Finance Manager

Location: Nairobi and Homa Bay, Kenya (12-18 months); Tanzania (long-term)
Reports To: Group Chief Financial Officer, Kenya Finance Director

Employment Type: Full-Time
Salary range: 125,000 to 175,000 KES monthly gross pay
Bonus range: 0% to 30% of earned salary, awarded annually, gross pay

Role summary

We seek capable, responsible Finance Manager to lead financial operations for an innovative tilapia farm in East Africa. The successful candidate will run financial processes and analyze the financial health of departments, directly supporting other core functions (e.g., human resources, procurement), and drive resource efficiency across teams.

This role is intended to become a founding member of a new Victory business unit in Tanzania. The role will first be based in Kenya for a 12 to 18-month period of on-the-job learning and development. Following this period, in the first half of 2026, the role will permanently transition to Tanzania.

About Victory Group

Victory Group is a regenerative, tech-driven, vertically integrated aquaculture platform farming and selling tilapia in East Africa.

Victory runs all aspects of the tilapia value chain – farming inputs, milling feed, cultivating broodstock and eggs, hatching fingerlings, growing mature tilapia, processing fish, running cold-chain distribution, and retailing produced fish throughout Kenya, Rwanda, and more.

Victory deploys innovation at each step of the way – from indigenous feed inputs to drone-based egg transport to data-driven stocking algorithms – striving to serve the most affordable, sustainable animal protein on the planet.

And Victory continues to accelerate, qualifying as one of Africa’s Fastest-Growing Companies for three years running (per Statista and Financial Times). Victory is now comprised of three businesses: Victory Farms (tilapia farm in Kenya), Kivu Choice (tilapia farm in Rwanda), and Samakgro (feed mill in Kenya).

Key Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain robust end-to-end business process management across various operations (Farm, Lake, Logistics, Sales).
• Drive financial planning and analysis to support decision-making and business growth. Kenya, Rwanda, Netherlands
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and execute cost-saving opportunities.
• Develop and monitor key performance indicators to ensure operational efficiency and financial performance.
• Act as a co-pilot for all major investment activities at the farm, logistics, and in sales.
• Manage international procurement processes with an eye towards savings and efficient shipments.
• Provide essential operational and financial inputs for budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes.
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations and company policies.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders across the business, including: Farm and Lake Operations teams, Logistics Operations team, Commerce Leadership & Sales Operations teams, Internal Audit & Enterprise Risk Manager, Group CFO, Finance Directors, and Finance teams.
• Spend a meaningful amount of time at farm and logistics centers to become fully engrained and familiar with all facets of the business.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field such as accounting, finance, business administration, or a related discipline.
• CPA-K or ACCA Qualification.
• 7+ years of relevant experience in operational finance combined with managing results together with the business/budget owners.
• Experience in deploying and using systems & methods to enforce controls and checks & balances.
• Demonstrated ability to work well within teams and sensitivity to organizational dynamics.
• Proven business partnering capabilities and commitment to disciplined and ethical business practices.
• Proactive and self-motivated with a willingness to challenge existing norms.
• Effective communication skills to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• Fluency in written and spoken English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Finance background in FMCG or Agriculture sector.

Why Join Us?

• Mission: Victory tilapia is among the world’s most affordable and sustainable animal proteins. We believe that we provide the protein solution for Africa – and do it with a regenerative model, where company, consumers, and environment all benefit.
• Growth: Victory has maintained its place among the fastest-growing companies on the continent. The company, your role, and our collective impact will continue to rise.
• Development: A role at Victory means structured pathways for your professional development – opportunities to learn new skills, broaden your responsibility, and grow your role scope with the company scale.