Corporate Finance & Treasury Analyst at d.light

Job Description

• The Corporate Finance & Treasury Analyst is a dual-mandate role supporting the Corporate Finance Manager through a mix of analytical, deadline-driven tasks (financial modeling, covenant compliance, investor/lender reporting) and fixed operational routines (managing d.light's funding structures and daily/weekly/monthly group liquidity). Designed for an analytically strong, highly organized professional, the position offers exposure to structured and off-balance-sheet finance, debt capital markets, and multi-market treasury management, requiring comfort with both project-based analysis and strict calendar obligations.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Stream A — Corporate Finance

Financial Modelling & Analysis

• Develop and maintain robust financial models to support fundraising, strategic planning and investment decisions.
• Conduct macroeconomic research and maintain up-to-date financial model assumptions.
• Perform scenario analysis, sensitivity testing and stress testing to assess financial risks and opportunities.
• Prepare financial forecasts and valuation models for strategic initiatives.
• Build and maintain the medium- and long-term liquidity and funding plan.
• Track actual business outcomes against strategic objectives, highlighting adverse deviations for timely corrective action.

Covenant Compliance & Lender Reporting

• Calculate, track and forecast financial covenant compliance across all facilities.
• Prepare compliance certificates and other reporting deliverables required under funding agreements.
• Prepare regular reports, presentations and dashboards for lenders, investors and financial partners.
• Ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements arising from funding agreements.

Fundraising & Investor Support

• Support the execution of debt and equity fundraising activities.
• Prepare investor presentations, investment memorandums and due diligence materials.
• Maintain the data room and coordinate responses to investor and lender information requests.
• Model the impact of proposed facility terms, pricing and structures on the group’s capital
• structure, cash flows and covenant headroom.

Roles & Responsibilities: Stream B — Treasury Operations

Receivable Finance & SPV Operations

• Manage the monthly sale of new receivables into the receivable financing SPVs across Kenya,
• Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria and Zambia to unlock cash receipts in a timely fashion.
• Ensure daily cash sweeps to the SPVs are executed in compliance with the related agreements and maintain the supporting compliance evidence.
• Support receivable eligibility testing and proactively work to maximize the advance rate against eligible receivables.

Liquidity Framework & Cash Discipline

• Consolidate OpCo cash submissions into the group rolling cash flow forecast, challenge the inputs, and explain variance against forecast.
• Maintain cash generation and cash conversion KPI reporting by country and channel, making cash flow drivers visible to OpCo finance leads and management teams as well as the Group ExCo.
• Produce the weekly liquidity flash reports, liquidity governance pack and supporting cash dashboards to country financial controllers and management teams. 
• Continuously monitor minimum cash thresholds and escalation triggers and immediately escalate projected shortfalls.

Debt, FX & Banking Administration

• Maintain the group debt register, including facility terms, drawdown schedules, pricing and repayment calendars.
• Calculate and schedule interest and principal payments, and ensure timely settlement of all debt service obligations.
• Monitor foreign exchange exposures and execute currency conversions and hedging instruments strictly within the Board-approved hedging mandate, maintaining complete hedge documentation.
• Administer bank accounts, mandates, signatories, KYC documentation and banking platform access across the group.
• Monitor counterparty exposure against approved limits and bank charges against agreed tariffs.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
• CFA/CPA/ACCA/CA or equivalent qualification is mandatory.
• A treasury qualification (ACT CertT/AMCT, CTP or equivalent) is a strong added advantage.
•  5 - 8 years of experience spanning both corporate finance analysis and treasury or finance operations.Candidates with depth in only one of the two streams are unlikely to succeed in this role.
• Strong experience in financial modelling, valuation and corporate finance principles.
• Hands-on experience operating banking platforms and executing settlement and treasury transactions in a controlled and automated environment.
• Experience working across multiple currencies, entities and banking jurisdictions.
• Exposure to structured, securitization or receivables financing structures, and to lender covenant reporting, is strongly preferred.
• Experience in emerging markets, and familiarity with mobile money and local currency control regimes, is an advantage.

Benefits

• Competitive Remuneration
• Medical Cover
• Pension Scheme​