Manager Planning & Reporting
Role purpose
To lead strategic planning, financial and non-financial performance reporting, forecasting and data analytics for M-Pesa, ensuring timely, accurate and insightful reporting to support management decision-making, regulatory compliance and sustainable business growth.
Key accountabilities and decision ownership
- Lead the M-Pesa strategic planning and forecasting cycle, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts and long-term outlooks.
- Analyse revenues, costs, product margins and new service profitability to support strategic and commercial decisions.
- Monitor financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide performance insights to senior management.
- Prepare and consolidate key management reports, dashboards and presentations (monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc).
- Prepare and submit non-financial regulatory reports to the Central Bank (BCC) in line with reporting requirements.
- Track M-Pesa operational metrics such as active customers, transaction volumes, agent/merchant performance and service usage trends.
- Ensure data accuracy by working closely with Finance Operations, Treasury, Commercial, IT and Data teams.
- Support business case development for new products, services and partnerships.
- Identify performance gaps, trends, and opportunities through structured data analysis and propose improvement actions.
- Strengthen data governance and reporting processes to improve data quality, consistency, and automation.
- Lead the M-Pesa strategic planning and forecasting cycle, including annual budgets, rolling forecasts and long-term outlooks.
- Analyse revenues, costs, product margins and new service profitability to support strategic and commercial decisions.
- Monitor financial and non-financial key performance indicators (KPIs) and provide performance insights to senior management.
- Prepare and consolidate key management reports, dashboards and presentations (monthly, quarterly and ad-hoc).
- Prepare and submit non-financial regulatory reports to the Central Bank (BCC) in line with reporting requirements.
- Track M-Pesa operational metrics such as active customers, transaction volumes, agent/merchant performance and service usage trends.
- Ensure data accuracy by working closely with Finance Operations, Treasury, Commercial, IT and Data teams.
- Support business case development for new products, services and partnerships.
- Identify performance gaps, trends, and opportunities through structured data analysis and propose improvement actions.
- Strengthen data governance and reporting processes to improve data quality, consistency, and automation.
Job Related Skill
- Strong financial analysis and business interpretation skills
- Advanced data analytics and reporting capabilities
- High attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to simplify complex data into clear insights
- Strong financial analysis and business interpretation skills
- Advanced data analytics and reporting capabilities
- High attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
- Ability to simplify complex data into clear insights
Job Knowledge
- Strong understanding of mobile money / fintech business models
- Knowledge of planning, budgeting and forecasting methodologies
- Familiarity with BCC non-financial reporting frameworks
- Experience using data tools and platforms (Power BI, Excel, BICP, MDF, etc.)
- Understanding of operational and customer data in the telecom / fintech environment.
Job Experience
- Minimum 5–10 years of experience in planning, reporting or business analytics
- Experience in telecom, fintech or financial services preferred
- Proven track record in management reporting and data-driven insights
- Experience supporting strategic initiatives and performance improvement programs
Must have technical / professional qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Statistics, Business Analytics or related field
- Professional qualification (ACCA, CIMA, CPA, or equivalent) is an advantage