Global Director, Commercial Planning & Performance at AMSCO (African Management Services Company)

Job description

To help lead both their commercial and expansion success, they seek to hire a Global Director of Commercial Planning and Performance to lead commercial management and financial planning across Nova Pioneer.

Reporting to Nova Pioneer’s Chief Financial Officer, s/he will help lead new investment/ business planning, commercial performance management and commercial deal execution. This is an opportunity to help drive sustainability and accelerate the growth of a transformative school model with the future of Africa’s youth at stake.

The right candidate will have a deep understanding of financial modeling, commercial analytics and reporting, budgeting and business planning. This person will be capable of developing any necessary tools and processes that improves their processes in the above areas.
Responsibilities include;

• Financial Model Leadership
• Budget Planning and Implementation
• Cash Flow Management
• Commercial Reporting

The ideal candidate has;

• Experience in business planning / feasibility / commercial analyses
• Experience developing complex financial models
• Experience in creating and managing budgets
• Experience with investment/new business evaluation, capital raising and/or deal execution preferred
• Experience making recommendations and implementing new technology and tools within an organization
• Highly motivated self-starter with bias for action and teamwork, comfortable working in a startup environment
• Outstanding organization, project-management, problem-solving, and communication skills
• CFA / CA preferred but not required
• A passion for education and Nova Pioneer’s vision of transforming schooling across the African continent