Group Financial Controller at Power Financial Wellness
Finance - Nairobi, Nairobi (Hybrid)
Group Financial Controller
US Entity & Group Consolidation
Reports to: Group CFO
Location: Nairobi (hybrid)
Role Purpose
Power Financial Wellness is seeking a Group
Financial Controller to own the group’s reporting engine across a
multi-entity fintech: a Delaware parent (PFW Inc.) over operating entities in
Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and India, plus partnership and JV markets
across Africa. This role owns the US parent-entity accounting, the monthly
multi-entity consolidation and intercompany, and — critically — the accurate
and complete booking of JV and partnership revenue. You will be the person who
makes the numbers come together correctly each month across every entity,
working directly with the Group CFO and CEO.
This is a hands-on, high-ownership role at the center of a
lean finance team, with real ownership from day one as the group scales through
Series A and beyond. Because the team is deliberately lean, the role is broad —
beyond the reporting core it takes on planning, cash-flow and treasury
coordination, with support from the CFO.
You will partner with — but not manage — the country finance
managers (Kenya, Uganda) and accountants (Tanzania, Rwanda) and our outsourced
India provider, collating their submissions on the group timetable. You report
to the Group CFO, which keeps sign-off on the consolidated and US numbers
independent of any single country.
Key Responsibilities
US Entity & Parent-Company Close
- Own
PFW Inc. (Delaware) accounting end-to-end — booking intercompany funding,
holding-company costs and accruals, and running US payments.
- Keep
the parent ledger tidy and audit-ready, with clear working papers.
JV & Partnership Revenue
- Own
the accurate and complete booking of JV and partnership revenue and income
across the group — with lenders, Sacco’s, banks, and other partners —
recognized in the right entity, period, and account.
- Reconcile
partner statements and settlement data to the ledger and resolve
differences, so revenue and revenue-share are correctly recorded; maintain
clear audit trails for every arrangement.
- Act as
the central reporting home for partnership and JV markets where the group
serves customers but has no local entity.
Group Consolidation & Reporting
- Run
the monthly group consolidation — collating entity submissions into the
consolidated income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow.
- Own
intercompany and eliminations, foreign-currency translation, and
reconciling intercompany balances so they clear cleanly across entities.
- Help
prepare the monthly board and investor pack — group KPIs, revenue mix,
cash, burn and runway — and maintain robust reconciliations for group
cash, the loan book, and third-party debt.
Product-Line Reporting
- Maintain
group reporting by product line — Pay, Borrow, Save, and Insurance /
Protect — tracking revenue, margin and KPIs, and standing up reporting for
each new product from launch (chart-of-accounts mapping, recognition
treatment, disclosures).
Close, Audit, & Series A
- Run
the group month-end close to a fixed timetable, hit deadlines, and help
tighten the calendar over time.
- Prepare
supporting schedules and evidence for the annual group and entity audits
and support Series A diligence and the data room.
Planning, Treasury, & Process
- Help
build and maintain the group budget and rolling forecast with monthly
variance analysis; own the short-term (13-week) cashflow forecast and
track runway.
- Help
keep the group model and investor five-year plan current and build
unit-economics and KPI reporting.
- Support
cash and treasury across entities and currencies; coordinate local tax and
statutory filings and transfer-pricing documentation with country teams
and advisors; strengthen controls and processes in Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant who has worked
hands-on across multiple entities and is comfortable being the sole technical
owner of the group numbers in a lean team. They are accurate, organized, and
diligent, genuinely bothered by items that don’t reconcile, and keen to take on
more as the group scales.
Essential
- Qualification: A
bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, together
with a completed professional accounting qualification (CPA(K), ACCA, CA,
or equivalent). Candidates who are finalists and close to completing their
professional qualification may also be considered.
- Experience: around
6 – 9 years, including hands-on exposure to multi-entity consolidation and
intercompany — having owned a consolidation end-to-end is a strong plus.
- Accounting: solid
IFRS knowledge including revenue recognition, and confidence with
multi-currency / FX translation.
- Close
discipline: a demonstrable track record of hitting month-end
close deadlines to a fixed calendar.
- Tools
& rigor: strong Excel and a controls / audit-trail mindset;
experience in leveraging AI
Desirable
- Experience
booking partnership / revenue-share or JV income, ideally in fintech,
lending or banking.
- US
entity / US GAAP or Delaware parent-company exposure; Microsoft Dynamics
365 (D365); FP&A and financial modelling; and experience across
African markets in a high-growth or start-up environment.
Why This Role
- A
central, visible role working shoulder-to-shoulder with the Group CFO and
CEO through Series A.
- Ownership
of JV / partnership revenue and hands-on group consolidation and IFRS from
day one.
- A
clear growth path toward a Head of Finance mandate as the finance team
scales.
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