JOB DETAILS:
Sawa Energy is a solar energy and energy efficiency company servicing SMEs across
East Africa, with current operations in Rwanda and Uganda. They bring together international capital and local solar expertise in order to enable SMEs to get access to solar and energy efficiency solutions with no upfront cost. In doing so, Sawa Energy aims to have a big social impact, reduce carbon emissions, create jobs, increase energy access, and save money for businesses in emerging markets. Sawa Energy’s objective is to deploy a portfolio of 35 MW of solar C&I projects across East Africa within the next 5 years, and have been actively deploying since February 2021. Their clients include I&M Bank, MTN and other leading regional businesses.
Learn more at www.sawaenergy.com
Job Summary:
The company is recruiting an ambitious and energetic professional to support in the operations of the company. This role is a cross-functional role that reports directly to the Group Head of Finance & Admin with responsibilities in finance, corporate governance, accounting, and sales support. This person will be integral in executing Sawa Energy’s vision to lead the revolution of solar for SMEs in East Africa. Given that Sawa Energy is taking solar into a new realm with a new set of tools, the role will require creativity, flexibility, and dynamism.

Responsibilities
• Design and implementation of Power BI for financial reporting and integration of accounting
• software with Power BI.
• Design key finance dashboards required for reporting across the group.
• Integrate cashflow forecast into Power BI and enhanced cash flow reporting.

• Assist Head of Finance & Investment team in annual budgets and bi-annual re-forecast.

• Producing financial analysis to support decision-making.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate financial reporting and compliance.
• Update the bi-weekly cashflow forecast and reporting.
• Projects as required.
• Lead Treasury including monitoring bank accounts across group on managing cash balance and FX transfers required.
• Responsible for the input of bank transactions into the banking platforms for payment run shared by the Finance Manager.

Job Requirements:
• University degree and 2-3 years of work experience

• Excellent written and spoken English is required.
• Systematic and highly organized project manager with budget estimation skills;
• Must take personal accountability for tracking numerous activities across workstreams and driving them all to a successful conclusion.
• Must display a track record of thriving in a fast-paced sales environment, able to work towards and hit KPIs.
• Being a self-starter with an entrepreneurial spirit is paramount.
• Must be very comfortable working in the digital realm, using tools such as Google Drive (Docs,
• Slides, Sheets), CRMs and other remote working tools.
• Power BI expert.
• High level of proficiency building powerpoint presentations
• Financial modeling experience in Microsoft Excel
• Experience in accounting is desired, CPA is preferred
• Solar and engineering experience is not required
• Able to work remotely
• The role may include regional travel from time to time

Other Critical Requirements:
Technical skills
Accounting, financial modeling, writing, and presentation skills are strongly desired for this role.
Leadership
We are a team of self-starters, and expect all team members to take initiative, own their projects, and assume leadership within their set of responsibilities.

Communication
This role involves communicating both within the team, and with partners. As such, effective written and verbal communication is integral to ensure all stakeholders are aligned.
Multitasking
We are looking for a team member who can manage many projects at once while still meeting deadlines.
We seek someone with strong multitasking, decision-making, and organizational abilities to ensure the workload is managed effectively.

Only selected candidates for the interview will be contacted. For questions, reach out to hr@sawaenergy.com