Corporate Finance & Treasury Analyst
Roles & Responsibilities: Stream A — Corporate Finance
1.Financial Modelling & Analysis
- Develop and maintain robust financial models to support fundraising, strategic planning and
investment decisions.
- Conduct macroeconomic research and maintain up-to-date financial model assumptions.
- Perform scenario analysis, sensitivity testing and stress testing to assess financial risks and
opportunities.
- Prepare financial forecasts and valuation models for strategic initiatives.
- Build and maintain the medium- and long-term liquidity and funding plan.
- Track actual business outcomes against strategic objectives, highlighting adverse deviations for timely corrective action.
2.Covenant Compliance & Lender Reporting
- Calculate, track and forecast financial covenant compliance across all facilities.
- Prepare compliance certificates and other reporting deliverables required
under funding agreements.
- Prepare regular reports, presentations and dashboards for lenders, investors and financial
partners.
- Ensure compliance with financial reporting requirements arising from funding agreements.
3.Fundraising & Investor Support
- Support the execution of debt and equity fundraising activities.
- Prepare investor presentations, investment memorandums and due diligence materials.
- Maintain the data room and coordinate responses to investor and lender information
requests.
- Model the impact of proposed facility terms, pricing and structures on the group’s capital
structure, cash flows and covenant headroom.
Roles & Responsibilities: Stream B — Treasury Operations
1.Receivable Finance & SPV Operations
- Manage the monthly sale of new receivables into the receivable financing SPVs across Kenya,
Tanzania, Uganda, Nigeria and Zambia to unlock cash receipts in a timely fashion.
- Ensure daily cash sweeps to the SPVs are executed in compliance with the related
agreements and maintain the supporting compliance evidence.
- Support receivable eligibility testing and proactively work to maximize the advance rate
against eligible receivables.
2.Liquidity Framework & Cash Discipline
- Consolidate OpCo cash submissions into the group rolling cash flow forecast, challenge the
inputs, and explain variance against forecast.
- Maintain cash generation and cash conversion KPI reporting by country and channel, making
cash flow drivers visible to OpCo finance leads and management teams as well as the Group
ExCo.
- Produce the weekly liquidity flash reports, liquidity governance pack and supporting cash
dashboards to country financial controllers and management teams.
- Continuously monitor minimum cash thresholds and escalation triggers and immediately
escalate projected shortfalls.
3.Debt, FX & Banking Administration
- Maintain the group debt register, including facility terms, drawdown schedules, pricing and
repayment calendars.
- Calculate and schedule interest and principal payments, and ensure timely settlement of all
debt service obligations.
- Monitor foreign exchange exposures and execute currency conversions and hedging
instruments strictly within the Board-approved hedging mandate, maintaining complete
hedge documentation.
- Administer bank accounts, mandates, signatories, KYC documentation and banking platform
access across the group.
- Monitor counterparty exposure against approved limits and bank charges against agreed
tariffs.
Requirements
Bachelors Degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field.
CFA/CPA/ACCA/CA or equivalent qualification is mandatory.
A treasury qualification (ACT CertT/AMCT, CTP or equivalent) is a strong added advantage.
5 - 8 years of experience spanning both corporate finance analysis and treasury or finance operations.Candidates with depth in only one of the two streams are unlikely to succeed in this role.
Strong experience in financial modelling, valuation and corporate finance principles.
Hands-on experience operating banking platforms and executing settlement and treasury transactions in a controlled and automated environment.
Experience working across multiple currencies, entities and banking jurisdictions.
Exposure to structured, securitization or receivables financing structures, and to lender covenant reporting, is strongly preferred.
Experience in emerging markets, and familiarity with mobile money and local currency control regimes, is an advantage.