Position Overview

Educate!, Educate!, a high-growth and award-winning non-profit social enterprise, is seeking a strategic Chief Financial Officer (CFO)/Global Director of Finance to serve as the architect of our financial health and to build the organizational infrastructure needed to support our ambitious scale.

Educate! views finance not just as a compliance function, but as a strategic engine for impact. The right person will be a "strategic architect" who can look beyond the numbers to craft the narrative of our financial future, ensuring our staffing, systems, and processes are built to match our organization and strategy. You will be obsessed with efficiency and eager to design bespoke financial systems that are lean, actionable, and specifically tailored to match the unique stage of each of our products—from pilot to massive scale.

Educate! has grown 3x over the last 4 years, and keen to keep going. The right person will love solving complex strategic problems and coaching teams to internalize cost-consciousness and data-driven decision-making in order to make continued growth a reality. Uniquely, this role does not require a traditional CFO background; we are also open to finance-oriented management consultants, general managers, or strategy/operations leaders.

What You’ll Do🌟

Financial Oversight (20%)  

• Provide strategic leadership over financial operations and restrictions management to ensure a strong, sustainable cash position across all countries.
• Oversee accurate, timely financial reporting and maintain internal controls that keep the organization fully audit-ready at all times.
• Champion a culture of cost consciousness and financial discipline, ensuring teams use resources efficiently and responsibly.
• Ensure financial information is consistently reliable, on time, and actionable for leaders and stakeholders to make sound, data-driven decisions.
• Drive swift and effective resolution of all audit recommendations, ensuring financial integrity and compliance remain a non-issue and never disrupt organizational success.

Systems building (20%)

• Design and build lean financial systems and processes that are specifically tailored to match the product stage and business model of each program model
• Collaborate with program leaders to review and develop country-level finance systems that support optimum field delivery operations while establishing and promoting an appropriate control environment.
• Your work will ensure teams in the field can deliver with excellence, supported by robust financial practices.
• Develop financial systems that empower product and implementation teams to focus on what matters most at each stage: speed, quality, or scale by eliminating unnecessary procedures and enabling operational clarity.
• Create systems that evolve with the organization’s growth, ensuring efficiency without unnecessary complexity, and enable us to build and scale products that measurably improve the lives of millions of youth.

Strategic Financial Analysis (20%)

• Define and prioritize key financial metrics: Partner with the CEO, COO, Chief Education and Innovation Officer (CEdIO), and CPO to identify the most critical financial metrics for each product and stage of growth.
• Design and implement actionable systems: Lead the rollout of systems that translate complex financial data into clear, strategic insights for leadership decision-making.
• Enable leaders with practical financial tools: Equip operational and product leaders with intuitive financial models and core metrics they can actively use.
• Drive sustainable growth: Empower teams to make confident, strategic decisions that maximize financial sustainability and long-term impact for each product and program

Compliance (10%)

• Partner with country teams to implement and monitor strict adherence to all risk management measures, internal controls, and financial regulations, including tax and human capital laws.
• Act on key reports and recommendations to strengthen and improve the organization’s financial ecosystem.
• Strategic Compliance Leadership: Ensure all critical compliance requirements are fully met, and lower-priority obligations are managed strategically, so that compliance matters never undermine organizational success.

External Reporting (15%)

• Lead financial forecasting and the creation, review, and analysis of reports to support strategic decision-making.
• Develop and review budgets for proposals and funder/payer reporting, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and timeliness.
• Deliver financial reporting to funders and the board that is reliable, transparent, and strategically framed, presenting complex budgets in the simplest, most understandable way for organization-wide clarity and efficiency.
• Streamline complex reporting processes to minimize time and effort while maintaining accuracy and insight.

Technology Leadership for Finance & Administration (15%)

• Drive continuous improvement of finance and administration systems by assessing team needs, auditing current processes, and researching industry best practices.
• Ensure global and country-level finance and admin functions leverage the most effective technology to operate efficiently, reduce costs, and strengthen overall financial sustainability.
• Lead technology initiatives that optimize workflows, increase productivity, and enhance the organization’s operational resilience.

Who You Are 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️ 

• Experience: 6-10 years of strategic leadership experience, including oversight over strategic finance and operational systems. Specific finance leadership is NOT required - however oversight over finance systems and reporting and strategic financial management experience is. Finance oriented management consultants, general managers and strategy/operations leaders are encouraged to apply.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills for working with global leaders
• Strategic problem-solving and problem ownership orientation
• Ability to apply financial modeling and simplicity in solution design to build lean finance systems that align with the organization's strategy. Resonate with our Five Cultural Tenets (see What is Educate! About? below) and learn more by looking at Educate!’s culture deck here.

Terms💼

• A vibrant, mission-driven environment with a supportive and fun team. 
• Competitive salary based on market factors and commensurate with experience.
• Benefits will align with the country of hire (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, or, Rwanda) and typically include medical and travel insurance, Learning & growth opportunities, flexibility on work hours when needed and hybrid work, paid leave plus one week of office closure over the December holidays, and more.
• African candidates strongly preferred. 
• We will also consider applications from exceptional candidates based outside East Africa and the UK, where we do not have a physical office. For these candidates, the role will be remote and will involve substantial travel.

We’re looking for a strategic, analytical, and solutions-driven Senior Operations Manager to lead Driver Engagement, Marketplace Efficiency, Rider Growth, and Platform Safety in Tanzania. This role is central to the success of our local operations — from supply retention to rider lifecycle, platform safety, and expansion. You will own mission-critical KPIs and drive initiatives that scale our marketplace and ensure a safe, compliant, and high-performing ecosystem.

With over 200 million customers in 50+ countries, Bolt is one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Europe and Africa. And it's all thanks to our people.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment where everyone is welcome, regardless of race, colour, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, or disability.

Our ultimate goal is to make cities for people, not cars, and we need your help to achieve this mission!

Your role will have a direct and tangible impact on local operations that you can see in real-time. If you’re ready to take full ownership of your work, disrupt the marketplace, and shape movement patterns in the urban landscape - here’s your chance! You will be leading the local operations team and working closely with other cross-functional/HQ stakeholders to support our mission to make cities more sustainable, accessible and affordable.

• Driver Engagement, Retention & Growth: Lead driver engagement strategies to build an active, high-quality supply base; optimize onboarding, activation, and reactivation to achieve >90% MoM retention; and launch reward, support, and data-driven programs to improve performance, loyalty, and reduce churn.
• Marketplace Performance & Unit Economics: Maximize Finished Rides while ensuring alignment with Payback and IRR targets; continuously monitor marketplace health and implement initiatives that improve efficiency and outcomes.
• City-Level Operations & Execution: Own city-level performance by identifying blockers, defining solutions, and executing city-specific strategies in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Supply–Demand Optimization: Optimize the balance between supply and demand to reduce cancellations, improve ETAs, and enhance overall marketplace reliability and quality.
• Rider Growth & Experience: Drive growth in active riders and rides per user, improve rider retention and LTV through targeted engagement, category expansion, and close partnership with Marketing on demand-side campaigns.
• Risk, Safety & Compliance: Lead safety initiatives in collaboration with government, LATRA, and law enforcement; ensure compliance with local laws and policies including tax reporting; and mitigate risks by maintaining marketplace quality and trip authenticity.
  

• Experience: 9+ years in operations, mobility, marketplace platforms, or logistics.
• Leadership: Proven track record leading large-scale operational or marketplace functions.
• Data-Driven: Strong analytical mindset with expert-level Excel or Google Sheets skills.
• Execution-Oriented: Strategic thinker who can drive measurable outcomes.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication in English (Swahili a plus).
• Adaptable: Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Customer-Focused: Passion for improving the experience of both riders and drivers.

Experience is great, but what we really look for is drive, intelligence, and integrity. Even if you don’t tick every box, please consider applying.

• Play a direct role in shaping the future of mobility.

• Impact millions of customers and partners in 600+ cities across 50 countries.

• Work in fast-moving autonomous teams with some of the smartest people in the world.

• Accelerate your professional growth with unique career opportunities.

• Get a rewarding salary and stock option package that lets you focus on doing your best work.

• Enjoy the flexibility of working in a hybrid mode with a minimum of 2 days in the office each week to foster strong connections and teamwork..

• Take care of your physical and mental health with our wellness perks.

*Some perks may differ depending on your location.