Job Title: Finance & Accounting Transformation Manager
Date Posted: 10/07/2026
Job Type: Full Time
Employer: KPMG
Industry: Finance
Salary: Open
Location: Nairobi
Country: Kenya
Deadline: 22/07/2026
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KPMG is hiring a Finance & Accounting Transformation Manager skilled in financial process optimization, digital finance strategy, and project management.
Position Summary
- We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Manager to join
our Finance and Accounting Advisory unit. This role offers an opportunity
to work with leading organisations across Africa, supporting finance
transformation, technology-enabled change, strategic transactions, and
financial reporting excellence.
- As a manager, you will lead finance transformation and advisory
engagements, helping organisations modernise finance functions, improve
processes, leverage technology, and strengthen reporting capabilities.
- You will work closely with CFOs, finance leaders, and
multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-impact projects while contributing
to business growth and team development.
Key roles and responsibilities
Finance
Transformation and Advisory Delivery
- Lead finance transformation initiatives, including ERP
implementations, finance process redesign, automation, and data analytics
solutions.
- Advise clients on finance operating models, digital transformation
strategies, and performance improvement.
- Integrate accounting and reporting requirements, including IFRS and
IPSAS, into transformation projects.
- Support capital readiness engagements including IPO readiness,
carve-outs, debt/equity offerings, transaction-related finance
initiatives, and reporting transformation projects.
- Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, including
AI-enabled finance solutions.
Engagements management
- Manage multiple client engagements from planning through delivery.
- Lead cross-functional teams and coordinate key stakeholders.
- Deliver high-quality reports, presentations, and client
recommendations.
- Facilitate client workshops, training sessions, and stakeholder
engagement.
- Ensure compliance with KPMG quality, risk, and professional
standards.
Business
Development
- Support business development by identifying opportunities, writing
proposals, assisting in their conversion and client presentations.
- Collaborate with other Business Units to identify cross-functional
business opportunities.
- Actively seek opportunities to recommend/sell additional KPMG
services to existing and new clients.
- Build an understanding of client businesses and markets to assist in
the development of client relationships and developing a commercial
mindset on how work performed impacts profitability at the engagement and
practice levels.
Client
Management and Business Development
- Build and maintain relationships with senior client stakeholders,
including CFOs and Finance executives.
- Identify business development opportunities and support proposal
development and client presentations.
- Contribute to revenue growth through cross-selling and upselling of
services.
- Manage engagement budgets, profitability, and commercial
performance.
Team leadership
- Supervise, coach, and develop junior team members.
- Support knowledge sharing, capability building and training
initiatives.
- Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture and lead by
example.
Risk
and quality management
- Ensure compliance with professional standards, firm policies, and
risk management requirements.
- Maintain robust engagement documentation and quality review
processes.
Academic/ Professional
qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics or a
related field.
- Professional accountant qualification (CPA, ACCA, Chartered
Accountant or equivalent) is required.
- 8 – 10 years of relevant experience in finance transformation,
financial advisory, consulting, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience in ERP platforms such as SAP S/4 Hana,
Oracle Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or similar solutions.
- Proven experience in delivering finance transformation programs, and
technology-enabled initiatives.
- Experience leading client-facing projects and managing
multi-disciplinary teams.
- Candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas
will have an added advantage:
- End-to-end finance transformation projects.
- Business development and client origination activities.
Technical competencies & Personal attributes:
- Strong understanding of financial reporting, IFRS, budgeting,
forecasting, and performance management.
- Strong understanding of data analytics, finance automation, and
AI-enabled finance solutions.
- Strong commercial and business acumen.
- Excellent coordination and planning skills
- Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Strong communication, presentation, and influencing capabilities.
- Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- High attention to detail and commitment to quality.
- Strong leadership, problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
- Willingness to travel as required.
How to Apply
If
your career aspirations match this exciting opportunity, please use the link
below to apply:
Finance and Accounting Transformation
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