Chief Finance Officer

📍 Nairobi, Kenya 💼 On-site ⏰ Full Time 📋 Permanent Contract 🏷️ Accounting and Finance

Work mode: On-site · Location: Nairobi, Kenya · Schedule: Full Time.

Minimum Experience
1 year
Application Deadline
📅 28 Nov 2026
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Job Description

Job Responsibilities

Strategic Financial Leadership

Lead financial strategy aligned to the Hospital's strategic plan.

Advise the CEO and Board on strategic, commercial and investment decisions.

Lead capital allocation, mergers, partnerships, expansion and major investments.

Strategic Decision Support

Provide forward-looking financial analysis and scenario planning.

Develop business cases for strategic initiatives.

Support Board decision-making through predictive analytics and commercial insights.

Identify emerging risks and opportunities.

Maintain productive relationships with the Board, regulators, auditors, banks, insurers, development partners and key external stakeholders.

Enterprise Performance Management

Lead Hospital-wide enterprise performance management framework.

Develop Executive and Board KPI dashboards integrating financial, operational and clinical performance.

Monitor strategic initiatives and organizational performance.

Own finance KPIs including month-end close cycle, cash conversion cycle, forecast accuracy, tax compliance, working capital, audit issue closure and elimination of material control deficiencies.

Financial Management & Reporting

Lead budgeting, forecasting, IFRS reporting and Board reporting.

Oversee multi-entity consolidation for the Hospital, Nursing College and Heart to Heart Foundation.

Ensure effective donor and grant accounting and robust internal controls.

Treasury, Capital and Commercial Finance

Manage treasury, liquidity, banking, borrowing and investments.

Lead capital project evaluation and financing.

Drive costing, pricing and profitability by service line and department.

Lead revenue cycle management, SHA/private payer relationships and receivables optimization.

Technology Leadership & Digital Transformation

Provide executive leadership for enterprise technology strategy where ICT reports to the CFO.

Champion ERP optimization, Business Intelligence, enterprise analytics and AI-enabled decision support.

Drive integration of clinical, financial and operational information systems.

Strengthen cybersecurity governance, technology risk management and digital resilience.

Evaluate technology investments and promote innovation.

Governance, Risk & Compliance

Lead enterprise financial governance, statutory compliance, risk management and fraud prevention.

Support the Audit Committee and oversee remediation of audit findings.

Oversee the Group's tax risk management.

Finance Talent Development

Develop a sustainable, high-performing finance organization.

Implement succession planning for critical finance roles.

Promote continuous professional development, coaching, mentoring and leadership development.

Foster innovation, accountability and ethical leadership.

Strategic Decision Support

Provide forward-looking financial analysis and scenario planning.

Develop business cases for strategic initiatives.

Support Board decision-making through predictive analytics and commercial insights.

Identify emerging risks and opportunities.

Maintain productive relationships with the Board, regulators, auditors, banks, insurers, development partners and key external stakeholders.

Other Requirements

Experience and Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or Economics.

MBA or Master's degree in Finance, Business Administration or related field.

CPA(K) with current ICPAK membership. ACCA, ACA, CIMA and/or CFA are preferred.

Minimum 15 years' progressive finance leadership with at least 7 years in executive leadership.

Healthcare finance, digital transformation, treasury and Board reporting experience strongly preferred.

Core Competencies

Strategic leadership with commercial acumen

Strong Enterprise performance management and corporate governance

Technology leadership and Business Intelligence

Financial modelling in Healthcare finance

Stakeholder engagement and Executive communication

Change leadership

Decision Making Authority

The CFO exercises delegated financial authority approved by the Board and serves as the principal adviser to the CEO and Board on financial strategy, enterprise performance, technology-enabled decision support, investments and capital allocation.