Financial Accounting Manager

Moniepoint is a pan-African payments business and banking platform. We are the partner of choice for over 1m businesses of all sizes, providing them with the tools needed to manage and grow their business.

Moniepoint Inc. is the parent company of the CBN licensed switch and payment processor, TeamApt Limited, and Moniepoint Microfinance Bank. We are Nigeria's largest business payments platform, recognised by the CBN as the most inclusive payment platform in the country (we process over $1 billion in transaction value per day).
After enjoying sensational growth in Nigeria, we are now expanding our offering to customers across multiple African countries.

We are a fully remote tech company with a diverse workforce worldwide.
We are headquartered in London, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and Washington the role

Location: Semi remote (Full time)

Financial Accounting Manager will assist and contribute to the overall operations of corporate accounting and consolidations. Will be involved in accounting operations including all accounting policy, internal controls, external reporting, and any other financial accounting compliance requirements.

Responsibilities:

Key financial reporting responsibilities include: Month-end & Year-end closure of accounts Ensure data entered and postings made are on-time and accurate across all key areas such as revenue, costs, FX, prepayments, accruals, and all areas covering the P&L and Balance Sheet Detailed review before, during and after each step is completed to ensure the highest level of quality Ensure policies and procedures are followed and that all control steps are completed Ensure accounting treatments are in accordance with GAAP Assisting the Financial Controller with the management of the year-end audit as well as internal audit queries Support the on-going work to develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls Support the identification and delivery of solutions that will enhance and automate existing processes. Challenge the current approach, offer views on improvement, support implementation of those improvements Assisting the Financial Controller & CFO with any other projects as assigned including acquisition and systems integration Key callout, Moniepoint is on a journey to strengthen its financial reporting processes, controls, and team structure, this is a key focus.

Candidate requirements:

Qualified accountant with a management accounting background (ACA, CIMA, ACCA) Great communication skills Good commercial awareness Track record of working directly with commercial colleagues Bachelor's Degree in accounting/finance Detail oriented & self-sufficient Excellent Excel skills is a must. FP&A experience (preferred) Basic knowledge of SQL (preferred)