Head of Financial Planning and Analysis at M-KOPA Solar

Roles and Responsibilities

• Support senior management in translating financial information into effective commercial strategy.
• Prepare and update the Group’s long-term financial and strategic planning model.
• Provide insights to senior management around financial modeling, forecasts, and profitability.
• Lead annual group budget cycle, including setting a timetable, agreeing on deliverables, and monitoring the provision of budget information from business units.
• Review budget submissions and consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow schedules, providing challenges where necessary to ensure robust budgets are submitted to the Board for approval.
• Analyse financial and operational results to redirect company strategy and execution. This includes identifying and recommending new revenue, productivity, or cost savings initiatives. Or holding the budget accountable for budget control.
• Manage the Pricing team balancing competitive pricing which delivers desired margins and improved loss rates
• Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic, and other business decisions.
• Line management responsibilities for assigned staff e.g. finance analysts and pricing team

Skills Required

• Passion for M-KOPA’s social mission and improving the lives of our customers.
• Qualified accountant
• >7 years of relevant work experience
• Good commercial awareness
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret raw data and translate it into clear, concise information
• Ability to explain complex financial data to non-finance individuals
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively
• Confidence to justify and implement change
• Team leadership