Turaco is looking for a Finance Controller with strategic finance experience who will be responsible for managing the finances of our business on a day-to-day basis. For this role, we are looking for someone comfortable building, maintaining, and scaling an accurate, process-efficient reporting system so that Turaco can efficiently meet its business objectives.

Finance

• Managing monthly reporting across the finance team, such that consolidation is as efficient and fast as possible
• Ensure IFRS17 compliance as Turaco becomes an underwriting entity in several of its operational jurisdictions
• Consolidate and reconcile entries and accounts for reporting
• Management Accounts: Accountable for the overall management accounts and presentation to the CFO and other leadership team members
• Preparing variance reports

Financial policy & planning

• Implement an efficient management reporting system including selecting and subsequently managing the integration of a new ERP
• Implement and maintain an adequate system of financial controls; proactively identify where additional controls may be needed
• Drive the company’s financial and cash planning and preparation of cash flow forecasts
• Make recommendations to improve processes and systems, proactively planning for scale within the finance department
• Run the annual budgeting process

Team Management

• Lead a team sitting across Kenya, Uganda, and Ghana, reporting to the CFO
• Manage the output quality of the entire team, their performance management, and growth within Turaco
• Expand the team as needed, staffing the department with the right skills and functions.

External Stakeholder Management

• Develop and maintain relationships with key business partners (including banks, auditors, actuaries, and regulatory bodies across markets we are present
• Manage annual audits across all entities and country units
• Own key vendor relationships in the Finance unit

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Live Turaco’s values – care and protect our customers, do the right thing for our customers, and have fun!
• Bachelors-level degree in a financial discipline
• Professional qualification (CPA, ACCA)
• 10 years minimum experience with at least 2 years in a Controllership position or similar
• A Plus (but not compulsory) if you have previous experience working in a start-up, in multiple African countries and have an insurance industry background
• A hands-on builder, comfortable with complexity and the ever-changing aspects of a growing business
• Great attention to detail, with integrity, and can effectively communicate

You are the right candidate if…

• You have led a team, reviewed and consolidated their reporting, and built a sense-checking mechanism for reported numbers
• You have built finance functions from the ground up including, management accounts, setting up ERP systems, and building a team.