Director of Finance Operations & Business Efficiency
This position is a remote-based role within the African continent, with a strong preference for candidates based in one of our existing countries of operation.
Are you a visionary leader capable of transforming a growing accounting function into a high-performance, scalable engine? Can you bridge the gap between financial strategy and technological execution while inspiring teams to reach excellence? Do you thrive in scale-up environments where impact is measured by both operational rigour and human transformation?
Enko Education is seeking its future Director of Finance Operations & Business Efficiency to structure the next leap in our financial evolution. You are not just a finance professional; you are a transformational leader building the digital and operational foundations that allow our schools to scale across the continent with surgical precision.
Directly reporting to the Group CFO , you will occupy a unique position at the crossroads of our organization. Your mandate is to oversee and industrialize the finance operations of our school network ("the baseline") while simultaneously spearheading our Business Efficiency and Group Financial Control functions. You are the architect who ensures that local school finance teams are perfectly aligned with group strategy, turning their daily operations into a high-performance engine backed by flawless, real-time data.
With 10 to 15 years of experience -ideally in Audit/Consulting, Regional Finance Management, or a multi-site scale-up-you are a tech-savvy leader who knows how to optimize SaaS ecosystems to eliminate low-value tasks and drive collective performance across diverse borders.
About the Role
You will spearhead the "Finance 2028" transformation, acting as the bridge between central strategy and field execution to guarantee reliability, speed, and scalability.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategy & "Finance 2028" Roadmap: Define and lead a 3-year transformation plan to align our financial organization, systems, and talent with the group's massive growth ambitions.
Network Finance Oversight: Lead the finance operations of our school network, standardizing processes across all regions to ensure that every school operates with the same level of rigour and transparency.
Industrialization & Shared Services: Design and launch a Finance Shared Service Center to centralize accounting operations, driving significant EBITDA gains and freeing up local school teams to focus on business partnering.
Tech-Stack & Business Efficiency: Act as the strategic lead for Finance systems, harmonizing our software ecosystem to ensure 100% digital workflows and total data consistency between operations and accounting.
Operational Control & "Laser" Diagnostic: Implement automated consistency checks to move the group from manual verification to high-level supervision, identifying "root cause" anomalies in real-time across the baseline.
Leadership & Team Transformation: Mentor a diverse, pan-African team. You will shift their culture from "data-entry" mindsets to proactive "Business Partners" who challenge and influence school leadership, ensuring that every financial decision at the school level is a catalyst for performance.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for a hybrid leader: a visionary who understands the future of finance, an expert in multi-country operations, and a mentor capable of elevating the standards of a pan-African team.
Your profile in 5 points:
Senior Financial Expertise: Deep experience in multi-country/multi-currency consolidation and financial reporting within complex, fast-paced environments.
Inspirational & Assertive Leader: You possess natural authority and the emotional intelligence to manage diverse, multi-country teams. You don't just delegate; you build high-performing teams by coaching your managers and setting a clear, exciting vision.
Tech-Champion: You have a natural affinity for technology. You know how to architect a SaaS ecosystem to ensure data flows seamlessly from the schools to the group P&L.
Diagnostic Genius: You possess a "sixth sense" for numbers-you can spot a weak link in a process or a financial statement in minutes and propose a structural solution.
Operational Grit: The ability to shift instantly from board-level strategy to "hands-on" field execution, ensuring that group-wide standards are perfectly executed at the local school level.
Why Join Us?
A Mission with Purpose: Directly contribute to the sustainability of a project that is revolutionizing education across Africa.
True Ownership & Influence: You have a blank canvas to design your roadmap, lead our finance culture, and see the immediate impact of your work on the group's performance.
Agility & Impact: We value results over bureaucracy. You will enjoy a high degree of autonomy to move fast, break silos, and implement best-in-class solutions.
Professional Growth: Navigate complex, multi-country challenges in a high-competency environment that rewards initiative, humility, and a "builder" mindset.
Our Recruitment Process
Culture Fit Interview: To ensure our mission and "scale-up" DNA resonate with you.
Two Operational & Tech Interviews: A deep dive into your mastery of financial systems and your vision for industrialization.
Case Study: A pragmatic exercise focused on diagnostic and "Shared Service Center" strategy.
Career Interview: To discuss your long-term vision with our CEO and Executive team.
Welcome to Enko!
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Equal Opportunities & Safer Recruitment
Enko Education is an equal opportunities employer, committed to inclusivity, diversity, and valuing difference. Enko Education schools are committed to child safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and young people, and we expect all staff, volunteers, and third parties to share this commitment. Our safer recruitment practices aim to ensure that only individuals committed to child safeguarding join our schools. You can read our Safer Recruitment Statement here.
Successful candidates must provide a police clearance (or equivalent) from every country where they have lived in the past 10 years before signing an employment contract.
Reference checks with previous employers will also be conducted for each successful candidate.
About Enko Education
International education with Africa at heart and the world in mind.
Enko Education is a fast-growing network of 15 international schools in 10 African countries, offering international education with Africa at heart and the world in mind. Our mission is to make high-quality international education accessible to more African learners and to guide them towards the world's best universities through innovative programmes leading to globally recognised qualifications.
Since 2014, Enko Education has helped thousands of students secure admission to top universities such as Yale College, Sciences Po, École Polytechnique, and the University of Toronto. Backed by leading development finance institutions and funds including Proparco, I&P, Adiwale, BIO Invest, Oiko Credit and Liquid Africa, we are on track to reach 20,000 students by 2028.
Learn more on our website.
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Égalité des chances & Recrutement sécurisé
Enko Education est un employeur qui respecte l'égalité des chances, attaché à l'inclusion, à la diversité et à la valorisation des différences. Les écoles Enko Education s'engagent à protéger les enfants et à promouvoir le bien-être des élèves et des jeunes, et attendent de l'ensemble du personnel, des bénévoles et des tiers qu'ils partagent cet engagement. Nos pratiques de recrutement sécurisé visent à garantir que seules les personnes partageant notre engagement rejoignent nos écoles. Vous pouvez consulter notre Déclaration sur le recrutement sécurisé ici.
Les candidats retenus doivent fournir un extrait de casier judiciaire (ou équivalent) pour tous les pays dans lesquels ils ont vécu au cours des 10 dernières années avant de signer un contrat.
Des vérifications de références seront effectuées auprès des employeurs précédents pour tout candidats retenu pour un rôle.
À propos d'Enko Education
Une éducation internationale avec l'Afrique au cœur et le monde en perspective.
Enko Education est un réseau en pleine croissance de 15 écoles internationales dans 10 pays d'Afrique, offrant une éducation internationale de qualité à un coût accessible. Notre mission est de faciliter l'accès des apprenants africains aux meilleures universités du monde grâce à des programmes innovants menant à des diplômes mondialement reconnus.
Depuis 2014, nous avons accompagné des milliers d'élèves vers des universités de premier plan telles que Yale College, Sciences Po, l'École Polytechnique ou encore l'Université de Toronto. Avec le soutien d'institutions financières de développement et de fonds tels que Proparco, I&P, Adiwale, BIO Invest, Oiko Credit et Liquid Africa, nous visons à scolariser 20 000 élèves d'ici 2028.
Pour en savoir plus, visitez notre site internet.
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