Finance & Procurement Manager

Role Overview

This management position carries ownership of the firm's money end to end — from capturing chargeable time on a matter through to the cash landing in the bank, and from sourcing a supplier through to the invoice being settled. Sitting on the leadership team and reporting directly to the Managing Partner, the holder is the firm's financial conscience: shaping cash-flow strategy, tightening internal controls, and making sure every shilling owed to the practice is invoiced, chased, and collected. In a partnership where revenue depends on billable effort and client trust, this role directly determines whether the firm's numbers reflect the work actually performed.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the Managing Partner's principal financial adviser, contributing to cash-flow forecasting, expenditure discipline, and profitability strategy across practice areas.
• Produce a daily cash-position snapshot, weekly billing and debtor trackers, and full monthly management accounts for leadership review.
• Own the general ledger and the transactional finance cycle — payables, receivables, payroll runs, petty cash, and reconciliation of bank and supplier statements.
• Run the fee-note process from work-in-progress through to final billing, monitoring unbilled fees, disbursements, client reimbursements, and trust account balances.
• Drive collections personally, including face-to-face follow-ups with slow-paying clients, maintaining aged-debtor reporting and logging agreed repayment commitments.
• Manage the complete procurement cycle — requisition approval, vendor sourcing, quotation comparison, due diligence, contract negotiation, and ongoing supplier performance review.
• Build and maintain internal controls that close off financial leakage, flag variances early, and prevent budget overruns; oversee statutory remittances for VAT, PAYE, withholding tax, and corporate tax.
• Liaise with external auditors, bankers, tax authorities and legal regulators, and supervise, coach, and appraise the finance, billing, and procurement staff assigned to the function.

Requirements & Qualifications

• KCSE mean grade of B (Plain) or its equivalent as a minimum.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a closely related discipline, at Second Class Honours, Upper Division or above.
• Completed CPA (K), ACCA, or an equivalent recognised professional accounting qualification.
• At least six years of progressive financial accounting experience, with a minimum of three of those years spent managing or supervising a finance team.
• Prior exposure to a law firm, professional services partnership, or other billable-hours environment is strongly preferred.
• Working command of legal practice accounting, time-and-billing systems, and ERP accounting software.
• Demonstrated negotiation ability with vendors, firmness in debtor conversations, strong analytical judgement, and an uncompromising ethical standard.

What We Offer / Why Join

• A management-level appointment reporting directly to the Managing Partner, with real influence over the firm's financial direction.
• Monthly gross salary of Ksh 150,000.
• Full-time, on-site role based in Nairobi within a global law firm environment.