Finance Manager oversees financial planning, manages reporting and compliance, and optimizes budgeting and forecasting processes, requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or Accounting, CPA/ACCA qualification, and 5+ years of financial management experience.
What this role actually is
This is a
hands-on, high-ownership position. You will be a finance lead for the Kenya
entity — responsible for the monthly management reporting pack, executive
commentary, the IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss model, treasury and compliance
matters, and the unit economics that inform commercial decisions across the
market.
You’ll
manage the end-to-end monthly close: accruals, prepayments, intercompany,
depreciation, FX. You’ll produce variance analysis that isolates
market-specific effects from one-off items. You’ll monitor the loan book,
analyse repayment behaviour by cohort, and own provisioning and bad debt
trends. You’ll support statutory and regulatory reporting, manage documentation
for funding and compliance processes, and support due diligence as needed.
And then
— because this is Kenya — you’ll also be a commercial partner. You’ll sit
alongside the commercial team to interrogate unit economics, model new product
launches, assess pricing and supply decisions, and build the financial cases
for leadership and board discussions.
This is
not a role where the strategy happens upstairs and the finance team keeps
score. You’ll shape both.
What makes it different
Most
finance roles at this level have inherited structures, established processes,
and reporting cadences that largely run themselves. This one asks for more
ownership than that. You’ll identify automation opportunities, strengthen
controls, and ensure IFRS compliance in areas where judgement genuinely
matters: IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 21, revenue recognition, IFRS 18 readiness.
You’ll
also have direct exposure to Africa’s most established mobile-money-driven
fintech market, working alongside local and regional leadership to navigate a
mature but still fast-evolving regulatory and commercial landscape. That’s a
professional education you can’t buy.
Qualifications
Qualified
Chartered Accountant (CPA(K), ACCA, CA or equivalent), with a demonstrable
track record in finance management or a senior finance role, including hands-on
ownership of statutory and management reporting cycles.
Deep,
applied IFRS knowledge — particularly IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 21, and revenue
recognition — and proven ability to manage audit processes end-to-end, from
file preparation to auditor queries.
Exceptional
financial modelling and communication skills: you can build a complex
multi-scenario model in Excel and present its conclusions clearly to a CFO or a
lender in the same week.
Big 4
training (PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG) is a strong advantage. Working knowledge of
the Kenyan fintech, lending, or asset-financing sector is a plus, though not
required — curiosity and commercial instincts matter more.
The reality check
This role
will ask a lot of you. The business is scaling fast, the reporting obligations
are real, and the market’s dynamics require precision. There will be months
where the close feels tight and the audit feels relentless. You’ll be operating
across strategic and operational levels simultaneously — and some days the most
important thing on your plate will be debugging a provisioning model, not
presenting to leadership.
