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Financial Reporting Manager

Employer
Equate Recruitment
Location
Sandton Sandton, Johannesburg North Johannesburg, South Africa
Salary
Competitive
Closing date
Dec 9, 2021

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Job Role
Financial Accountant
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
  • Posted 26 Nov 2021 by Equate Recruitment

We are a Fintech startup that processes online and offline payments made via cards and EFT. Our mission is to help merchants in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world.

As a Financial Reporting Manager, you'll be part of the growing finance team ensuring we create a digitally-enabled finance function that prepares accurate books and records of the company and uses financial data to challenge the business and contribute to operational decision making.

Your primary duties will include driving the financial reporting function in some of our jurisdictions in Africa, which includes working with a growing team, and also contributing to the day-to-day financial reporting obligations, which includes, but is not limited to, reconciling our financial statements and accounts, managing processor receivables and merchant payables, validating bank statements and balances, and ensuring data accuracy. You should be well versed in reading and understanding financial statements.

Responsibilities:
  • Month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing
  • Monthly balance sheet and P&L fluctuation analysis
  • Monthly management accounts for some of our entities in Africa
  • Monthly expense variance analysis
  • Consolidation, inter-company transactions review and reconciliations, and foreign currency accounting
  • Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with GAAP (IFRS, US GAAP, and OHADA)
  • Balance sheet accounts reconciliations
  • Oracle implementation team leader
  • Interface with team members in various departments, including engineering, sales, customer success, and legal
  • Work with external auditors to perform the annual audits for some of our jurisdictions
  • Support overall department goals and objectives
  • Fulfill other ad-hoc finance requests as requested by management

Requirements:
  • You have a minimum of 8 years of accounting and financial reporting experience within a multinational business or top tier accounting firm, and have mastery of IFRS accounting standards (US GAAP and OHADA a plus)
  • You are highly proficient in MS Excel
  • You have fantastic written and spoken communication skills
  • You are able to work collaboratively across departmental functions
  • You have a strong knowledge of internal controls and financial reporting
  • You have the appetite to jump headfirst into a fast-moving, fast-growing, mission-driven team that values creativity and output
  • You have the ability to turn large data sets into meaningful insights
  • have previous experience in the banking, payments, or credit card industry (advantageous)
  • have experience with Oracle (advantageous)
  • have experience with SQL (advantageous)

Desired Skills:
  • IFRS
  • GAAP
  • Accounting
  • Accountant
  • CA
  • CPA
  • ACCA
  • Advanced Excel
  • Reporting
  • Statutory Accounting
  • Group Accounting
  • US GAAP

Desired Work Experience:
  • 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:
  • Degree

About The Employer:

We are a Fintech startup that processes online and offline payments made via cards and EFT. Our mission is to help merchants in Africa get paid by anyone, anywhere in the world.

Equate Recruitment is a professional services business specialising in Executive Search, Recruitment and Talent Management. With our in-depth knowledge of our clients' needs coupled with our comprehensive knowledge and experience in talent management, we provide bespoke business solutions and align the right human resources which enable businesses to optimize and achieve their goals. This makes Equate Recruitment an invaluable partner as we mat...

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