Financial Planning & Analysis Officer ENGIE Energy Access

ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,800 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.9 million customers and more than 9 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.
www.engie-energyaccess.com

Purpose/Mission
As Financial Planning & Associate, you will join the Global FP&A team that manages business planning processes and provides data and analysis to drive strategic decisions across our 9 countries of operation. In this role, you will draw powerful insights for action from our unique, extensive, and rich dataset to drive the development of financial models and strategy execution. Your financial acumen and data insight will make a meaningful impact by enabling ENGIE Energy Access to continuously innovate on how we expand our business and serve our customers.

Responsibilities
• Own yearly budgeting, reforecasting and financial modeling for 3 PAYGO and minigrid markets.
• Develop and manage datasets, reports and analysis to ensure that country and global teams have access to the data and insights that they need to make key business decisions.
Lead the development of new EEA processes, analyses and tools to support operations at the country and global level.
• Develop EEA’s financial model (Vena) as well as models for standalone projects to ensure accurate and data-driven forecasting.
Analyze financial and business data to drive improvements on sales, pricing, risk management and cost efficiency.
• Leverage strong country-team relationships and communication skills to support countries in meeting their financial targets.

Experience:
• 3+ years of professional work experience
• 3+ years of work experience or in business analysis, data analysis, financial analysis, or similar, particularly in sectors like retail financial services, microfinance or off-grid solar.
• Strong critical thinking and an analytical mindset; able to draw actionable insights from numbers and data and present them in a clear and compelling way.
• Skilled in project management, with an exceptional ability to collaborate, influence, and execute against strategy.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to translate complex financial data into actionable messaging to non-finance audiences.
• Good skills in financial modeling and analysis

Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher

Language(s):
• English

Technology:
• Strong skills in MS Excel
• Strong skills in financial modeling and analysis
• Basic understanding of accounting principles
• SQL skills are a plus
• Experience with financial planning software (e. g. Vena, Anaplan) is a plus