Roles & Responsibilities 

• Responsible for developing monthly/quarterly forecasts for the company for income and cash flows.
• Responsible to initiate all payments to suppliers and staff of Qhala Ltd
• Responsible for filing taxes on Itax i.e. VAT, Withholding tax, PAYE, Housing levy, NITA, NSSF, NHIF and any other taxes that need to be filed.
• Maintain P&Ls for Qhala’s practice areas and analyze monthly revenue and opex performance by practice area
• Analyze financial data and provide forecasting support, including analysis on project profitability, return on investment for marketing and business development activities
• Identify trends in financial performance and provide recommendations for improvement
• Execute month-end accruals and journal entries, with guidance from operations and the CFO function
• Play a key role in supporting enterprise level planning working closely with finance leaders and the executive team
• Take a key role in the monthly board reporting pack process. This will be heavily weighted towards KPI tracking and performance to budgets.
• Continuously learn the business and connect financials to business and functional goals.
• Develop credibility with business partners.
• Ad hoc modeling and analysis merging financial and business Key Performance Indicators
• Support investment analysis into prospective tech start-ups to be onboarded into Q-Lab, and review all non-legal pertinent information about prospective deals
• Support functions, such as assessing, auditing, planning, budgeting, taxes, consolidation, cost control and project control

Qualifications and Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance. MBA a plus.
• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA/ CPA)
• 4+ years of relevant work experience in Financial Analysis required
• Consultancy and/or technology industry experience preferred
• Experience in a startup company a plus
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial statements
• Advanced knowledge of MS Office applications, specifically in Excel, macros, data analysis, and pivot tables.
• Strong ERP and Planning systems experience. Power BI a plus
• Entrepreneurial spirit and excellent organization and communication skills
• Ability to problem-solve, both autonomously and within teams.
• Approachable and confident personality type, comfortable within a wide range of organizational environments.
• High integrity and natural desire to assume responsibility.