Strategy/FP&A Director
Earth Enable
About EarthEnable
EarthEnable (Tube Heza) is transforming how people live by making homes healthier for families across rural Rwanda and helping to reduce the polluting impact of the building industry on the environment.
80% of Rwandans live in homes with dirt floors that are dusty, unsanitary, and fertile breeding grounds for parasites and germs. While replacing a dirt f loor with concrete has significant health benefits (e.g., reducing diarrhea by 50% and parasitic infections by 80%), concrete is unaffordable for many who need it and is a huge contributor to global pollution.
To counter the environmental and affordability issues surrounding concrete, EarthEnable has spent the past 8+ years developing and selling high-quality, earthen floors and plasters that are 80% cheaper than concrete with 90% less embodied energy. Our next step is a collaborative research project to identify more potential innovations in low-carbon buildings.
About the role
We are seeking an experienced and strategic FP&A Manager to join our finance team. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in financial modeling, deep proficiency in technology systems such as Looker, and a proven ability to translate strategic initiatives into actionable financial plans. This role is critical in shaping EarthEnable’s financial strategy and supporting decision-making processes to drive sustainable growth.
Key Responsibilities
Financial Planning & Analysis
● Develop and maintain robust financial models to support business planning, forecasting, and scenario analysis.
● Prepare, analyze, and present financial reports and dashboards to senior leadership and the board.
Technology Systems & Data Management
●Leverage systems such as Looker (or similar BI tools) to analyze and visualize data effectively.
●Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve data accuracy, streamline processes, and enhance reporting systems.
Strategic Financial Support
● Partner with leadership to evaluate new opportunities, including geographic expansion and operational initiatives.
● Support strategic decision-making by providing insights into key metrics such as ROI, profitability, and impact.
Budgeting & Forecasting
● Lead the annual budgeting process and track performance against financial goals.
● Identify risks and opportunities within financial projections and propose solutions to optimize outcomes.
Stakeholder Collaboration
● Work closely with other teams to ensure alignment between financial goals and operational activities.
● Serve as a key liaison between finance and technology teams to ensure systems integration supports organizational objectives.
Qualifications
- At least two years of experience in a role involving financial modeling, data analysis, and strategy.
- Expertise in Excel modeling, and in synthesizing data analysis into PowerPoint presentations.
- Experience with data infrastructure systems, coding, and automation is nice-to-have.
- Passionate about our mission, international development and social enterprise.
- Aligned with our values (1. Lead with love, 2. Do your best and never give up, 3. Embody fairness and integrity, 4. Work as one, work with joy).
- Exceptional people skills and managerial skills; avid team player with a coaching and mentoring approach.
- Ability to work on a variety of tasks at the same time, and keep track of a variety of workstreams.
- Resourcefulness and critical thinking skills to quickly determine why something isn’t working and iterate quickly to try to solve it; quick learner who loves to figure things out.
- Optimistic attitude, entrepreneurial spirit, curiosity to learn new things, creative problem solver, humble and patient team-player with a sense of humor, especially regarding some of our janky systems.
