Finance Officer — Aga Khan Academy — Maputo

About the Finance Officer role at Aga Khan Academy Maputo

The Aga Khan Academy Maputo is a residential school part of a network with academies in Mombasa, Hyderabad, Maputo and Dhaka. It teaches the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum, from early years to diploma level. The Maputo campus has operated since 2013 in an environment that values pluralism, merit and high standards of work.

The Finance Department is looking to expand its team with a Finance Officer. The school operates daily, with families paying tuition fees, suppliers requiring payment, and auditors requesting information. It is a role with its own rhythm: the academic year has peak periods, and finance is the quiet engine keeping everything running.

Your day-to-day

• Handle the school's financial operations — fee collection from families and payment processing — and support tax compliance, ensuring Mozambican obligations and deadlines are met;
• Keep the academy's financial records organised, complete and up to date — auditors and management rely on these, and you will respond to them promptly;
• Handle sensitive information (salaries, families, amounts): confidentiality is not an afterthought, it is part of the job;
• Carry out other tasks assigned by your direct manager — typical for a lean team where everyone steps in where needed.

Who we are looking for

The academy is looking for someone who can work independently without losing track: organise their own schedule, meet tight deadlines without compromising on quality, and know when to escalate an issue. Three years working with numbers — in accounting or another finance role — will give you the foundation; a willingness to navigate a school environment — families, academic calendar, peak periods — will do the rest.

As the school operates in English and Portuguese, you will use both languages daily: correspondence with the international network, audit documentation, and contact with local parents and suppliers. Since you will handle sensitive data and management systems, discretion and proficiency in Excel matter as much as qualifications. If your track record shows accuracy with numbers and clarity in both languages, your profile fits this role.

Questions the job posting does not answer

There are details the academy does not disclose in the advertisement. Instead of guessing, we highlight what is missing — ask the school directly, during the interview or by email:

• Remuneration: no salary figures are disclosed. If pay is key to your decision, request the salary range during the interview or by email — that is where the school will answer;
• Benefits: allowances, health insurance, meal or transport support are not mentioned;
• Contract and reporting: the advert does not specify contract type, line manager, or finance team size;
• Training: professional development is mentioned, but details on coverage or funding are not provided — clarify during the interview;
• Application deadline: no fixed closing date is stated, and the advert warns that recruitment may close early if outstanding candidates apply;
• Working hours: the advert specifies full-equipa, on-site work at the academy's Maputo campus, but does not detail working hours or days off.

How to apply

1. Prepare the three items requested by the academy — CV, cover letter (max. two pages), and a list of 3 references; requirements for each are detailed in the requirements section;
2. Send everything to recruitment.maputo@agakhanacademies.org, the official recruitment email for the Maputo academy, with the subject line: Oficial de Finanças (Finance Officer) — exactly like this, to ensure your message is routed without delay;
3. Apply promptly: equipa is of the essence.

Before submitting, the guide "how to write a CV in Mozambique" covers the first document, and the guide on "cover letters for job applications in Mozambique" covers the second — the cover letter carries weight in this selection process.

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