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.