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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.

Please send your CV and Cover Letter to samc@victoryfarmskenya.com