Regional Finance Business Partner, East Africa

• This role does not own or perform bookkeeping or transaction processing, AP/AR, bank and balance-sheet reconciliations, month-end close, statutory accounting, tax filing or audit execution, transfer-pricing documentation, IFRS or consolidation decisions, payments, bank-account administration, Treasury governance, master-data governance or accounting policy.

• These sit with Country Accounting, Market Control, Group Accounting and Treasury.

• This role coordinates the response to the Regional Director, explains business implications, and escalates delays or decisions that need attention.

• Strong commercial-finance and business-partnering experience, ideally multi-country, with proven capability in financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting, pricing and investment analysis.

• Ability to move comfortably between strategy and numbers, challenges senior stakeholders constructively, explains complex issues simply and works effectively in a matrix organization.

• Broad finance judgement to frame accounting, tax, treasury and control questions for the right specialists and explain the implications to regional management.

• Advanced Excel/modelling skills.

• Experience with ERP, SAP, BI and financial-planning tools desirable.

Measured on decision quality and forward-looking financial management, not accounting-process execution.

• Budget and forecasts on time with clear, documented assumptions

• Risks and opportunities identified early enough for action

• Reliable revenue, margin, EBITDA, working-capital and cash outlook

• Pricing and margin decisions supported by robust financial analysis

• Hub and retail investments backed by business cases, sensitivities and post-investment tracking

• Regional financing needs identified in advance for Treasury action

• Finance questions resolved with clear ownership and one coherent response to the Regional Director

• Group expertise used without duplicating accounting, control or treasury