About The Position
M-KOPA is seeking a Strategic Finance Analyst to join their team. This role is crucial for building the financial infrastructure to support the company's growth from 5 million to 10 million customers. The Strategic Finance team owns the Long-Range Plan, market entry business cases, and analysis that informs CEO and board decisions. As the business expands into new markets and products, the modeling work becomes more complex and visible, requiring someone with strong technical rigor. This role differs from typical FP&A or banking analyst positions by involving building models from scratch for various strategic decisions, with direct partnership with the Head of Strategic Finance and visibility to the CEO and board.
Requirements
- Demonstrable experience building complex, three-statement models from scratch under deadline pressure.
- Ideally from an investment banking, transaction services, or similarly rigorous modeling background.
- Genuine fluency in how operational drivers flow through to financial statements.
- Relentless attention to detail.
- Communication skill to defend assumptions and explain logic to stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Anaplan or another planning platform.
- Exposure to fintech, lending, or consumer credit.
- Experience working across multi-currency, multi-entity African businesses.
Responsibilities
- Build complex, three-statement models from scratch under deadline pressure.
- Develop models for market entry decisions, unit economics, distribution cost structures, and funding scenarios.
- Own the company's Long-Range Plan, including base, stretch, and market-specific upside/downside scenarios with assumption packs and documentation.
- Build audit-ready models for special projects such as new market entry cases, distribution cost models, and funding analyses.
- Ensure balance sheet or cash flow tie-outs are accurate before reaching executive leadership.
- Support the monthly and quarterly FP&A cycle, including budget-vs-actual variance analysis, performance commentary, and reporting packs.
- Assist in migrating planning processes into Anaplan as the team scales its tooling.
- Architect model structures for half-specified problems before writing formulas.
Benefits
- Diverse development programs
- Coaching partnerships
- On-the-job training
- Family-friendly policies
- Prioritized well-being
- Flexibility
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
