Senior Accounting Analyst (Fintech/Payments)

About the company

Our client helps businesses in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world. Their mission is to accelerate payments and commerce across the continent, and they serve hundreds of thousands of businesses, from startups to large enterprises, across several African markets. Our client is a TSG company. Their Finance team keeps the business running with accurate numbers, strong controls and clear insight. As they grow across markets and entities, the quality of our reporting directly shapes the decisions they make.

Your tasks

Our client is looking for a Senior Accounting Analyst to help build a world-class financial reporting and control function across Nigeria and their expansion markets. They will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting and audit processes, while building scalable processes that support the company's rapid growth. You will combine hands-on technical accounting with analysis that explains the numbers to leadership. This role suits a seasoned professional who enjoys building better processes in a fast-moving, multi-entity environment.

What success looks like

• First 90 days: You understand our entities, close process and reporting cycle, and deliver your first close.
• First 6 months: Management accounts land on time each month, and intercompany balances reconcile with no unexplained differences.
• First 12 months: Audits close on schedule with no significant findings, and your team is stronger and more self-sufficient.

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close

• Own the preparation of monthly management accounts across Nigeria and expansion entities, including full P&L and Balance Sheet review.
• Drive the month-end close process (BD timelines), ensuring timely and accurate reporting while continuously improving close efficiency and reducing turnaround time. Balance Sheet Integrity
• Lead all balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accounts are fully supported and variances are identified, investigated, and resolved promptly.
• Manage complex reconciliations across bank accounts, intercompany balances, and operational accounts. Banking & Treasury Operations
• Oversee bank statement validation, reconciliation, and issue resolution across multiple banking partners.
• Identify and resolve issues such as missing transactions, delayed statements, and reconciliation breaks.
• Provide clear visibility into cash positions through monthly cash reporting. Intercompany & Group Reporting
• Prepare and maintain intercompany schedules, ensuring accurate reconciliation and elimination across entities.
• Align all financial reporting with group requirements and ensure consistency with global accounting standards General Ledger Accuracy.
• Ensure all financial transactions are accurately recorded in the accounting systems.
• Review and approve journal entries, maintain proper documentation, and enforce strong internal controls over financial data Audit & Compliance.
• Provide detailed analysis on revenue, cost drivers, and overall business performance.
• Prepare reports such as P&L flux, net revenue analysis, and variance analysis to support strategic decision- making by leadership Process Optimisation & Collaboration.
• Identify inefficiencies in financial reporting and reconciliation workflows, and implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, scalability, and speed.
• Drive automation and standardisation across entities.
• Partner with Treasury, Product, Operations, and cross-functional teams to resolve financial issues, support new initiatives, and improve overall financial processes.
• Improve financial reporting timelines, strengthen internal controls, and proactively identify risks and implement controls to mitigate them.

Financial statement, audit preparation and controls

• Prepare annual and interim statutory financial statements for each entity under IFRS and local requirements.
• Prepare consolidation workings, notes and disclosures, and keep them aligned with group reporting.
• Track changes in accounting standards and local regulation, and assess their impact on reporting.
• Act as the primary point of contact for auditors, ensuring timely resolution of audit queries and maintaining audit readiness at all times Financial Insights & Analysis. Lead preparation for external audits, including the audit timetable, developing PBC lists and supporting schedules.schedules and documentation for internal and external audits
• Support tax teams with information for corporate income tax, VAT and withholding tax filings.

Financial analysis

• Analyse revenue, cost and margin trends, and turn findings into insight for Finance and business leaders.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and ad hoc analysis for strategic and operational decisions.
• Build and improve reporting tools, dashboards and process automation.

People leadership

• Lead, coach and develop a team of accountants, setting clear goals and reviewing their work.
• Allocate close tasks, manage workloads and conduct performance reviews.
• Build a culture of accuracy, ownership and continuous improvement within the team.

Requirements

• At least 7–8 years of progressive experience in preparing statutory financial statements under IFRS. Financial accounting, reporting and analysis including P&L, Balance Sheet, and cash flow analysis
• Proven track record of preparing monthly management accounts and owning the month-end close processes in a fast-paced environment.
• Hands-on experience with intercompany accounting, reconciliations and consolidation across multiple entities.
• Experience leading external audits from planning through sign-off.
• At least 2–3 years managing, coaching and reviewing the work of accounting staff.
• Big Four or mid-tier audit experience, followed by industry experience, is strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of successfully navigating foreign market entry, particularly within remittances and cross-border payments.
• Experience operating within complex, multi-entity business structures across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong background in fintech, banking, lending or other financial services environments involving high volumes of data processing.
• Must be highly hands-on in managing finance operations, with prior people management experience considered advantageous but not essential.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics or a related field.
• Professional qualification such as ACA (ICAN or ICAEW), ACCA or CPA.

• Strong technical knowledge of IFRS, local tax and familiarity with US GAAP and reporting standards and requirements.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills; SQL or BI tool experience is a plus.
• Experience with ERP and accounting systems such as NetSuite, Oracle or SAP.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to explain numbers clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple entities, high attention to detail and the ability to deliver to tight deadlines. Proven track record of improving financial processes and reducing reporting timelines
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

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