun Ethiopia Paint Manufacturing PLC. was established in 2020. It has since become one of the fastest growing company within MEIA (Middle East India and Africa) Region. By investing in an advanced paint production plant, and building a highly competent and motivated team locally, we aim to strengthen Jotun’s leading position in Ethiopia as well as in East Africa, through our very ambitious market development plans which are focusing on Quality, Profitability, Innovation and Corporate Values.Visit our Career Page to know more about life at Jotun.
Jotun’s company culture welcomes and values differences in people. Our more than 10,200 employees on all continents represent 90 nationalities, four generations and diversity of professions, gender, abilities, ethnicities, beliefs, cultures etc. We are committed to represent the societies we operate in, promoting equality, equity and zero-tolerance for discrimination.
If you are applying to a position and require any additional support in the interview process, please let us know how we can accommodate this.
If you think that this role is what you could be doing next, apply now!
What We Do
Jotun is one of the leading paint manufacturers in the world. With a wide range of products within interior decoration and exterior protection, the Jotun logo can be found in more than 100 countries.
The company was founded in Sandefjord, Norway in 1926. The fonder Odd Gleditsch Sr. had witnessed whaling boats rusting away in the Antarctic. He quickly discovered the penguins; these caring creatures that overcame the toughest weather conditions. The penguin soon became Jotun’s official symbol and ambassador of the company’s values: Loyalty, Care, Respect, and Boldness.
Almost a century later, our mission remains the same: “Jotun Protects Property”. Jotun has grown into a multi-national company widely renown for high-quality paints and coatings. The Jotun Group consists of 67 companies and 40 production facilities across the world, and the more than 10.200 employees are united by a strong company culture, The Penguin Spirit.
For more information, visit our company site at www.jotun.com or our career site at jotun.com/career
