Finance & Trade
Manager

Role mission

Protect Comcof's financial position and support profitable, well-structured coffee transactions through disciplined financial management, trade-finance coordination, commercial analysis, and strong controls.

About Comcof Group

Comcof Group is a coffee company focused on building long-term capabilities across sourcing, trade, market access, finance coordination, quality, processing, and value addition. We are early-stage by design and disciplined by conviction: we believe respected coffee companies are built through reliable systems, consistent quality, and professional execution. Learn more about the company.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare financial forecasts, budgets, cash-flow plans, and management reports.
• Analyse the profitability and cash requirements of coffee transactions.
• Support product pricing and transaction modelling.
• Coordinate with banks and financial institutions on trade-finance facilities.
• Prepare and follow up financial information required for financing applications.
• Monitor funding utilisation, transaction costs, margins, repayments, and financial obligations.
• Support the review of contracts from a financial and commercial perspective.
• Track receivables, payables, supplier commitments, buyer payments, and operational costs.
• Support foreign-exchange and price-risk monitoring.
• Establish internal controls, approval processes, and financial documentation standards.
• Coordinate with accountants, auditors, tax advisers, banks, and other service providers.
• Prepare periodic financial and commercial performance reports.
• Maintain accurate and confidential financial records.
• Help management identify and manage financial risks.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• At least 3 years of relevant finance, accounting, banking, trade-finance, treasury, commodities, audit, or commercial-analysis experience.
• Strong Excel and financial-modelling skills.
• Strong understanding of cash flow, margins, costs, receivables, payables, and financial reporting.
• High integrity, confidentiality, and attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication.

Preferred qualifications

• CPA, ACCA, CFA coursework, or another relevant professional qualification is advantageous.
• Experience in coffee, commodities, exports, trade finance, banking, foreign exchange, or structured transactions is highly desirable.

Skills and attributes

• Analytical and commercially minded.
• Calm, trustworthy, and detail-oriented.
• Disciplined, with sound professional judgement.
• Able to challenge assumptions respectfully.
• Able to communicate financial information clearly.

What success looks like

• Management has reliable visibility into cash, costs, margins, and obligations.
• Transactions are assessed before commitments are made.
• Financing documentation is prepared and followed up professionally.
• Financial risks are identified early.
• Controls and approvals improve.
• Reports are timely and accurate.
• Comcof protects capital while supporting growth.

What you will gain

You will build the financial architecture of a trading company from the ground up: trade-finance relationships, transaction models, controls, and reporting, with direct access to leadership and to the commercial logic of every deal.

How to apply

Complete the form below. When you submit, your email application opens with your answers already prepared and addressed to us; attach your CV (PDF preferred) and any supporting documents to that email before sending. We review every application and respond to shortlisted candidates.

Comcof Group is committed to fair, merit-based recruitment. Qualified applicants are assessed according to the requirements of the role, demonstrated competence, professional conduct, experience, integrity, and potential.