Finance Manager at Crawford International School

Position Overview

Crawford International School is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to supervise, support, and execute all financial, accounting, tax reporting, budgeting, and forecasting functions. This role ensures that all financial matters are handled effectively and efficiently, with timely and user-friendly reporting, appropriate controls to prevent fraud and financial error, and overall responsibility for developing finance talent within the organization to facilitate independent and effective functioning of the finance department.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and manage the company's annual budget and revised forecasts or budgets (Excel and Falcon templates); track departmental spending against budgets and measure performance of academic phases
• Review regular cash flow forecasts
• Work closely with all departments to ensure accounting transactions are processed timely and accurately in Sage, in accordance with the month-end reporting timetable
• Review monthly management accounts with actuals versus budget variance analysis and performance commentary (Excel and Falcon templates)
• Present monthly management accounts to directors and executive team, inclusive of full-year forecasts
• Review monthly management reports for schools and departments, including regular and ad hoc requests
• Project manage and plan new systems and processes on Sage
• Act as Sage super user/administrator and training coordinator
• Oversee maintenance of the Sage general ledger structure and chart of accounts
• Review maintenance and reconciliation of all shareholder, bank loans, group loans, and current accounts
• Review and approve reconciliation of all general ledger balance sheet accounts and review preparation of all month-end reconciliations and schedules
• Prepare and/or review cost-saving analyses and other financial analyses
• Review and maintain the fixed asset register, ensuring it is regularly updated

Location

Nairobi, Kenya