Financial Controller

Location: Kenya /Uganda/ Rwanda

Function: Finance

Reports to: CFO

About the Role

Our client is a growing multi-country business with operations across East Africa, including production, supply chain and commercial activities.

As the organisation continues to grow, the Group Finance function is strengthening its financial reporting, planning and performance management capabilities.

We are looking for a Group FP&A & Reporting Manager to lead Group management reporting, financial consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and business performance analysis.

This is a hands-on Group-level role requiring a strong combination of accounting knowledge, consolidation, management reporting and FP&A experience. The role will work closely with country finance teams, operational leaders and senior management to ensure financial results are reliable, understood and translated into actionable business insights.

Key Responsibilities

1. Group Management Reporting & Consolidation

• Lead the monthly Group management accounts process, from country submissions through to the consolidated Group reporting pack.
• Deliver a consistent view of P&L, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow and key operational KPIs across countries.
• Own Group consolidation workings, including intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation and Group-level adjustments.
• Review country submissions for completeness, accuracy and consistency.
• Ensure consolidated reporting reconciles with country submissions and material movements have clear explanations.
• Coordinate with country Finance Directors to resolve accounting errors, incomplete schedules, unsupported balances and reporting gaps.
• Prepare concise management commentary highlighting performance, risks, opportunities and decisions required.

2. FP&A & Business Performance

• Establish a consistent approach to comparing actual results against budget, forecast and prior year.
• Analyse and explain material variances through identifiable business drivers.
• Distinguish between genuine operational performance, timing differences and accounting adjustments.
• Analyse key drivers such as sales volumes, pricing, production output, input costs, productivity and other relevant operational metrics.
• Identify trends and areas requiring further investigation with country finance and business teams.
• Track agreed actions and assess their financial impact in subsequent reporting periods.
• Help management understand the relationship between operational performance, profitability and cash flow.

3. Budgeting & Rolling Forecasts

• Lead the annual budgeting and rolling forecasting process across countries and functions.
• Establish clear calendars, templates and review processes for budget and forecast submissions.
• Coordinate country and functional inputs and ensure assumptions have clear ownership.
• Challenge assumptions using actual performance and underlying revenue and cost drivers.
• Consolidate submissions into a coherent Group P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow outlook.
• Explain changes between forecast versions and highlight material risks, opportunities and funding implications.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and work with country teams to address recurring weaknesses.
• Maintain clear documentation of assumptions, revisions and approvals.

4. Group Accounting, Controls & Audit

• Maintain practical Group accounting policies and reporting guidance to promote consistent application across countries.
• Coordinate preparation of consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate Group audit requirements, track outstanding requests and follow up on agreed adjustments.
• Identify technical accounting matters requiring specialist advice and escalate them to the Group CFO where appropriate.
• Ensure approved accounting treatments and adjustments are reflected consistently in Group reporting.
• Work with country Finance Directors to improve the quality, completeness and reliability of financial information.

5. Reporting Improvement & Automation

• Transition recurring consolidation, management reporting and planning activities into the Group Finance function.
• Reduce duplicate reporting requirements and introduce reusable reporting models and analytical methods.
• Partner with Data & Technology teams to improve financial reporting, dashboards and data processes.
• Support reporting improvements across ERP, data warehouse and BI platforms.
• Ensure financial dashboards reconcile to approved management accounts.
• Identify opportunities to automate stable and repeatable processes while maintaining appropriate controls and traceability.

6. Team & Stakeholder Management

• Manage and develop the Group FP&A Analyst.
• Coordinate inputs from country finance teams and functional leaders.
• Build effective working relationships with Finance Directors, operational teams and senior management.
• Provide constructive challenge on financial results, assumptions and forecasts.
• Communicate financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Prioritise material issues and ensure agreed actions are followed through.

Candidate Profile

We are looking for a finance professional who combines strong accounting fundamentals with Group FP&A, consolidation and management reporting experience.

Essential Experience

• Recognised accounting qualification such as CA, ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent.
• Relevant experience in management accounting, FP&A and multi-entity consolidation.
• Hands-on experience with Group management reporting and consolidated financial statements.
• Strong understanding of P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow.
• Experience with intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.
• Proven experience in budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Ability to connect financial performance with operational and commercial drivers.
• Strong Excel skills and practical experience with ERP and reporting systems.
• Experience working with senior finance and business leadership. Desirable
• Experience with Power BI or similar business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Experience improving or automating financial reporting processes.
• Experience working across multiple countries, entities or regions.
• Experience in food production, agriculture, aquaculture, manufacturing, FMCG or another inventory- and production-intensive environment.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Timely and accurate delivery of Group monthly management accounts and consolidated reporting.
• Reliable consolidation across entities, including intercompany eliminations, FX translation and Group adjustments.
• Quality and consistency of actual vs. budget, forecast and prior-year analysis.
• Improved accuracy and quality of annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Comparable financial and operational KPIs across countries and business units.
• Timely resolution of material reporting, accounting and reconciliation issues.
• Effective coordination of consolidated financial statements and Group audit requirements.
• Improved forecast accuracy and visibility of financial risks and opportunities.
• Reduction in duplicated and manual Group reporting and consolidation activities.
• Successful implementation of relevant reporting, dashboard and automation improvements.
• Financial dashboards consistently reconciled to approved management accounts.
• Demonstrable use of financial analysis to support management decisions and business actions.
• Effective management and development of the Group FP&A Analyst.

Why This Role

This is an opportunity to take a Group-level finance leadership role in a growing, operationally complex business, with visibility across multiple countries and functions.

The successful candidate will play a key role in strengthening financial reporting, improving planning and forecasting, and helping senior management translate financial and operational information into better business decisions.