Senior Financial & Planning Analyst at The Pharo Foundation

• We are looking to hire a highly motivated Senior Financial & Planning Analyst to join our Group Finance team. As a pivotal role within our Group Finance team, you will be a lead on our financial planning & analysis (FP&A) front, spanning board and management reporting, budgeting, financial systems implementation and business and programme-specific analytics.
• The Senior Financial & Planning Analyst will be at the forefront of ensuring that we leverage our financial resources most effectively to maximise impact in a cost-effective manner as the Foundation grows its footprint in existing and new geographies. A crucial part of your role will be to develop financial models, dashboards and visualisations that provide actionable insights to the Senior Leadership Team at Head Office and in Country Offices to drive organisational performance.

This is a full-time position based in Nairobi.

Duties and responsibilities

Financial Reporting and Analysis

• Global responsibility for developing, preparing, and presenting monthly, quarterly, and annual financial information ensures that critical stakeholders (board, senior leadership team) receive insightful reports on a timely basis.
• Maintain the organisational level financial reporting consolidation model and make innovative changes to improve the timeliness and accuracy of the management and reporting of financial information.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial planning and analysis processes.
• Develop dashboards to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and financial metrics and report on them to the SLT and the board.
• Lead the development of advanced metrics that provide insight and analysis into the organisation's strategic direction around areas such as cost-effectiveness and efficiency.
• Develop and innovate the organisation's financial analysis and tools to inform strategic decision-making, leveraging techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, DCF, and cash flow projection to provide insights and recommendations to optimise financial performance and mitigate risks.

Budgeting and Business Partnering

• Support the CFO and Global Finance on the annual budgeting and multi-year financial planning processes integrating organisational objectives with financial metrics. Your role is owning, updating and maintaining budget consolidation and ancillary budget models for country offices.
• Develop accurate and realistic budget forecasts aligned with programmatic goals.
• Assist budget holders in developing budgets and monitoring project budgets and cost allocations.
• Act as finance business partner to Research & Evaluation, Missions and Country Offices in budgetary control.
• Serve as a financial mentor and resource to the organisation at large, conducting FP&A literacy workshops and training sessions for staff.

Systems Development for Financial Information

• Contribute to the successful implementation and uptake of new financial systems (ERP and data platforms) that enhance data integrity and reporting capabilities.
• Evaluate existing financial systems and tools based on their ability to deliver information to stakeholders and identify areas for improvement or replacement. Implement best practices and technology solutions to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
• Work with IT and other relevant departments to ensure seamless integration of financial systems with other organisational software.
• Train finance and non-finance teams on how to use new systems and tools effectively.
• Develop user guides and offer ongoing support to encourage the organisational adoption of new systems.

Qualifications and requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience in finance and accounting, with at least 2 years experience in FP&A and business partnering.
• Full finance professional qualification (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, CPA, CFA or equivalent).
• Accounting or Finance degree.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, INDEX&MATCH, SUMIFS, PivotTables are daily bread formulas to you).
• Experience with accounting packages, ERPs, PowerBI is essential.
• Detail oriented and a passion for data with the ability to accurately summarise and share relevant insights.
• Demonstrable experience in financial modelling and conducting complex financial analysis.
• Ability to work with large data sets, identify relationships, drawing logical conclusions and interpreting results for use in decision making.
• Ability to organise, prioritise, and manage tasks and projects to complete work efficiently.
• Demonstrated to work collaboratively in cross-functional projects and tasks as both a team leader and team player.
• Substantial experience in successfully delivering results in multi-country and multi-culture organisations, preferably in an international development setting.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills across a range of audiences in a culturally and linguistically diverse environment where English is the working language.
• Demonstrable strong bias for action and comfort with the uncertain; you are motivated to move forward and finalise details quickly once information is available.
• Critical thinker who also puts a high value on offering and receiving constructive feedback.
• Experience in SQL/Python, financial transformation initiatives and programmes is an added advantage.