Key responsibilities Lead GrowthAfrica's financial strategy, budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning across all country offices. Oversee all financial operations - management accounts, cash flow, payroll, treasury, and audit - in full compliance with accounting standards and donor requirements. Own the complete inward grant financial management cycle - from budget setup and expenditure tracking through to donor financial reporting and grant close-out reconciliation. Design, deploy, and manage the financial instruments through which GrowthAfrica channels funding to entrepreneurs overseeing disbursement, portfolio monitoring, legal documentation, default management, and performance reporting. Lead the financial design of every funding proposal, building rigorous cost models and stress-testing technical assumptions for feasibility before every bid is submitted. Conduct forensic post-project financial reviews, translating variance analysis into a living lessons-learned library that sharpens future proposals and pricing. Manage all legal affairs across operating jurisdictions - contracts, grant agreements, employment law, data protection, and intellectual property. Ensure regulatory and governance compliance across all six countries, covering statutory filings, Board secretarial support, anti-corruption frameworks, and insurance. Design and manage staff time-recording and cost-allocation systems, ensuring accurate project costing and a defensible audit trail for all staff cost claims. Partner with the Head of Talent to align workforce planning, salary structures, and staff deployment with project budgets and grant requirements in real time. Lead procurement, vendor management, and administrative operations - facilities, travel, asset management, and document retention - across all offices. Contribute financial and legal expertise directly to GrowthAfrica's entrepreneur-facing programmes as a subject-matter resource and curriculum contributor. Serve on the Senior Leadership Team, presenting to the Board, leading organisational risk management, and linking financial intelligence to strategic decision-making. Qualifications & requirements Master's degree or professional qualification in Finance, Accounting, Law, or Business Administration - CPA, ACCA, CFA, LLB/LLM, or MBA preferred. Minimum 8–10 years of progressive experience in finance, legal affairs, or operations, with at least 3 years in a senior leadership role. Proven track record managing financial operations in a multi-country, donor-funded, or development sector environment. Demonstrated experience in grant management and financial reporting to institutional funders, foundations, or development finance institutions. Experience managing financial instruments for onward deployment to enterprises ideally in a development finance, impact investment, or enterprise support context. Hands-on experience in proposal costing and budget development for grant bids, including financial feasibility assessment of technical proposals. Experience conducting post-project financial reviews and translating variance analysis into improved future pricing and assumptions. Solid working knowledge of timesheet systems, staff cost allocation methodologies, and donor requirements for staff cost charging. Strong understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks across multiple African jurisdictions, with experience in contract management, compliance, and risk mitigation. Excellent analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in financial management software and data analytics tools. Membership of a relevant professional body and international or multi-market African exposure are both advantageous.