Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at M-KOPA

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support senior management in translating financial information into commercial strategy.
• Prepare and update the Group's long-term financial and strategic planning model.
• Provide insights to senior management around financial modeling, forecasts, and profitability.
• Lead annual group budget cycle, including setting a timetable, agreeing on deliverables, and monitoring the provision of budget information from departments.
• Review budget submissions and consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow schedules, providing challenges to ensure budgets are submitted to the Board for approval.
• Analyse financial and operational results to redirect company strategy. This includes identifying and recommending new revenue, productivity, or cost savings projects. Or holding the budget accountable for budget control.
• Manage the Pricing team balancing competitive pricing which delivers desired margins and improved loss rates
• Prepare business cases to support new investment, strategic, and other our decisions.
• Line management responsibilities for assigned staff e.g. finance analysts and pricing team

Skills Required

• Experience with M-KOPA's social mission and improving the lives of our customers.
• Qualified accountant
• >7 years of relevant work experience
• Good commercial awareness
• Interpret raw data and translate it into concise information
• Explain complex financial data to non-finance individuals
• Confidence to justify and implement change
• Team leadership

Preferred Experience Required

• Experience living and working in Africa
• Experience with digital financial services and alternative lending