Regional Onboarding Manager Finance - Morocco

Purpose of Role

The Regional Onboarding Manager Finance – Morocco will lead the financial integration of newly acquired schools in Morocco, into the ISP network, ensuring accurate acquisition accounting, robust financial reporting, and operational alignment with group standards. The role encompasses pre- and post-acquisition analysis, stakeholder coordination, systems onboarding, and process improvement, with a focus on compliance, financial control, and performance monitoring to support strategic decision-making and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities

Understanding of new acquisition/greenfield Review the investment paper

* Review the due diligence reports and address the issues identified
* Gather and prepare pre-acquisition data
* Perform the acquisition accounting
* Perform reconciliation and analysis of current trading to investment plans
* Undertake necessary P&L and Balance sheet reconciliations for accurate reporting, with focus on Revenue, Staff Cost and Cash
* Review key supplier and parent contracts
* Assessing local finance teams capability

Stakeholder management

* Building relationships to enable effective influencing of project delivery
* Actively engage all key stakeholders and partners, ensuring that timely and accurate decisions are made to maintain deadlines
* Overseeing the flow of tasks and identify potential issues for proactive intervention

Feedback to Integration management

* Ensure consistent data is collected for improvement and reporting purposes
* Propose improvements to process for consideration by management team
* Collect, review, and consolidate feedback from stakeholders and report to integration management team

Reporting, Compliance & Control

* Integration of the School into the wider ISP network, ensuring policies and procedures are adopted and ISP practices are followed
* Work with incumbent finance teams to understand current finance processes and propose improvements
* Implement processes to ensure the timely and accurate reporting of all monthly and annual financial information, which include Profit and Loss account, Balance Sheet, Cashflow, Debtors and Capex reports.
* Design internal control systems for indicated functions in the school to ensure the safeguarding of regional assets and monitor and enforce internal controls.

Financial Planning and Analysis

* Preparation and submission of the school budget and in year reforecasts
* KPI and performance monitoring to identify any areas for improvement
* Perform profitability analysis.
* Assist the group with gathering data and preparing reports for key personnel as requested.
* Undertake such other reasonable responsibilities and tasks that may, from time to time, be assigned by the Divisional CFO and other key stakeholders.

Systems

* Lead the implementation and adoption of adequate accounting system, and onboard the school into the ISP financial reporting system (PBCS).
* Implement procurement tool: Scanmarket
* Assist in implementing the school management information system as appropriate

Skills, Qualifications And Experience

* Expertise in financial planning, analysis, and reporting, including proficiency in P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, and reconciliation processes.
* Strong knowledge of acquisition accounting and due diligence processes, including pre- and post-acquisition financial assessments.
* Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey complex financial data and integration updates clearly.
* Professional certification in accounting or finance (e.g., ACCA, CPA, or equivalent).
* Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other financial modeling tools.
* Experience in international or multi-school operational settings is a plus.
* Fluent in both English and French.

ISP Principles

Begin with our children and students. Our children and students are at the heart of what we do. Simply, their success is our success. Wellbeing and safety are both essential for learners and learning. Therefore, we are consistent in identifying potential safeguarding and Health & Safety issues and acting and following up on all concerns appropriately.

Treat everyone with care and respect. We look after one another, embrace similarities and differences and promote the well-being of self and others.

Operate effectively. We focus relentlessly on the things that are most important and will make the most difference. We apply school policies and procedures and embody the shared ideas of our community.

Are financially responsible. We make financial choices carefully based on the needs of the children, students and our schools.

Learn continuously. Getting better is what drives us. We positively engage with personal and professional development and school improvement.

ISP Commitment to Safeguarding Principles

ISP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including an online due diligence search, references and satisfactory Criminal Background Checks or equivalent covering the previous 10 years’ employment history.

ISP Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

ISP is committed to strengthening our inclusive culture by identifying, hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing teammates regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender expression, age, disability status, neurodivergence, socio-economic background or other demographic characteristics. Candidates who share our vision and principles and are interested in contributing to the success of ISP through this role are strongly encouraged to apply.