Our Vision and Mission
emPawa Africa is a music label services platform that partners with independent African artists and labels in creating, promoting and funding their art to the world whilst maintaining their economic and creative freedom.
emPawa Africa is the brainchild of African Superstar – Mr Eazi and is home to incredible artists such as Joeboy, Nandy, DJ Neptune and Namenj.
We are looking for an ambitious, commercially minded and highly organised Finance Lead to take ownership of emPawa Africa's financial reporting and management information.
This is a hands-on role for an experienced finance professional who can bring structure, accuracy and visibility to the company's financial performance. Working closely with the leadership team, the Finance Lead will be responsible for producing accurate and timely monthly and quarterly financial reporting, including the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow, whilst providing the financial insight needed to support decision-making and the continued growth of the business.
The role will work closely with the wider finance team. Royalty accounting will be managed by other members in the Finance team, with the Finance Lead responsible for incorporating relevant financial information into the company's overall financial reporting.
Duties to include but not limited to:
- Own the preparation and delivery of monthly and quarterly management accounts, including the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement.
- Produce accurate and timely monthly financial reporting packs for the leadership team, providing clear commentary on business performance.
- Maintain a clear and accurate view of the company's cash position, cash flow and working capital, including regular cash flow forecasting.
- Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting process, working with senior leadership to establish financial plans aligned with the company's growth objectives.
- Build and maintain financial models to support business planning, investment decisions, new initiatives and scenario analysis.
- Analyse actual performance against budget and forecast, identifying key variances, trends, risks and opportunities and providing recommendations to management.
- Develop financial reporting that gives leadership clear visibility of revenue, costs, profitability, cash and overall business performance.
- Work closely with the team to ensure relevant royalty accounting information is accurately reflected in the wider company financial reporting.
- Support the leadership team with financial analysis for new business opportunities, artist investments, projects and strategic initiatives.
- Monitor expenditure and identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency and financial performance.
- Maintain robust financial controls and processes, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the company's financial information.
- Oversee the company's accounting processes and work with external accountants, auditors and other financial advisers where required.
- Ensure the company meets relevant tax, statutory and financial reporting requirements, working with external advisers where appropriate.
- Support the management of financial risk and provide proactive insight into areas requiring attention.
- Establish and maintain effective financial reporting processes as the business continues to grow.
- Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting to the leadership team as required.
The ideal candidate will have / be…
- A university degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline.
- A qualified accountant or equivalent finance professional, with relevant experience in a senior finance, financial controller or finance lead role.
- 10+ years of strong experience producing monthly management accounts, P&L, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow reporting.
- Strong financial modelling, forecasting and analytical skills.
- Experience working in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, ideally within music, entertainment, media, technology or a similarly dynamic industry.
- A strong understanding of business finance and the ability to translate financial information into clear, commercially useful insights.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
- Strong organisational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
- An excellent communicator who can explain financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
- Highly analytical, commercially minded and comfortable challenging assumptions and identifying opportunities.
- A proactive problem solver who is able to work independently and take ownership of their responsibilities.
- Comfortable working with confidential and commercially sensitive information.
- Strong computer skills and experience with accounting/financial reporting systems and Excel or equivalent financial modelling tools.
- A team player, with the ability to build effective relationships across the business.
- An interest in the music industry and emPawa's mission to support African artists.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, creative and entrepreneurial environment.
- Willing to work outside traditional office hours and travel occasionally when required.
What success looks like in this role
- The successful candidate will give the leadership team clear, accurate and timely visibility of the financial health of emPawa.
- They will ensure that every month the business has a reliable view of:
- P&L | Balance Sheet | Cash Flow | Budget vs Actuals | Forecast | Cash Position | Key Financial Risks & Opportunities
- The Finance Lead will become a trusted financial partner to the leadership team, helping emPawa make better commercial decisions while putting the financial infrastructure in place to support the company's continued growth.
Application process:
If you feel excited by the idea of becoming a member of our family, we would love to hear from you! Please apply by submitting your CV, cover letter.
Please make it personal, we receive hundreds of copy/ pasted applications!
