Finance Manager

Academic & Professional Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or related field.
  
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration (MBA) or related field
  
• CPA (K), ACCA or equivalent professional qualification will be an added advantage.
  
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, tax regulations and financial governance.
  
• Certification in risk management, internal audit, corporate governance or financial analysis.
  
• Membership in recognised professional bodies (ICPAK, ACCA, CFA Institute etc.).
  

Work Experience & Skills

• Minimum 5 years of progressive experience in finance leadership roles.
  
• Proven experience leading budgeting, financial reporting, audits and financial controls in medium-to-large organisations.
  
• Strong experience in revenue cycle management, pricing strategy and financial modelling.
  
• Demonstrated ability to improve financial outcomes (EBITDA, PAT, revenue growth, cost optimisation).
  
• Strong analytical, commercial, negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Expertise in implementing financial systems, ERPs and reporting dashboards.
  
• Experience in healthcare, private equity environments or high-growth organisations will be an added advantage.
  
• Experience supporting expansion projects, mergers, acquisitions or fundraising.
  
• Exposure to supply chain, procurement or cost-reduction initiatives.
  
• Public representation experience with auditors, investors, financiers or regulators.
  

Budget and Reforecasting

• Lead the preparation and consolidation of the hospital’s annual operational and Capex budgets, working closely with departmental heads to ensure alignment with operational plans and strategic objectives.
  
• Support periodic reforecasts based on performance trends and changing business conditions.
  
• Monitor adherence to approved budgets and highlight significant deviations
  
• Work with the strategic units to drive roll outs of budgetary initiatives to ensure budgets are achieved.
  

Financial Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare timely and accurate monthly management accounts and variance analysis.
  
• Monitor departmental financial performance and enforce accountability.
  
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of expense recognition by enforcing timely PO receipting and reviewing month-end accruals
  
• Evaluate and analyse capital expenditure proposals, ensuring alignment with hospital strategy and financial feasibility
  
• Monitor the performance of existing projects against financial models, including ROIC and payback period.
  
• Ensure compliance with IFRS and Group standards.
  

Capital Planning, Reporting & Project Performance

• Prepare papers for capital projects and other financial approvals.
  
• Develop robust business cases including: ROI analysis, IRR and payback calculations, Sensitivity analysis and Risk assessment
  
• Track and report post-investment performance against approved projections.
  
• Maintain capital expenditure register and performance dashboards.
  
• Monitor internally raised capital deployment to ensure governance and return realization.
  

Revenue Cycle Management (Receivables Leadership)

• Monitor claims submission, reconciliation, rejection analysis and collections.
  
• Drive reduction of Days Sales Outstanding (DSO).
  
• Ensure pre-authorizations and benefit validations compliance.
  
• Implement revenue assurance controls to prevent income leakage.
  
• Review adjustments, cancellations, and discounts to ensure they are properly authorized and captured.
  

Payables Management

• Ensure supplier payment discipline aligned to cashflow.
  
• Monitor creditor ageing.
  
• Maintain healthy supplier relationships while protecting liquidity.
  

Inventory Governance & Stock Control (Balance Sheet Custodian)

• Oversee inventory valuation accuracy.
  
• Ensure regular cycle counts and periodic full stock takes.
  
• Implement controls to minimize expiries, shrinkage, and obsolescence.
  
• Monitor inventory turnover ratios.
  
• Reconcile physical stock to system records.
  
• Ensure optimal stock holding levels aligned to service demand.
  

Asset Management & Fixed Asset Control

• Maintain accurate fixed asset register.
  
• Ensure proper capitalization vs expense classification.
  
• Oversee tagging and physical verification of assets.
  
• Monitor asset utilization and depreciation accuracy.
  
• Lead asset audits and impairment assessments.
  

Procurement & Supply Chain Oversight

• Ensure procurement processes comply with policy and governance requirements.
  
• Review and approve procurement requests for: Budget alignment, Proper documentation and Competitive quotation compliance
  
• Monitor supplier performance and cost efficiency.
  
• Drive cost optimization through strategic sourcing.
  
• Align procurement planning with budget and cashflow forecasts.
  

Efficiency, Optimization Measures & Working Capital Management

• Monitor actual performance against budget, analyse variances, drive cost control measures to ensure efficient use of resources and protection of margins.
  
• Implementation and coordination of cost management initiatives, through review of the costing systems
  
• Optimize and manage stock levels to prevent overstocking and improve stock turnover
  
• Work with Procurement to have supplier competitiveness reports and procurement benefits tracking.
  
• Supervise the Hospital credit teams to ensure timely collections and reconciliations of individual debtor’s accounts.
  

Internal Controls, Risk & Audit

• Strengthen financial control environment. Identify and mitigate financial and operational risks.
  
• Lead preparation for internal and external audits.
  
• Ensure statutory compliance.
  
• Enforce documentation standards for procurement and capital expenditure.
  

Service and Product pricing

• Develop and maintain hospital pricing structures in line with strategic objectives and market benchmarks.
  
• Tracking of unit costs and prices and highlighting instances where price reviews are necessary
  
• Monitor changes in costs, insurance agreements and arrangements to update pricing appropriately.
  

Automation & Systems

• Identify opportunities to automate financial, billing, and reporting processes to improve efficiency and accuracy.
  
• Ensure data integrity and accurate integration between HSMIS and the ERP
  
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and coordinate with IT for improvements.
  
• Develop automated reports, dashboards, and analytics to support timely decision-making.
  

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, mentor and performance-manage direct reports.
  
• Build a culture of accountability and financial discipline.
  
• Develop financial literacy among operational managers.
  
• Embed data-driven decision making across departments.