Kijani Forestry is hiring a Financial Planning and Analyst responsible for building and strengthening our financial planning, forecasting, and reporting capabilities in a complex, decentralised environment. This role goes beyond traditional FP&A – it requires someone who can operate with incomplete information, build structure from ambiguity, and translate operational realities into clear financial insight. You will work closely with the Finance Director and cross-functional teams (operations, carbon, procurement, field teams, and leadership) to drive data-led decision-making as the business scales.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
Financial Planning & Forecasting
- Lead and continuously improve the annual budgeting and rolling forecast processes
- Maintain integrated financial forecasts across P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Develop and refine driver-based financial models, linking operational metrics (e.g. planting volumes, headcount, logistics) to financial outcomes
- Support long-term planning and scenario modelling for growth and funding strategies
Analysis & Insight
- Deliver high-quality budget vs actual (BvA) analysis, clearly explaining key drivers, risks, and variances
- Analyse operational and financial data to identify trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities
- Translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for leadership
- Support strategic decisions through scenario, sensitivity, and investment analysis
Reporting
- Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting packs for leadership and investors
- Support board and investor reporting with clear, concise financial narratives
- Develop dashboards and reporting frameworks to improve visibility on key KPIs
- Ensure consistency and accuracy across financial and operational reporting
Business Partnership
- Partner with teams across field operations, procurement, and central functions
- Translate operational plans into financial implications and vice versa
- Challenge assumptions, validate inputs, and improve financial discipline across the business
- Support planning for key cost areas including labour, logistics, and materials
Financial Modelling & Strategic Support
- Own and enhance the company’s core financial model
- Conduct scenario, sensitivity, and stress testing for strategic initiatives
- Support capital planning, cash flow management, and funding analysis
- Provide insights on cost structures, scaling dynamics, and operational efficiency
- Process & Systems
- Build and improve FP&A processes, reporting frameworks, and planning tools from the ground up
- Drive automation and efficiency in reporting workflows (Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Xero integrations)
- Improve data quality and structure across financial and operational systems
- Establish scalable processes suitable for a high-growth, decentralised environment
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- You are a highly analytical and commercially minded finance professional who thrives in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- 3–6 years’ experience in FP&A, corporate finance, management accounting, or similar
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- Strong financial modelling skills (advanced Excel required)
- Solid understanding of financial statements and how they link (P&L, BS, CF)
- Ability to work with imperfect data and evolving systems
- Comfortable building processes and models from scratch
- Strong stakeholder management skills with confidence to challenge assumptions
- Highly structured thinker with strong attention to detail
- Proactive, ownership-driven, and self-motivated
- Highly Valued (but not required)
- Experience in startups, high-growth environments, or emerging markets
- Exposure to operationally complex businesses (logistics, agriculture, manufacturing, etc.)
- Experience with tools such as Xero, Airtable, Power BI/Tableau, Google Sheets
- Experience supporting investor or board-level reporting
What Success Looks Like
- Clear, reliable financial forecasts that reflect operational reality
- High-quality insights that influence decision-making across the business
- Strong financial discipline embedded in planning and execution
- Scalable FP&A processes that support rapid growth
- Improved visibility on key drivers of cost, performance, and cash flow
How to Apply:
Send your CV to careers@kijaniforestry.com and hr@kijaniforestry.com
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
