Enko Education is a fast-growing network of African international schools, increasing access to the world’s best universities for learners across Africa. We offer an inclusive education of outstanding quality, so that learners can access the world’s best universities and successful careers.
Role Overview
We are looking for a hybrid leader: a visionary who understands the future of finance, an expert in multi-country operations, and a mentor capable of elevating the standards of a pan-African team. This role involves defining and leading a 3-year transformation plan to align our financial organization, systems, and talent with the group’s massive growth ambitions.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategy & "Finance 2028" Roadmap: Define and lead a 3-year transformation plan to align the financial organization, systems, and talent with the group’s growth ambitions.
- Network Finance Oversight: Lead the finance operations of the school network, standardizing processes across all regions to ensure rigour and transparency.
- Industrialization & Shared Services: Design and launch a Finance Shared Service Center to centralize accounting operations, driving significant EBITDA gains and freeing up local school teams for business partnering.
- Tech-Stack & Business Efficiency: Act as the strategic lead for Finance systems, harmonizing the software ecosystem to ensure 100% digital workflows and data consistency between operations and accounting.
- Operational Control & Diagnostic: Implement automated consistency checks to move the group from manual verification to high-level supervision, identifying root-cause anomalies in real-time.
- Leadership & Team Transformation: Mentor a diverse, pan-African team, shifting their culture from a "data-entry" mindset to proactive "Business Partners" who influence school leadership.
Requirements and Qualifications
- Senior Financial Expertise: Deep experience in multi-country/multi-currency consolidation and financial reporting within complex, fast-paced environments.
- Inspirational & Assertive Leadership: Natural authority and emotional intelligence to manage diverse teams and build high-performing units through coaching.
- Tech Proficiency: Natural affinity for technology and the ability to architect a SaaS ecosystem to ensure seamless data flow from schools to the group P&L.
- Diagnostic Skills: A "sixth sense" for numbers with the ability to spot weak links in processes or financial statements and propose structural solutions.
- Operational Grit: The ability to shift from board-level strategy to "hands-on" field execution to ensure group-wide standards are executed locally.
- Education: BA/BSc/HND in Finance, Accounting, Audit, or a related field.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should apply online through the Enko Education recruitment portal at enkoeducation.applytojob.com.
