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Financial Analyst at Wasoko, Nairobi, Uganda

Wasoko

Financial Analyst at Wasoko, Nairobi, Uganda

Wasoko

Full time Job

Date Posted: August 14, 2023

Application deadline:

Expired on: August 31, 2023 12:00am

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Job description

Wasoko is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, we fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Wasoko aims to provide everything a retailer needs, no wholesalers or banks necessary. Thousands of retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda use Wasoko’s mobile ordering and delivery service to receive the goods they need as quickly and cheaply as possible while also accessing growth financing for the first time.

Role:

Finance Analyst

  • Business partner to Market Operations, Sourcing and Sales teams on expense control, reporting, and analysis. Lead role for Sales, and Gross Margin- reporting and analysing, providing key analysis into the profitability of products and operations.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Support to the Manager, FP&A for the budgeting/forecasting process, month-end closing and variance analysis, cash flow modelling and various ad hoc projects
  • Develop models to improve the efficiency and accuracy of expense forecasting
  • Evaluate the company’s performance using key data
  • Support operational improvements with financial analytics
  • Participate in month-end close process including variance analysis of expenses and gross margin reconciliation
  • Provide decision making support to drive business performance improvement
  • Identify Risks and Opportunities within the business and provide Actionable analysis

Principal Outputs for the Role

  • Timely and accurate reports for the business.
  • Accurate and up to date financial information for the business
  • Sound financial advice to the business unit heads

Qualifications-

Academic and Professional

  • Bachelor’s Degree in science/economics/accounting/statistics or related fields
  • Certified Accountant – CPA(K) or ACCA would be a plus but not mandatory

Experience

  • 2 – 3 years’ experience in finance/analytics/accounting with at least 1 years as a Business analyst/Cost Accountant/Financial Analyst
  • 1-2 years of experience in financial planning, analysis, and modelling
  • Proficient in Excel, Power Point and Other MS applications
  • Retail/Wholesale/FMCG experience

Application deadline:

Expired on: August 31, 2023

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