The scope of activity will include:
- Impulse the leadership to achieve company’s ambitious financial target
- Structure the finance teams of the group at central and local level
- Become the business partner of schools and subsidiaries to improve financial monitoring and support their development projects
- Supervise main financial processes (including but not limited to monthly management accounting, financial planning & analysis, reporting, compliance, HR management …)
- Define and implement relevant finance optimisation strategies (taxes, cash pooling, …)
- Forecast cash flow carefully to ensure constant adequate funding of school operations
- Educate stakeholders on the importance of financial management to achieve growth
- Contribute to fund raising in close collaboration with the CEO
- Support due diligences on potential acquisitions
The Head of Finance will report to the CEO and lead the Finance committee reporting to the group’s Education Board. Position in based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
The ideal candidate, will:
- Share his excitement to offer a top-notch international education to the African middle-class and understands the affordability challenges we face
- Embrace the Group values like no one
- Have the required empathy and leadership to deal with an incredible diversity of stakeholders
- Speak perfectly French and English. Portuguese is a plus.
- Share our excitement to offer a top-notch education to the African middle-class
- Demonstrates passion for Sub-Saharan Africa
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Successful professional experience in Financial Management
· Several years of experience in Sub-Saharan Africa
· Bilingual in English and French
· Proactivity, organization, efficiency, and autonomy are essential
· Excellent communication skillsDesired profile:
– Hands-on and field-oriented person
– Strong communicator
– Good analytical and synthesis skills
– Excellent interpersonal skills
– Able to unite and motivate internal teams across the group
– Integrity and honesty, embodying the company’s core values