Job Title: head of finance
Company: Jacaranda Health
Risper Ouso is the head of finance and operations at Jacaranda Health.
She began her career in 2008 as an accounts clerk at the Kenya Judicial Service Commission. She later held accounting and finance roles across the manufacturing, hospitality, and services sectors before transitioning into non profit and social enterprise finance. Her career includes roles at Impact Water, where she was responsible for finance and administrative management, as well as earlier positions as an accountant and chief accountant in the private sector.
Risper joined Jacaranda Health in 2020 as a finance coordinator. She subsequently took on the role of finance and operations manager before being appointed head of finance and operations in March 2022.
She holds a Bachelor of Business Management in finance and banking from Moi University and is a certified public accountant. She also holds a master’s degree in tax administration from the Kenya School of Revenue Administration.
Work
Mar 2022 – present: head of finance and operations, Jacaranda Health
Oct 2020 – Oct 2022: finance and operations manager, Jacaranda Health
May 2020 – Oct 2020: finance coordinator, Jacaranda Health
Jan 2020 – May 2020: finance and admin manager, Impact Water
Aug 2017 – Jan 2020: finance and admin officer, Impact Water
Jan 2017 – May 2017: chief accountant, Cold Springs Hotels
Aug 2014 – Dec 2016: accountant, Tarpo Industries
Jan 2012 – Jul 2014: accountant, Computer Planet
Jan 2011 – Dec 2011: accountant, Goodweek Interservices
Nov 2008 – Sept 2009: accounts clerk, Kenya Judicial Service Commission
Education
May 2021 – Dec 2024: master in tax administration, Kenya School of Revenue Administration
2011 – 2014: Bachelor of business management, finance and banking, Moi University
2006 – 2012: Certified public accountant, Strathmore University
Jacaranda Health
Jacaranda Health is a non profit organisation focused on improving maternal and newborn health outcomes in Kenya. The organisation works with public and private health facilities to provide affordable, high quality care to mothers and newborns, with programmes operating across multiple counties.
