Bridge International Academies is the world’s largest and fastest-growing chain of primary and pre-primary schools with more than 400 academies and 120,000 pupils in Kenya and Uganda. We democratize the right to succeed by giving families living in poverty access to the high-quality education that will allow their children to live a very different life.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Officer, Finance

Location: Yaba, Lagos

About Finance

The Finance Group at Bridge partners with country and global leadership to achieve financial sustainability of our operations and make our mission come true. We provide strategic partnership to global leadership on raising capital and actionable feedback on our financial performance. We are continually focused on judicious use of resources whether for each one of our territories or for the entire organisation.
Across our rapidly scaling multi-unit enterprise, we provide leadership to build a world-class financial infrastructure. This includes the design and development of financial systems, policies, procedures (taking into account current and fast growing high volume transactions, teams, numbers of geographically distributed business units) and provision of shared services for financial operations by a centralised team specialising in Accounting, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Treasury and Financial Planning & Analysis.]
About the Role

We are seeking a Finance Officer who will work closely with the Financial Director to refine how Bridge International Academies approaches financial budgeting, projections, and forecasting.
The Finance Officer will also help senior executives identify key performance indicators in the business, highlight how the Company can improve operational execution across all divisions, and prepare materials for the Board of Directors highlighting the Company’s strategic and financial direction.
­­­­­­­­­­What You Will Do

Prepare and maintain financial analyses that forecast/project Bridge International Academies’ operational and financial performance
Work with department heads and senior executives to refine budgeting across the Company
Continuously work with department heads to identify and evaluate key performance indicators
Work with the Finance Department to ensure that historical/actual performance is correctly captured and in-sync with the Finance Associate’s work
Assist senior executives with preparing materials for the Board of Directors and investors
Think strategically and proactively about Bridge International Academies’ financial direction
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