Jobs at M-KOPA Solar

• This isn't your typical product leadership role. Here, your decisions directly impact not only business growth but also create pathways to financial inclusion for communities that traditional financial institutions have overlooked. The digital products you shape will become lifelines for families building better futures.

What Your Journey With Us Looks Like

• You'll join an environment where ego takes a backseat to impact. Your days will be spent collaborating with brilliant minds across Engineering, Design, Analytics, and Commercial teams. Together, you'll craft strategies that balance business objectives with genuine customer needs.
• When you bring your 5+ years of product management experience and 2+ years of team leadership to M-KOPA, you'll find yourself empowered to make meaningful decisions. You'll have the autonomy to develop product visions that are backed by data and driven by a deep understanding of our users' realities.
• As you guide multiple product managers, you'll help them grow while ensuring our products evolve throughout their lifecycle. Your analytical skills will shine as you conduct complex data analysis that informs strategic direction. And your collaborative approach will strengthen teams working across multiple countries.

The Difference You'll Make

• Picture yourself visiting customers in rural Kenya, witnessing firsthand how your product decisions create economic opportunity. Imagine celebrating with your team in Lagos as a new feature dramatically improves customer retention. Envision the satisfaction of knowing that the savings product you helped develop is funding education for thousands of children.
• At M-KOPA, success isn't measured solely by metrics on a dashboard—though those matter too. It's measured by transformed lives and communities empowered through greater financial access.

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Your Strategic Impact

• This role places you at the intersection of financial expertise and business strategy. You'll lead a team supporting Operations, Sales, Retail, and Market Development—translating M-KOPA's ambitious goals into financial frameworks that drive accountability and performance. Your insights won't just inform decisions; they'll shape the future of an organization that has already unlocked $1.5 billion in credit across five African markets.
• You will build financial partnerships that transcend traditional reporting. You'll enable leaders to see beyond the numbers to the strategic implications and opportunities. Your work will directly influence how we allocate resources, make investment decisions, and ultimately how we extend our reach to serve more customers with life-changing financial services.

Your Day-to-Day Leadership

• Your work will blend strategic guidance with hands-on leadership:
• In the morning, you might lead your team in analysing performance trends across markets, identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiency or accelerate growth. By midday, you could be presenting insights to the executive team, using your financial expertise to influence key investment decisions.
• You'll develop and deliver weekly, monthly, and quarterly performance reporting that drives accountability across the organization. Your team will become known for translating complex financial data into clear, actionable insights that empower better decision-making at all levels.
• You'll work closely with department heads to optimise resource allocation, improve margins, and align financial planning with operational realities. Your commercial acumen will help teams balance ambitious targets with financial sustainability.
• Throughout it all, you'll mentor and develop your team, building finance talent that elevates the function across the organization. Your leadership will create clear growth paths for finance professionals while fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

How Your Experience Will Create Impact

• Your background in strategic finance will find new purpose at M-KOPA. Your ability to balance rigorous performance management with forward-looking analysis will help us navigate growth challenges while maintaining financial discipline. Your experience with advanced analytics and automation will enhance our forecasting and decision-making capabilities. And your talent for developing finance professionals will build capacity that extends beyond your immediate team.
• The financial partnerships you establish won't just serve today's business needs—they'll scale to support our expansion across markets. Your leadership will help us maintain our innovative edge while ensuring financial sustainability that enables our mission to continue and grow.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA or professional qualifications (CPA, CFA, CIMA) highly desirable
• 8-10 years progressive experience in finance, with at least 3 years in senior business partnering or strategic finance roles
• Strong leadership skills with proven ability to develop high-performing teams
• Exceptional analytical capabilities and commercial acumen, with experience influencing executive-level decisions
• High proficiency in enterprise finance systems and business intelligence tools
• Demonstrated success in driving financial transformation and process improveme

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Expertise

• Our expectations are that you would be comfortable providing strategic financial leadership and actionable insights that drive business performance and profitability. You should have excellent financial modeling skills and the ability to translate complex financial data into clear recommendations for executive decision-making.
• If you value collaboration, can lead cross-functional initiatives, and are experienced in building high-performing finance teams, you probably have what it takes to join our team and shape our future.
• We are looking for candidates with 8-10 years of progressive finance experience, relevant professional qualifications (CA(SA), CFA, or CIMA), and expertise in pricing strategy, profitability analysis, and credit risk management.
• Your experience should include business partnering with senior leadership, driving financial transformation initiatives, and leveraging technology to enhance financial processes. Strong commercial acumen and the ability to balance short-term financial objectives with long-term strategic goals are essential in this role.