Head of Strategic Finance at Kwara

Job Description

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Kwara is a B2B fintech startup in Nairobi and Berlin with a unique mission, exceptional team and a global market. Our mission is to digitize Savings and Credit Unions in emerging markets that serve the 3 billion un- and underbanked population.

ROLE

We are seeking a Head of Strategic Finance to lead our Strategic Finance/FP&A function. The successful candidate will work closely with the co-founders to represent the company’s vision and the numbers that underpin our business growth towards that vision. The role requires a candidate who has deep strategic insights, can generate reliable, predictable forecasts for the future that inspire management and investors to make the right decisions and actions, and implement those ideas accordingly across departments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Uses numbers to guide and implement strategy and direction of the company Single point of contact between the investor and the company Ensuring that our fundraising rounds are well-planned, executed, and utilized Point person for the FP&A, finance, control, and treasury functions of the business to generate reliable, predictable forecasts for the future Can pitch the business to investors Can extract and use data effectively to get repeatable inputs for forecasts Control management accounts for Series A-type reporting (supported by 2 in-house accountants), with investor reporting, consistently shared Create and manage P&L, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow statement, at least 12-24 months forward-looking Create monthly management accounts, investor board packs, quarterly numbers newsletter and other financial reports of high quality

REQUIREMENTS

We are seeking someone who wants a new challenge and to work closely with the co-founders of a fast-growing fintech company. The ideal candidate should have real finance/strategy experience, not just as a consultant, and is able to take investors’ calls and represent the company’s vision and numbers without co-founders present. Specifically, success factors are:

Understands startup and business strategy Owned strategic finance and fundraising projects Highly comfortable with numbers and Excel/Google Sheets Understands financial statements and strong presenting skills on numbers and strategy Hands-on PE/VC, investment banking or corporate finance experience is a pre Comfortable with legal/fundraising terminology and contracts