Senior Regional Finance Lead

Turaco is seeking a finance leader to oversee and transform its finance operations across multiple markets, focusing on efficiency, automation, and scalability.

This senior leadership position requires a blend of strong technical finance expertise and a proactive, builder-oriented mindset. The successful candidate will gain a comprehensive understanding of financial operations across various markets, elevate the team's performance, and spearhead transformative changes in finance practices. The goal is to establish a finance function that is efficient, accurate, and capable of scaling effectively with the Group's expansion. The role emphasizes an AI-first approach to finance, driving automation of manual processes to free up the team for review, judgment, and strategic insights, and contributing to the broader finance strategy, including the implementation of a new finance system.

1. Coordinate regional finance leads to ensure timely and consistent financial closures across all entities.
2. Establish shared deadlines, quality standards, and key performance indicators, addressing recurring issues at a process level.
3. Assume full responsibility for finance operations, reporting, and controls for an assigned portfolio of markets, serving as the senior finance partner.
4. Mentor and develop regional finance leads, including their proficiency in automation and AI tools.
5. Implement Turaco’s AI-first finance strategy with regional teams, automating manual processes to focus efforts on analysis and insights.
6. Contribute to the development of the wider finance strategy, including the deployment of a new finance system.
7. Lead the monthly close and consolidation for the Group holding company, managing intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.
8. Produce management accounts, variance analysis, and investor reports that provide clear business explanations.
9. Support year-end processes, audits, and statutory accounts in compliance with IFRS and IFRS
10. Manage the annual group budget and reforecasts with country teams, monitoring performance against plans.
11. Oversee group cash flow reporting and forecasting, ensuring proper capital and operating cash deployment across entities and identifying funding needs proactively.
12. Take charge of payments, procurement, and receivables across the Group, including partner premium collections.
13. Ensure efficient cash movement, robust payment controls, and value-driven spending.
14. Manage tax matters across all jurisdictions with country teams and advisors, including the tax setup for new entities.
15. Integrate controls directly into processes and systems.
16. Collaborate with external auditors to maintain audit readiness throughout the year.

1. Adherence to Turaco’s values: customer care, integrity, low ego, and enjoyment.
2. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
3. CPA or ACCA qualification.
4. Minimum of 7 years of experience in finance, including Big 4 experience and leadership roles in teams or multi-country finance.
5. Practical experience in consolidating a multi-entity, multi-country group.
6. Solid understanding of IFRS; experience with insurance or IFRS 17 is beneficial.
7. An AI-first mindset, prioritizing automation for manual, recurring tasks using AI agents and tools.
8. Demonstrated daily use of AI tools in finance work, with examples of delivered automations that reduced time and errors.
9. A collaborative change leader who thrives with high-performing finance leaders, brings innovative ideas, and facilitates new ways of working across teams.
10. Strong data skills and proficiency with finance systems and large datasets.
11. Experience in a tech or high-growth business, or a strong desire to work in such an environment.
12. High integrity, meticulous attention to detail, and ability to meet strict deadlines.
13. Proficiency in IFRS and IFRS 17 financial reporting.
14. Expertise in multi-entity consolidation, intercompany transactions, and foreign currency translation.
15. Skills in treasury, liquidity, and capital allocation.
16. Ability to optimize working capital.
17. Strong financial planning and analysis capabilities.
18. Knowledge of cross-border tax compliance and structuring.
19. Experience in process mapping and redesign.
20. Skills in workflow automation and AI agent design.
21. Effective use of AI tools for analysis and reporting.
22. Proficiency in data analysis and visualization.
23. Ability to design internal controls.
24. Negotiation and bargaining skills.
25. Strong stakeholder management abilities.