Head of Finance & Administration
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.
Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.
We have launched our first two schools in Kenya, have five more opening in January and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students.
About this position
We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated operational approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world!
We are looking for a full time Head of Finance & Administration who will provide critical leadership and support on the finance and administration side to help enable us to scale.
Bridge International is a complex business that will eventually involve financial operations at hundreds or thousands of geographically distant school sites as well as centralized processing of payroll and major transactions and auditing.
In order to maintain our school fees so low, Bridge International must develop one of the most efficient and sophisticated financial management, transaction processing, approval and auditing systems of any company in any industry. It is the role of the Head of Finance & Administration to lead this effort.
While the Head will lead the department, we are looking for someone who is good with the details, not afraid of operations or of jumping in and doing the hard work him/herself when needed.
Responsibilities:
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
About Bridge International Academies
Bridge International Academies is a startup revolutionizing education across Africa with a truly unique business model. The company has launched a large-scale franchise-like network of ultra low-cost for-profit private primary schools across Africa.
Our schools profitably deliver high-quality education for less than $4 per child per month, enabling local school managers to operate their school businesses profitably, while creating a highly successful business at the central level.
We have launched our first two schools in Kenya, have five more opening in January and plan to rapidly scale the company to serve more than 1 million students.
About this position
We have and are continuing to develop one of the most sophisticated operational approaches to providing affordable education to MILLIONS of children in one of the most challenging environments in the world!
We are looking for a full time Head of Finance & Administration who will provide critical leadership and support on the finance and administration side to help enable us to scale.
Bridge International is a complex business that will eventually involve financial operations at hundreds or thousands of geographically distant school sites as well as centralized processing of payroll and major transactions and auditing.
In order to maintain our school fees so low, Bridge International must develop one of the most efficient and sophisticated financial management, transaction processing, approval and auditing systems of any company in any industry. It is the role of the Head of Finance & Administration to lead this effort.
While the Head will lead the department, we are looking for someone who is good with the details, not afraid of operations or of jumping in and doing the hard work him/herself when needed.
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
About You
- You have minimum of 5 years experience in a senior operational finance role.
- You are extremely analytical, and frequently provide senior management with insightful data, analysis or reports that help drive the business forward
- You are very systems-oriented, and have experience in developing systems and processes to manage the finance-side of an organization
- You have experience with fast growing companies, and understand what works with a small startup and what works for a well-established many-site organization.
- You have deep experience with financial accounting software and are technically proficient enough to help lead the customization of such software to meet the needs of an organization
- "Love to get my hands dirty" is your middle name. While you have lead a department, you have also demonstrated your willingness to jump into the very nitty-gritty details and get done what is needed to get done.
- You function well in a fast-paced, informal environment where constant change is the norm and the bar for quality is set high
Submit resume and cover letter to financejobs @ bridgeinternationalacademies.com
