FINANCE ASSISTANT
• . SKILLS & COMPETENCIES • Financial data analysis: Strong ability to analyse trends, variances, ratios, budgets, AR performance, risk indicators, and account-level financial drivers. • Audit-ready reporting: Capable of preparing accurate financial reports, reconciliations, schedules, workpapers, and supporting documentation for audit review. • Strategic finance lens: Able to apply financial, economic, and statistical principles to commercial, operational, procurement, HR, and project decisions. • Stakeholder management: Professional communication with CFOs, finance leads, internal teams, and multi-stakeholder account contacts. • Digital finance transformation: Adept at finance modules, mainstream ERPs, automation, dashboards, modern collaboration tools, and a 360- degree financial ecosystem. • AI/ML in finance: Familiar with AI and machine-learning applications for financial analysis, forecasting, risk flags, reconciliation support, and decision insights. • Professional discipline: Strong attention to detail, confidentiality, compliance mindset, initiative, and out-of-the-box problem solving.
Job Description
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Statistics
- • Fully completed CPA(K) qualification (mandatory)
- • Desirable certifications: CIFA and/or Certified Credit Professional (CCP)
- • 1–2 years of experience in finance, accounts receivable, reporting, reconciliations or audit support
- • Strong analytical, quantitative and communication skills
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Support budgeting, forecasting, management reporting and finance dashboards
- • Prepare data‑driven analysis of trends, variances, risks and accounts‑receivable performance
- • Produce accurate reconciliations, workpapers and schedules for audit review
- • Optimize finance‑module and ERP data quality, automation and reporting workflows
- • Conduct accounts‑receivable field visits (≈30% travel) for follow‑up and relationship building
- • Liaise with CFOs, finance teams, procurement and operations to align financial insights
- • Apply MEDDPICC‑style account discipline, mapping financial drivers and stakeholder needs
- • Organise finance‑focused CMEs/webinars and educational forums for stakeholders
- • Contribute financial perspectives to pricing, cost control and value‑creation initiatives
- • Ensure records are accurate, confidential and compliant with internal policies