Finance Department | Full-time | Focus: Strategic Finance | Travel: approx. 30% across Kenya

DEPARTMENT: Finance

** TRAVEL:  approx. 30% across Kenya**

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are seeking a disciplined, analytical Finance Assistant to support financial reporting, compliance, budgeting, accounts receivable follow-up, reconciliations, financial data analysis, and digital finance transformation. **The role requires fully completed CPA(K), strong Economics & ****Statistics grounding, audit-ready reporting capability, finance-module/ERP fluency, and a proactive financial lens across departments and ****customer accounts. **

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree: Economics & Statistics. • CPA(K): Mandatory and fully completed; ongoing CPA does not meet the minimum requirement. **• Desirable certifications: **CIFA and/or Certified Credit Professional (CCP). **• Experience: **1-2 years in finance, accounts receivable, reporting, reconciliations, compliance, audit support, or financial data analysis. • Early career fit: Recent graduates and early career professionals who meet the mandatory requirements are highly encouraged to apply.

SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

• Financial data analysis: Strong ability to analyse trends, variances, ratios, budgets, AR performance, risk indicators, and account-level financial drivers.**• Audit-ready reporting: Capable of preparing accurate financial reports, reconciliations, schedules, workpapers, and supporting documentation for audit review. • Strategic finance lens: Able to apply financial, economic, and statistical principles to commercial, operational, procurement, HR, and project decisions. • Stakeholder management: Professional communication with CFOs, finance leads, internal teams, and multi-stakeholder account contacts. • Digital finance transformation: Adept at finance modules, mainstream ERPs, automation, dashboards, modern collaboration tools, and a 360- degree financial ecosystem.• AI/ML in finance: Familiar with AI and machine-learning applications forfinancial analysis, forecasting, risk flags, reconciliation support, and decision insights.• Professional discipline: **Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, compliance mindset, initiative, and out-of-the-box problem solving.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Financial planning & reporting: Support budgets, forecasts, management packs, finance dashboards, compliance schedules, and

performance commentary.

**• Data-led analysis: **Prepare concise, data-backed insights on trends, anomalies, variances, risks, AR ageing, margins, costs, and improvement opportunities.

• Audit-ready reconciliations: Maintain complete, accurate, traceable reconciliations, financial reports, workpapers, and audit files.

• Digital finance systems: Support finance-module optimization, ERP data quality, dashboards, automation, and collaboration workflows across the financial ecosystem.

• Accounts receivable field support: Spend approximately 30% of working time travelling across Kenya for AR follow-ups, account reviews, and relationship-building.

**• CFO & stakeholder relationships: **Establish and maintain professional relationships with CFOs, finance teams, procurement contacts, operations leads, and relevant account stakeholders.

• Multi-stakeholder account approach: Support a MEDDPICC-informed account discipline by mapping financial drivers, economic buyers, decision criteria, risks, and stakeholder needs per account.

• CMEs/webinars: Organize finance-focused CMEs/webinars and account education forums to strengthen financial literacy, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional alignment.

• Cross-department financial ideas: Apply financial and economic principles across departments, offering practical financial perspectives on pricing, cost control, process efficiency, credit risk, and value creation.

• Records & confidentiality: Ensure accuracy, confidentiality, timely filing, and compliance with internal policies and statutory requirements.

APPLICATION PROCESS

DOCUMENTS

CV, cover letter, and copies of certifications

DEADLINE

June 2026

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**Equal Opportunity Employer. **Recent graduates and early career professionals who meet the mandatory qualifications are highly encouraged to apply.