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Finance Strategy Associate

Sunculture

full time Nairobi Posted 1 day ago

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  • Four years experience in Financial Modelling / Financial Analysis / Capital Raising either from corporate finance, private equity, venture company, or in-house corporate

  • CFA Candidate (or qualified), Accountancy qualification or MBA preferred 

  • Strong financial analysis skills

  • Strong organizational skills

  • Has commitment to high-quality work product 

  • Ability to manage multiple work streams at one time 

  • Ability to think creatively and to be comfortable at ambiguity

  • Ability to professionally interact with a wide range of individuals

The Finance Strategy Associate will be overseen by the Chief Finance Officer and working closely with the Financial Planning & Analysis Manager and the Head of Finance & Accounting, but will be required to build relationships with individuals in each part of the business.

Financial Analysis**

  • Build, maintain and use financial models for use at Group and Company level for budgeting, business planning and capital raising uses

  • Build, maintain and use other tools such as short-term cash flow forecasts, unit economics & pricing analysis, elasticity of demand studies

  • In conjunction with the Financial Planning & Analysis (“FP&A”) team, undertake deep dive analysis into key components of unit economics such as credit loss and after sales

  • Collaborate with the FP&A and Business Intelligence (“BI”) team on data shaping, analytics and developing forecasting models (e.g. leveraging IoT, payment and other data sources to support strategic decision-making and provide insights to customers and external stakeholders, or utilising FP&A software solutions).

Capital Raising****

  • Collaborate with the CFO in updating and executing the financing strategy

  • Coordinate and track capital raising initiatives including equity / debt / grant / technical assistance capital raising processes

  • Manage the development of key capital raise components such as financial model, investment memorandum, data rooms, market studies,DD workstreams and collaboration with external advisors

  • Lead and manage related financing workstreams such as FX risk management

Business Development****

Provide finance support to business development initiatives regarding existing product pricing, new product offerings (e.g. carbon revenues, insurance, warranty extension, refurbished sales, customer portal/marketplace platform), and new markets (e.g. formation of subsidiaries in new markets) to develop the business case for these initiatives, set pricing and raise capital.

Reporting****

Prepare, in conjunction with the FP&A Manager, stakeholder reports relating to the company's financial, operation and impact performance (Board, shareholders, lenders, grant providers, partners)

Other**

Collaborate with CFO in corporate governance (board management), and risk management activities