Corporate Overview

BURN Manufacturing designs produces and distributes Africa’s best-selling, fuel-efficient biomass, electric, hybrid, and liquid fuel cooking appliances. Not only do our products save money, fuel, and natural resources, but they also dramatically reduce harmful indoor smoke emissions which can cause significant health problems, even death.

With more than a 1.2Millon+ stoves sold since commencing manufacturing operations in 2013, BURN has established itself as Africa’s most trusted cookstove brand thanks to our unwavering commitment to innovative research and design, and manufacturing excellence, and customer care.

BURN is now the only vertically integrated modern cookstove company in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our solar-powered facility currently has a capacity of 45,000 stoves per month. We are proud to employ 400 team members throughout Kenya and East Africa, and support a workforce that is 50 percent female, thus empowering women in roles traditionally considered to be “for men only.”

Among our national and global honors, we have received the 2018 Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award for being among the world’s leaders in clean energy solutions, the 2018 Swiss Energy and Climate Summit Award for our pitch on the impact of clean-burning stoves, and the 2015 Ashden Green Energy International Award for empowering women with new economic opportunities

Job description

About the role:

BURN is looking for a Financial Modelling Specialist who will work with the Senior Management and the Finance Team to analyze the organization's revenues and expenses and give a forecast of the numbers to guide the Senior Management team on spending decisions in the future. The core focus of the role will be to create complex financial models to ensure the business is maximizing returns and opportunities.

Duties and responsibilities: 

• Create and develop complex financial models to support the BURN group in maximizing opportunities
• Maintain and improve the corporate financial model and other financial models in cooperation with the CFO and department heads
• Support modelling in other departments  
• Incorporate other financial models to understand their impact on corporate financial model  
• Identify and research variances
• Create and analyze different financial scenarios  
• Active role in the budgeting process
• Carry out monthly and quarterly forecasting
• Other ad hoc analysis

Requirements  

• Exceptional Knowledge of Excel and/or other modeling tools
• Knowledge of Microsoft NAV ERP
• 5 years’ experience in Financial Modeling in an international environment 

Education Background  

• Bachelor's degree in Finance 
• A Master's degree in Finance and/or CFA would be an added advantage

How to apply

If you believe you can clearly demonstrate your abilities to meet the criteria given above, please submit your application with a detailed CV to the email:[email protected]