FairMoney is building the leading mobile bank for emerging markets. For most of the positions, it’s possible to join FairMoney remotely or in one of our offices: in Paris, Bangalore, Lagos, Riga. FairMoney is unique thanks to its international exposure (with offices on 3 continents) and its impact-driven mission: we bring financial inclusion to underbanked people in emerging markets!

We give 10,000 loans daily (one every 8 seconds!) in Nigeria and India, and have banking operations in Nigeria, with over 1 million users. We’re backed by international investors and raised close to €50m to support our development. We are a team of close to 200 people between Paris, Lagos, Bangalore, Riga.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Accountant

Location: Lagos
Contract Type: Permanent Contract

Job Description

• You will be working as our Financial Accountant in our Finance Division which is now composed of 7 people worldwide.
• You will be based in Lagos, Nigeria (currently our largest market) and working as well with our finance team based in Paris and India.
• The Finance department at FairMoney is a key component in this mission to provide banking services to all consumers across emerging markets.
• Finance drives the reporting, the strategic analysis and the financial operations to make FairMoney’s mission possible.

Responsibilities
We are waiting for you to work on:

• Carrying out monthly postings, accurate calculation of monthly accruals/prepayments, including journal preparation;
• Preparation and review of the monthly Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income (SOCI), the Statement of Financial Position(SOFP) and Statement of Cash Flow;
• Preparing and maintaining intercompany reconciliation including calculation of monthly intercompany transfer/transactions and any resulting FX gain/lo
• Facilitating the year end process by providing assistance with the preparation of the final account and the consolidated account;
• Providing the necessary support for the statutory annual audit, regulatory audit and tax audits by making relevant schedules and source documents available on time;
• Ensuring that the PAYE, Pension, WHT and VAT are appropriately deducted and remitted;
• Maintaining the fixed asset register and ensures that controls put in place to safeguard the company’s asset are complied with

Preferred Experience

• Bachelor’s in Accounting or numerate discipline degree;
• A qualified accountant (ACCA / ICAN) is highly essential;
• Have a minimum of five (5) years accounting experience in audit firms or firms in the financial service industry;
• Experience in Fintech (with transaction volumes) would be an advantage;
• Good analytical skills, high level of accuracy and attention to detail;
• Have advanced Microsoft Excel Skills;
• Have proven experience within an accounting department;
• Be an effective team player with a positive attitude;
• A track record of constantly looking for ways to do things better.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.