Fractional Chief Financial Officer – Part‑time (Kenya)

About the role

The client seeks a part‑time, fractional Chief Financial Officer to turn a proven distributed‑energy operator into an investment‑ready developer. Based primarily in Nairobi with occasional missions to Mogadishu, the role blends remote financial modelling with on‑site governance set‑up.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the capital‑raising strategy, manage the investor pipeline, information memorandum, data‑room and term‑sheet process.
• Build an integrated lender‑grade financial model with asset‑level modules, DSCR, covenant, liquidity, FX and stress‑test analytics.
• Implement lender‑ready finance governance, including treasury policy, cash waterfall, delegations, reporting calendar and board KPI packs.
• Design HoldCo–AssetCo SPV structures, supporting agreements and implementation plans together with external legal counsel.
• Train the internal finance team and deliver a documented hand‑over package.

Required profile

• Senior finance leader (CFO or VP Finance) with ten or more years of relevant experience.
• Proven blended‑finance transaction and DFI/impact‑investor engagement experience in frontier markets.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver finance governance and capital‑raising in fragile‑state operating environments.

Required skills

• Three‑statement and project‑finance modelling, DSCR and covenant analytics.
• Treasury cash‑waterfall management and SPV/HoldCo structuring.
• Investor data‑room management.
• IFRS and risk‑management expertise in USD‑dominated frontier markets.