Vacancy: Financial Director
Description:
Designed, engineered and built in Kenya, Mobius Motors sells
highly durable, highly affordable vehicles for Africa’s mass market. Versatile,
rugged and durable, it is designed for African cities whilst still being
extremely capable off-road.
We are
seeking a minimum three-year commitment from an exceptional mid-late career
finance professional to lead the end-to-end development and implementation of
financial systems and manage financing.
The
role will require a close working relationship with the CEO and COO and close
coordination across the broader Director team.
Specific
duties include, but are not limited to:
Financial
Leadership
- Strategic
Thinking: Represent at a leadership level the Finance team and contribute
to strategy that aligns the team’s objectives and priorities with the
overall objectives of the business to facilitate high quality
decision-making across the business.
- Team
and Systems-Building: Lead development and implementation of all required
policies, processes, and tools to create scalable, extensible Finance
systems to drive and enable Mobius growth.
- Fundraising
Support: Manage and/or support financing to support business needs for
working capital, long-term debt, and growth equity; identify potential
sources of funding for Mobius and lead creation of associated financial
models to support business plan.
- Budgeting:
Create disciplined budgetary control across the company based on
well-prepared budgets in line with business plans, ensuring that variances
are highlighted and explained on a timely basis; rapid follow-up on cost
overruns.
- Reporting:
Lead the financial reporting team to produce accurate, compliant, relevant
and transparent financial information for both internal and external
purposes – including detailed cash flow projections – whilst developing
and maintaining a robust internal financial control framework.
- Risk
Management: Contribute to the development of effective risk management and
mitigation policies and procedures across the company including owning
end-to-end insurance matters.
- Team
Management: Attract, retain and develop high performing, high potential
employees within Finance department.
- Business
Analytics: Provide accounting and reporting services appropriate to the
needs of the business units, leadership and board to enable effective
decision making – including developing tools to monitor and analyse
efficiency and profitability.
- Forecasting:
Prepare financial forecast and budgets in accordance with and as part of
business planning.
- External
Reporting: Lead Mobius’ external reporting to shareholders and lenders
through annual/interim reports, interim management statements and covenant
compliance; own relationships with external auditors, lenders, and other
stakeholders; provide timely and accurate financial information for
shareholders’ circulars or offering documents and other
acquisition/disposal transaction requirements.
- Compliance:
Monitor developments in accounting standards and other regulations
impacting financial reporting, assessing implications for Mobius; support
the business with technical accounting issues and ensure Mobius’
accounting policies are up to date, compliant and correctly applied across
the company; lead the efficient structuring and management of tax affairs;
oversee and implement an efficient company secretarial process across the
business’s entities.
- Controls:
Develop and maintain a robust internal financial control framework with a strong
focus on enforcing budgetary control, highlighting budget variances and
quick/effective solution of contentious issues; lead the robust
maintenance of company financial books and records and the preparation of
financial statements of the company.
Qualifications
An
ideal candidate should have a track record of academic and professional
achievement and demonstrate a broad understanding of finance and accounting
concepts with a strong passion for Mobius’ business.
They
should combine expertise in finance, economics and analytics with exceptional
communication, interpersonal and leadership skills as well as on-the-ground
pragmatism.
Required
- 5-7
years’ experience as a Financial Director or Manager for a top-tier
company
- Significant
experience raising financing for working capital, long-term debt, and
growth equity
- A
start-up personality; entrepreneurial, ambitious, independent, systematic
attention to detail, structured thinker, goal-oriented, flexible and able
to take initiative and deal well with setbacks
- Organisation
and systems-building mind set to develop finance policies, processes, and
tools as needed and with limited time and resources
- Excellent
business acumen, organisational and strategic agility demonstrated by
problem-solving effectiveness and ability to work creatively and
independently
- Unimpeachable
integrity and highest level of accountability
- Exceptional
leadership and ability to manage cross-cultural teams; ability to
effectively communicate timelines and progress with both internal and
external stakeholders
- Excellent
interpersonal skills to build strong rapport with others matched with
extreme patience, exceptional persistence, and a good sense of humour
- Experience
with ERP and accounting systems
- Bachelor
degree (minimum) in Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics, Physics,
Computer Science or similar quantitative subject
- 3.4
GPA or higher from a top university worldwide
- Proficiency
in Excel, Power Point, and Word
- Excellent
oral and written communication skills with complete fluency in English
Desired
- Significant
leadership experience and demonstrated success both within and outside of
Africa
- Masters
in Business Administration (MBA) degree from a top university worldwide or
Masters degree (or higher) in Finance, Business, Economics, Mathematics,
Physics, Computer Science or similar quantitative subject
- 10+
years’ experience as a Financial Director for top tier companies worldwide
- Significant
experience in managing investor relations
- Fluency
in Kiswahili (the national language of Kenya)
Application
through http://www.mobiusmotors.com/join-us/
