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Finance BP -East Africa & SSA Credit Lead 

Job Purpose:

• This role serves as the Finance Business Partner for East Africa while anchoring credit governance across Sub-Sahara Africa.
• The role partners closely with the East Africa leadership team to enable profitable growth through strong financial planning, performance management, and strategic decision support. In parallel, the role works with the Finance Business Partners of Southern Africa and West Central Africa to establish consistent credit frameworks, strengthen receivables governance and ensure disciplined credit risk management across both the Seeds and Crop Protection portfolios

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

Finance Business Partner – East Africa

• Act as the Finance Business Partner to the East Africa leadership team, supporting commercial strategy, financial planning, and performance steering.
• Provide forward-looking insights on business performance, market dynamics, and strategic initiatives.

Financial Performance Management

• Lead financial planning and forecasting processes including sales, margins, cost, and resource planning.
• Monitor financial performance and provide analysis on key drivers including volume, price, currency, and channel performance.

Strategic Business Insight

• Act as a sparring partner to the business, providing financial insights, benchmarking, and scenario analysis to support decision making
• Identify financial risks and opportunities and support mitigation actions when required.

SSA Credit Governance

• Lead the development and implementation of consistent credit management frameworks across SSA.
• Partner with the Finance Business Partners of Southern and West-Central Africa to ensure disciplined receivables management and credit risk governance across markets.
• Support sustainable distributor credit structures aligned with the growth ambitions of the Seeds and Crop Protection businesses. 

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting or Business (MBA, CPA/ACCA or equivalent preferred).
• Proven experience in finance partnering roles within product-based, working-capital-intensive businesses.
• Demonstrated experience managing receivables or credit governance in high-growth environments.
• Strong commercial acumen and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate financial insights into business decisions.
• High integrity and ability to operate effectively in fast-scaling and ambiguous environments.
• Proficiency in financial systems (e.g SAP, Excel); experience with credit management tools an advantage.
• Fluency in English.

Location:

Kenya : Kenya : Nairobi  

Division:

Crop Science 

Reference Code:

860428 

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