Financial Analyst

Key Responsibilities

Revenue Modelling & Enrollment Analytics

• Build, maintain, and update predictive financial models to forecast tuition revenue.
  
• Analyse the financial impact of national student funding shifts.
  
• Collaborate with the Admissions and Institutional Research teams to quantify the financial return on recruitment investments.
  

Budgeting, Forecasting & Variance Analysis

• Assist in the preparation, consolidation, and review of the University’s annual operating and capital budgets.
  
• Perform monthly and quarterly financial variance analysis.
  
• Identify structural revenue risks and cost-saving opportunities across academic and administrative units.
  

Strategic Financial Aid & Scholarships Calibration

• Conduct affordability risk assessments.
  
• Develop mathematical models to calibrate internal scholarships and financial aid distribution.
  
• Assess the affordability thresholds of various student income categories to recommend optimal, sustainable tuition pricing structures for new and existing academic programmes.
  

Academic Portfolio & Market Costing

• Perform cost-benefit analyses on the University’s academic portfolio to assess financial viability and sustainability.
  
• Provide data-driven financial recommendations for launching new academic programmes or restructuring existing curricula.
  

Financial Reporting & Compliance

• Prepare comprehensive financial dashboards, executive summaries, and strategic concept papers.
  
• Synthesise complex financial datasets into clear, non-technical presentations to guide decision-making.
  
• Ensure all financial analysis and data collection comply with institutional data governance policies and national data protection regulations.
  
• Any other duty assigned by the supervisor from time to time.
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Business, or related area from an accredited/ recognised University
  
• Certified Public Accountant of Kenya and a Member of ICPAK in good standing.
  
• Certified Investment and Financial Analyst (CIFA)
  
• At least 4 years of experience in financial data analytics.