Chief Financial Officer
Well-established social enterprise in Kenya needs a CFO. They are an African-led, women-led social enterprise providing low-cost, high-quality meals for primary school children in Kenya.
We have been retained by a well-established social enterprise in Kenya to hire a Chief Financial Officer. They are an African-led, women-led social enterprise that uses technology, smart operations, and logistics to provide low-cost, high-quality meals that improve nutrition and education outcomes for primary school children in Kenya.
They are growing quickly and have a large injection of funds from a Foundation in the USA. Their mission is to scale models that prioritise efficient supply chain management and sustainable sourcing, so they can continue lowering the cost of school lunches. They have delivered over 52,000,000 meals since 2012 and are expanding to reach their goal of serving at least 1,000,000 public primary school students in Kenya every day by 2027.
Their growth is not only in Kenya. It is also in developing an offering to advice other African Governments on how they can introduce schools feeding programmes and can support other providers through creating a centre of excellence that demonstrates how their business model operates.
The CFO will lead a sound finance team and will make a strategic contribution to the running and growth of the organisation, so our client wants someone who has 10+ years of experience with at least 5 years of experience focused on successfully managing a budget, strategic financing, and operating plan in a US$50 million - US$100 million growth company or organisation. This is most likely to have been in the food manufacturing, distribution or retail sectors or in wider consumer goods. The position is based in Nairobi, Kenya and there is a competitive salary for this role.