Finance Controller – Accounting Lead

About the Role

Cserve Corporation is seeking a Finance Controller – Accounting Lead to serve as the senior accounting authority across the Group. The role will lead accounting delivery for multiple client entities, ensure accurate, compliant, and timely financial reporting, and strengthen controls, tax compliance, and team capability.

This is a senior leadership position for an accounting professional with strong multi-client experience, technical accounting expertise, and proven ability to manage teams, reviews, audits, and tax matters. Mozambique requires qualifying companies to apply IFRS-based reporting, while the Tax Authority (AT) administers the national tax system.state+1

Role Purpose

Lead accounting delivery for multiple clients and keep Group finance accurate, compliant, and on time, acting as the senior accounting authority for Cserve Corporation.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee month-end and year-end close for all client entities, including General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, bank accounting, and payroll accounting.
• Review and approve financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS and applicable local accounting standards.
• Ensure compliance with VAT, corporate income tax, and withholding-tax obligations; liaise with the Mozambican Tax Authority (AT) and external auditors.
• Design, implement, and enforce accounting controls, checklists, review procedures, and quality-assurance processes.
• Lead, develop, and manage the accounting team, including auditors, senior accountants, and accountants; allocate client portfolios appropriately.
• Own accounting-software setup, system configuration, data integrity, and process standardisation.
• Prepare budgets, cash-flow forecasts, and management reports for Group leadership.
• Ensure that no client deliverable is released without appropriate review and quality control.
• Resolve complex accounting, audit, tax, and client-service issues.
• Support group consolidation, statutory reporting, audit readiness, and continuous improvement of accounting processes.

• Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance; qualification must be verifiable.
• Recognised professional qualification: CA, ACCA, CPA, CMA, or equivalent; qualification must be verifiable.
• Minimum 10 years of accounting experience, including at least 5 years in an accounting or audit firm managing multiple clients.
• Minimum 3 years of experience supervising an accounting team.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, VAT, and corporate income tax.
• Hands-on experience with accounting software such as Sage, SAP, Primavera, PHC, Tally, or QuickBooks.
• Fluent spoken and written English.
• Ability to work full-time in Mozambique; work-permit support will be provided for candidates hired from abroad.

Additional preference for

• Experienced with Mozambican tax and statutory reporting.
• India with Portuguese language proficiency
• Experience working in Africa or other emerging markets.
• Exposure to group consolidation.
• Experience implementing or migrating accounting systems.
• Experience managing external audits and tax authority engagements.