Head of Global Finance at Maisha Meds

As Global Head of Finance at Maisha Meds, you will be responsible for:

Operational Finances

• Overseeing the entirety of Maisha Meds’s financial function, supporting growth and expansion, minimizing financial risks, and providing data and analytics to support strategic decision-making
• Lead financial planning for the organization, and work with individual business unit and country heads to support their planning capacity
• Work with CEO and Head of People on headcount and compensation budgeting and strategies
• Oversee day-to-day finance functions including revenue recognition, accounts receivable, collections, accounts payable and financial reporting, including regulatory compliance; build next generation systems that automate day-to-day accounting functions and can scale with our pharmacy and patient growth
• Coordinate general bookkeeping activities, preparation of tax submissions across US and African entities, preparation of accounts for external audit and review
• Manage a small team of finance professionals within the organization, and work to build their skills and capacity to ready the team for future growth

Risk Management

• Developing appropriate FX hedging strategies to minimize currency exposure risk
• Developing reserves policy and investment strategy to build financial resilience
• Overseeing all matters pertaining to financial regulatory compliance, including liaising with tax and revenue authorities; auditors; and other relevant external parties as required

Strategic Finance & Decision Support

• Lead preparation of organizational financial forecasts, models, finance updates for the Board and Executive team
• Support the CSO on ad hoc strategic finance projects including developing financial models and materials for roadshows/marketing and investor presentations
• Support the CSO to refine long-range financial models including revenues, margins, capital and liquidity needs, which can be used for both internal and external communications on the organization’s finances
• Lead ad hoc financial analysis projects as required from time to time by Executive team or business unit heads

Experience Required

• Exceptional quantitative skills and commercial judgment -- ability to synthesize operational performance into scenario analyses, and create actionable recommendations
• Entrepreneurial spirit - must thrive in a fast-paced, results driven, rapidly changing environment, and effectively manage competing priorities
• Flexibility, resourcefulness, and comfort with ambiguity; ability to embrace change and build structure into a less defined work environment
• Strong prior financial modeling experience, with prior experience developing complex financial forecasts, risk analytics, valuation, financing, or corporate finance models
• Excellent interpersonal skills - excellent at communication, building relationships and working across all levels of the company
• Motivated to contribute to the organization’s growth and culture beyond the immediate bounds of the role, including for example engaging in staff development activities, culture initiatives, roundtables, etc. 
• 8+ years of progressive finance experience leading a finance team at a high-growth organization of annual turnover >$5m 
• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field (MBA or CPA preferred)
• Experience of working in organizations who have entities which operate according to US GAAP; experience of managing finances at a 501(c)(3); and experience in managing finances for organizations in receipt of funds from major donors including USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
• Prior experience in the SaaS or healthcare financing space an advantage but not prerequisite

While much of our team is based in East Africa, this role has the potential to be fully remote for the right person. We’re a small, friendly team that values open communication and mentorship, and we provide benefits including health insurance and 401(k) / pension.

Why You Should Join Us

• On a roll: Doubling year over year with new funding partnerships soon to be announced and recent expansion into Uganda, Nigeria, and Ethiopia
• Great team: Founded, managed and backed by successful veterans of Stanford School of Medicine, Google, Lions Head Investment Bank,, I&M Bank.  We have technologists, clinicians, and economists working side by side to solve difficult problems.
• Great funders: We’re backed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, USAID Development Innovation Ventures, CIFF, WHO FIND, and Pfizer to pay for healthcare on behalf of patients, with others to be announced soon.
• Huge market: Disrupting a massive, growing $50+ billion market for healthcare payments for low-income patients, with a focus on paying for health outcomes to ensure patients get better.
• Great customers: Create incentives that ensure our nurses, pharmacists, and clinicians provide excellent care and pay them when this happens.
• Impact: A fun and exciting start-up culture that empowers its people to make a huge impact.