Job Purpose:
The Finance Manager is responsible for the financial health of our operations
in the Eastern Africa cluster, while being based in Nairobi Office. This role
involves overseeing financial planning, financial analysis, and reporting,
managing financial risks, and financial modelling and reviewing of client deals
and business cases. The Finance Manager will report to the SSA Head of Finance,
to support Eastern Africa and SSA overall business priorities.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Management:
Oversee the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end
financial reporting process for the Eastern Africa cluster.
Manage the budgeting and forecasting process for the
Eastern Africa cluster.
Implement strategies to prevent and resolve bad
debts.
Provide in-depth support in the areas of revenue
management and investment decision.
Participate in continuous improvement activities to
meet or exceed internal customers’ expectations.
Revenue
Analytics and Business Partnering:
Lead the analysis of key business drivers for
strategic planning, annual budgeting, and quarterly forecasting for the Eastern
Africa cluster.
Actively engage in the modelling and review of client
deals, ensuring accuracy and alignment with the company’s financial goals and
strategies.
Identify and analyze potential opportunities and
risks in client deals, providing actionable insights for decision-making.
Compliance
and Governance:
Ensure deals and approval-to-spend requests are
captured, recorded, summarized, and reported in compliance with policies and
procedures.
Ensure data integrity and consistency of information
as well as organized documentation of all financial assumptions, results and
data sources used.
Provide advisory and guidance to business partners on
deals structuring, of their approved budgets and forecasts, and their
commitment to budget/forecast on a continuous basis.
Relationship
Management:
Partner with business and regional teams to ensure
alignment on financial performance and the drivers of forecasts and results.
Demonstrate strong sense of urgency when preparing
and evaluating multiple incentive deals, and proactively align priorities with
Eastern Africa Cluster Head on a weekly basis.
Build and maintain relationships with finance
business partners in SSA and CEMEA Hub, to ensure they are aware of the latest
deals’ timelines, risks/opportunities, and how we plan to quickly mitigate or
leverage them respectively.
Critical
Success Factors in The Role:
The What:
Deliver financial excellence and drive business
growth in the Eastern Africa cluster.
Ensure alignment on financial performance and the
drivers of forecasts and results.
Maintain compliance with policies and procedures and
reporting requirements.
Build and maintain relationships with finance
business partners in SSA and CEMEA.
The
How:
Enable each other to success: Work and win together
with business stakeholders as partners, removing barriers and empowering teams
to maximize the impact of collective resources and capabilities.
Deliver quickly and seamlessly: Plan carefully and
execute successfully, to make it easier to get things done.
Act as an owner: Be deeply committed to fostering
long-term growth and value. Viewed as a dedicated, resourceful, and proactive
contributor, pinpointing issues, opportunities, and solutions.
Listen and learn from business stakeholders: Gain
profound insights into her/his stakeholders’ needs to help them accomplish
their objectives.
This
is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote
and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office 2-3
set days a week (determined by leadership/site), with a general guidepost of
being in the office 50% or more of the time based on business needs.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
5 or more years of relevant work experience with a
Bachelors Degree or at least 2 years of work experience with an Advanced degree
(e.g. Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or 0 years of work experience with a PhD
Preferred
Qualifications:
6 or more years of work experience with a Bachelors
Degree or 4 or more years of relevant experience with an Advanced Degree (e.g.
Masters, MBA, JD, MD) or up to 3 years of relevant experience with a PhD
Leadership:
7-10 years of work experience in multinational
business environment and a bachelor’s degree or 5 years of work experience with
an Advanced Degree (e.g., Masters, MBA).
Past experience in one of the following industries is
highly desirable: Payment Technology, Consulting, FMCG, or Telecom.
Proactive, high-energy, and motivated team player.
Strong communication skills and creates deep
relationships across the business and communicates effectively with executive
management.
Ability to work well under pressure and manage
multiple priorities.
Able to work cross-functionally, geographically, and
with virtual teams while promoting a culture of openness, trust, and
flexibility.
Technical:
Degree in Accounting or professional accounting
qualification (ACA, ACCA, CPA or equivalent) is preferred.
Strong FP&A skills: Experience in forecasting
based on trends, historical data, current market conditions, and strategic
plans. Proficient in developing and managing revenue budgets. Proven ability to
analyze financial data and succinctly summarize for non-Finance audience.
Experienced in working with financial models.
Expertise in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required
and experience in Power BI is desirable. IBM Cognos TM1 and Hyperion experience
would be an advantage. Conceptual knowledge of financial databases is
beneficial.
Business:
Financial/commercial analysis/FP&A experience
from within a large, multi-national, publicly traded corporation.
Outstanding analytical and quantitative skills, able
to resolve tough business problems with well-structured analyses.
Must be detail-oriented and possess good
prioritization skills to ensure relevancy, accuracy, and quality of output.
How
To Apply