Finance Transformation Manager — M-KOPA

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[https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/5ac97b31-49cd-4012-8bb0-5caf15e33c69/B25.png] FINANCE TRANSFORMATION MANAGER — M-KOPA [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/2c6957b4-39d2-40b3-8eb6-7e380a0c2f9c/B13.png] You've built systems, automated processes, or solved technical problems that changed how people work. Now imagine applying that thinking to finance. We're not looking for a finance professional who happens to be technical. We're looking for a technical thinker who wants to apply that thinking to finance — and we'd rather wait for the right person than compromise on the technical capability that matters here. Where this sits. M-KOPA is one of Africa's fastest-growing fintechs, now serving 7 million customers across five markets and having unlocked over $2 billion in credit. Our finance function runs on Microsoft Dynamics and Anaplan, and increasingly on Claude — and we've reached the point where making that stack genuinely intelligent needs someone who thinks like an engineer first — someone who sees technology, automation and intelligent systems as core to how the finance function should operate. [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/5e9f3448-2fed-4b66-b1ee-9474279a7947/B13.png] Why now. We've grown from 5 million customers to 7 million, with 10 million next in view. That growth doesn't need more traditional finance transformation — it needs someone who looks at reconciliation, reporting, and planning the way a technologist looks at any inefficient system: as something to be automated, restructured, or rebuilt. 86% of our customers report improved quality of life, and 70% use our products to generate income — the infrastructure behind those numbers needs someone who brings a fundamentally technical lens to how finance processes are designed, improved and scaled. What makes this different. Most "finance transformation" hires are finance people with a technology interest. We're doing the opposite: hiring a technical builder and giving them finance as the domain to apply it to. You don't need to know what a trial balance is on day one — you need to be genuinely curious enough to learn it fast, and technically strong enough that learning it is the easy part. What we can't teach is the instinct to look at a manual process and immediately see three ways to automate it. That instinct is the job. [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/ba282a12-7335-4f14-b5d0-85744a5ad867/B7.png] Who we're looking for. - A Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or comparable technical background — or demonstrable equivalent capability if your path here was less conventional. This is the primary profile for the role, not a nice-to-have alongside finance experience. - Demonstrable, hands-on experience using Claude to solve real problems and create measurable value — whether through automating processes, building tools and agents, analysing information, or driving genuine productivity gains. You should be comfortable demonstrating how you've used Claude in practice and what you've built or improved as a result. - Strong learning agility, problem-solving instinct, and genuine curiosity about finance — no prior finance experience required or expected. What we need is someone who can pick up the domain quickly while bringing technical strength that complements and extends the existing team's capabilities. What the work looks like. You'll sit inside the finance team with a different lens — you'll notice opportunities that can be harder to see when you've worked within the same processes for years. Some weeks that means digging into why Dynamics and Anaplan disagree on a number and fixing the integration, not just flagging it. Other weeks it means building a Claude-powered agent that turns a two-day reconciliation into two hours, then teaching the finance team when to trust it and when not to. You'll own data integrity across the finance stack, support audit processes with properly structured data, and act as the bridge between finance and engineering — trusted by both because you bring deep fluency in systems and technology, alongside the curiosity and learning agility to quickly build fluency in finance. Reality check. This role may mean being the person with a very different technical background in a room full of finance professionals — and using that difference as an advantage, not a disadvantage. It also means real ambiguity: no existing playbook, systems that are live while you're improving them, and a finance team that will need convincing before they trust an automated process over a manual one they know works. If that sounds uncomfortable, this probably isn't for you. If it sounds like the kind of problem a strong technologist actually enjoys, you're probably exactly who we're looking for. Where you work from. Remote or based in any of our operating markets — capability matters more than location. If you've built real things with Claude, you think in systems rather than spreadsheets, and you're curious enough about finance to want to learn it properly rather than avoid it — let's talk about what that looks like at M-KOPA scale. WHY M-KOPA? At M-KOPA, we empower our people to own their careers through diverse development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. We support individual journeys with family-friendly policies, prioritize well-being, and embrace flexibility. Join us in shaping the future of M-KOPA as we grow together. Explore more at m-kopa.com http://m-kopa.com. [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/369018b8-cf9c-49c7-95f1-1d414482ba57/B13.png] Recognized four times by the Financial Times as one Africa's fastest growing companies (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026), named on CNBC's World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025 & 2026 and by TIME100 Most influential companies in the world 2023 and 2024 , we've served over 10 million customers, unlocking $2 billion in cumulative credit for the everyday earners across Africa, in addition to over 10,000 e-bikes financed in Kenya. [https://app.ashbyhq.com/api/images/user-content/1d985516-2a99-43c0-b591-957f5adaceb9/481f6724-8375-4f39-b514-fbe00b8fc3b5/B13.png] Important Notice M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff. Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. M-KOPA explicitly prohibits the use of Forced or Child Labour and respects the rights of its employees to agree to terms and conditions of employment voluntarily, without coercion, and freely terminate their employment on appropriate notice. M-KOPA shall ensure that its Employees are of legal working age and shall comply with local laws for youth employment or student work, such as internships or apprenticeships. M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for ‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’, or any other kind of money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring process. Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Shortlisting and interviews will take place at any stage during the recruitment process. We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a suitable candidate is selected before the advertised closing date. If your application is successful M-KOPA undertakes pre-employment background checks as part of its recruitment process, these include; criminal records, identification verification, academic qualifications, employment dates and employer references.