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Our client is launching a large-scale franchise of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa. Their approach addresses the critical problems facing education systems in Africa, the lack of accountability and absence of incentives for improving performance and educational outcomes.

The client is looking for a full time Head of Finance & Administration who will provide critical leadership and support on the finance and administration function. The Head of Finance and Administration should be able to develop an efficient, sophisticated financial management, transaction processing, approval and auditing system for the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing, overseeing and execution of payroll, daily expenses (using M-Pesa and cash transactions), and other transactions
• Management of, inputting and reconciliation of custom accounting software
• Regular Financial reporting and analysis to senior management
• Improvement of existing and developing new systems and processes for budgeting, transaction approval, auditing & reporting. Such systems must also be developed for scale, as we will eventually be managing thousands of geographically distant schools in our network.
• Management of general office operations and administration, including supplies, procurement, facilities & maintenance, and administrative staff

Requirements

• Should have a minimum of 5 years experience in a senior operational finance role.
• Extremely analytical, and frequently provide senior management with insightful data, analysis or reports that help drive the business forward
• Very systems-oriented, and have experience in developing systems and processes to manage the finance-side of an organization
• Experience with fast growing companies
• Have deep experience with financial accounting software and technically proficient enough to help lead the customization of such software to meet the needs of an organization
• Technical expertise is important even when leading the department and should be willing to get involved with the technical part of the job when called upon to.
• Functions well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high

Send us your application, including an up to date CV, daytime telephone contacts and the names of three professional referees. Your application should clearly highlight the extent to which your experience matches our client’s requirements and must reach us before 17th December 2009 to the address below:

Adept Systems
MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS
P O Box 6416, Nairobi, GPO 00100

Email: recruit@adeptsystems.co.ke

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