M-Pesa Africa - Finance Business Partner at Safaricom Kenya

About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Finance Business Partner - Decision Support, this role is instrumental in providing strategic Financial Challenge, guidance and offer Decision Support to Agile Release Trains (ARTs) and the Finance Leadership team. You will support the achievement of ART missions and drive Commercial benefit by delivering high value analysis and interpretation of financial information and managing the financial processes and activities supporting the ARTs. 

Responsibilities

• Be an active member of the Agile Release Trains - being involved in formulating strategy and decision making at business unit level;
• Support the Decision Process through the analysis of business plans related to new commercial initiatives;
• Prepare realistic and structured business cases to support investment and commercial decisions; 
• Be proactive - looking at problems, providing solutions and alternatives;
• Support the development of calculation tools and verify alignment with forecasts;
• Provide informed and insightful analysis on actual performance and support in identifying management actions to remedy gaps vs. forecast;
• Support financial month end and Forecasting processes providing analysis and insight into key performance drivers;
• Provides customized reporting utilizing financial systems and local reporting tools;
• Support in developing tools and reports to measure business performance.

Qualifications

• University Degree in Accounting or Finance
• At least 5 years of relevant experience in Finance
• Strong Financial Control and Analytical skills with Accounting designation
• Strong understanding and aptitude for financial technologies (Oracle, SAP, Data Analytics, etc.)
• Up to date knowledge of best practices in accounting processes and accounting systems
• Excellent analytical skills and process analysis skills, with an ability to work in detail and also see the big picture 
• Team player with good interpersonal and core business skills including influencing, stakeholder management and presentation skills
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment to tight deadlines with proven ability to organize and priorities key tasks 
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and changing business focus
• High level experience and skills working with stakeholders.