HEAD OF FINANCE
Key Responsibilities
Financial Strategy, Leadership & Business Partnership
Develop and implement JIB's financial strategy, annual finance priorities, and operating plan in line with the organisation's international business strategy and approved Group policies.
Advise the Director of International Business and leadership team on financial performance, resource allocation, funding needs, investment priorities, commercial risks, and corrective actions.
Establish and maintain a consistent finance operating model across JIB Headquarters and country operations, including common policies, approval authorities, reporting standards, controls, and service expectations.
Translate JIB's country expansion, project pipeline, and operating plans into realistic financing, cash flow, profitability, and financial capability requirements.
Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Performance Management
Lead the annual budgeting and medium-term financial planning process for JIB Headquarters and all JIB countries, ensuring alignment with approved strategy, project plans, and operating assumptions.
Review and challenge country budgets, capital expenditure plans, project development costs, and funding requests before submission for approval.
Coordinate monthly and quarterly forecasts across the JIB portfolio, monitor performance against budget and forecast, and agree time-bound recovery actions for material variances with country and functional leaders.
Financial Reporting, Consolidation & Management Information
Direct timely monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes for JIB Headquarters and country entities and ensure complete, accurate, and supportable financial information.
Consolidate multi-country financial results and ensure financial statements and management accounts comply with applicable accounting standards, Jospong Group policies, approved charts of accounts, and reporting requirements.
Prepare concise financial dashboards and decision papers for the Director, JIB leadership, relevant governance committees, and Group stakeholders, highlighting results, trends, risks, and required actions.
Treasury, Cash Flow, Banking & Funding
Maintain a consolidated cash flow forecast and liquidity plan for JIB Headquarters and all country operations, with early warning of projected funding gaps or payment risks.
Oversee bank accounts, authorised signatories, payment controls, foreign exchange transactions, fund transfers, and cash holdings in line with approved mandates and segregation-of-duty requirements.
Coordinate the timely funding of approved country and project activities, monitor the use and retirement of advances, and prevent unapproved or unsupported financial commitments.
Monitor debt service obligations, lender and bank covenants, guarantees, and other financing conditions and escalate potential breaches before they occur.
Country Finance Oversight & Portfolio Performance
Provide functional leadership and performance oversight to country finance teams and conduct structured monthly reviews of results, cash, working capital, budget variances, statutory obligations, audit issues, and emerging risks.
Ensure each country maintains reliable books of account, bank and balance-sheet reconciliations, supporting records, payroll controls, fixed-asset records, and complete statutory documentation.
Monitor country-level revenue collection and approved financial waterfalls, including management fees, intercompany obligations, development capital repayments, debt service, and operating costs where applicable.
Escalate material country risks, including missed payments, unapproved budget overruns, control failures, covenant pressure, cash shortages, regulatory exposure, or suspected financial misconduct.
Revenue, Commercial Finance & Project Support
Oversee pricing, billing, revenue recognition, collections, and receivables management for JIB Headquarters and cross-country arrangements, including approved management service fees.
Review the financial implications of commercial agreements, concessions, partnerships, and country operating arrangements in collaboration with Investment, Projects, Legal and Compliance, and Business Development teams.
Support investment appraisals, feasibility studies, business cases, financial models, project return assessments, and scenario analysis for proposed and active country projects.
Track project and portfolio profitability, capital deployed, development costs, project expenditure, return assumptions, and financial performance against approved models and business plans.
Expenditure, Payables, Payroll & Asset Controls
Oversee accounts payable, petty cash, advances, imprest retirement, reimbursements, supplier reconciliations, and payment scheduling, ensuring every payment has an approved budget, complete supporting documents, verified receipt, and the required authority.
Review payroll funding and finance controls in coordination with Human Capital, including reconciliation of approved employee changes, deductions, allowances, and statutory payments.
Maintain effective controls over fixed assets, inventory, project equipment, and other financial resources, including registers, periodic verification, depreciation, and disposal approvals.
Tax, Statutory Compliance, Audit & Financial Risk
Ensure timely and accurate tax filings, statutory financial statements, social security payments, company returns, and other finance-related obligations for JIB Headquarters and each country entity.
Coordinate external audits and support internal audit, lender, and compliance reviews; ensure requested records are available and agreed audit actions are assigned, tracked, and closed on time.
Maintain oversight of intercompany accounting, transfer pricing support, related-party transactions, and cross-border financial reporting in accordance with approved Group policy and applicable requirements.
Maintain an up-to-date financial risk view and strengthen controls against liquidity, foreign exchange, credit, tax, banking, fraud, bribery, money laundering, sanctions, duplicate-payment, country, project, and reporting risks in collaboration with Legal, Compliance, and Audit.
Finance Systems, Data Governance & Continuous Improvement
Drive disciplined use of approved finance systems and standardise the chart of accounts, master data, reporting templates, period-end checklists, document retention, and access controls across the JIB finance network.
Improve finance processes through automation, clear workflows, service standards, and data-quality controls that reduce delays, manual work, duplication, and error.
Work with Information Technology to maintain appropriate system access, backup, cybersecurity, business continuity, and recovery arrangements for critical financial information.
Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management
Lead, coach, and develop the JIB Headquarters finance team and country finance leads, setting clear objectives, performance standards, development plans, and succession coverage for critical roles.
Build effective stakeholder relationships and promote financial discipline, accountability, stewardship, timely reporting, professional challenge, and ethical decision-making across all JIB operations.
Perform any other finance responsibilities assigned by the Director of International Business or authorised Jospong Group leadership in line with approved governance processes.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Financial Planning & Portfolio Performance
JIB Headquarters and country budgets, forecasts, and medium-term financial plans completed, reviewed, and submitted within the approved planning calendar.
Monthly budget-to-actual and forecast variance reviews completed for JIB Headquarters and all reporting countries, with material variances supported by approved corrective actions.
Portfolio financial performance, profitability, cash position, and key project returns monitored and reported against approved business plans and investment models.
Reporting, Consolidation & Data Quality
Monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and consolidated management accounts submitted accurately and within agreed reporting deadlines.
Bank, intercompany, receivables, payables, payroll, fixed-asset, and other material balance-sheet reconciliations completed and reviewed within the period-end timetable.
Material post-close corrections, unsupported balances, and repeat financial reporting errors attributable to finance process failure kept at zero.
Cash, Revenue, Funding & Working Capital
Consolidated cash flow forecasts maintained and updated on schedule, with critical funding gaps or covenant risks escalated before payment or compliance failure.
Management fees, country receivables, intercompany amounts, development capital repayments, and other income collected against agreed terms and ageing targets.
Approved country and project funding released on time, used for authorised purposes, and supported by complete accountability and retirement records.
Controls, Compliance & Audit
Tax, statutory, lender, and finance-related regulatory filings completed accurately and on time across all relevant jurisdictions, with avoidable penalties kept at zero.
Internal and external audit actions closed within agreed timelines, with no repeat high-risk finding arising from an unaddressed finance control weakness.
Material unauthorised expenditure, fraud loss, duplicate payment, unsupported payment, or control breach attributable to finance process failure kept at zero.
Country Oversight, Systems & Team Leadership
Structured monthly finance reviews completed for every reporting country, with overdue corrective actions and significant risks escalated promptly.
Country finance teams comply with approved policies, systems, approval authorities, and reporting requirements, with team objectives, reviews, development plans, and succession actions completed within the annual cycle.
Person Specification
Qualifications
A Master's Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Commerce, or a related discipline.
A recognised professional accounting qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or an equivalent qualification is required.
Experience
Minimum of 10-12 years of progressive finance and accounting experience, including at least 5 years in a senior finance leadership or financial controller role.
Demonstrated experience overseeing multi-country, multi-entity, or regional finance operations, preferably within Africa.
Strong experience in budgeting, consolidation, treasury, statutory reporting, tax coordination, audit, internal controls, and management reporting.
Experience supporting capital-intensive projects or related operational sectors and working with banks, lenders, investors, development finance institutions, auditors, regulators, and senior executive or board stakeholders is desirable.
Technical Skills
Expert knowledge of financial accounting, management accounting, financial controls, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
Strong working knowledge of IFRS or applicable reporting standards, tax and statutory compliance, audit requirements, and cross-border financial governance.
Advanced treasury, liquidity, cash flow, foreign exchange, banking, debt-management, financial modelling, investment appraisal, scenario analysis, and commercial decision-support skills.
Ability to establish practical finance policies, delegated authorities, reporting calendars, charts of accounts, and consistent controls across multiple countries.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, financial reporting tools, and ERP/accounting systems; experience with Oracle or a comparable enterprise platform is an advantage.
Excellent written and spoken English, with strong financial report writing, presentation, negotiation, and executive communication skills.
Core Competencies
High integrity, independence, confidentiality, and sound professional judgement.
Strategic financial thinking combined with disciplined execution and strong attention to detail.
Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, with confidence to challenge assumptions and escalate material risks.
Effective leadership, coaching, delegation, and performance management across geographically dispersed teams.
Strong stakeholder management, influencing, negotiation, and business-partnering skills at executive and country levels.
Cultural awareness, adaptability, resilience, and the ability to work effectively across different regulatory and operating environments.
Strong alignment with Jospong Group core values: Godliness and Fellowship, Service Excellence, People Focused, Stewardship, and Teamwork.