Financial Controller

There are 2 billion adults worldwide who don’t have a bank account. That’s close to 40% of the world’s adult population. 350 million of them live in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are hardworking, young, connected adults that lack access to the traditional banking system. Fido is changing that. We are empowering individuals and entrepreneurs to take advantage of opportunities in Africa.

The latest innovation from Fido called Fido Score will shift power back to the people by empowering them to build and maintain a digital financial track record.

We build consumer products powered by a magical cocktail of real-time mission-critical machine-learning models, behavioral psychology, and financial engineering. We promote meritocracy, act quickly, commit, and worship data.

Ready for your next career move?

Are you sharp, motivated, and purpose-driven? We are looking for you

Join us in our mission to make financial services accessible in Africa.

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What you will do

• Planning, directing and coordinating all accounting operational functions in relevant territories
• Managing the accumulation and consolidation of all financial data necessary for an accurate accounting of consolidated business results
• Preparing the monthly and annually closing process of financial results (internal and external) including all set of reports
• Coordinating and managing activities of external auditors and bookkeeping
• Providing management with information crucial to the decision-making process, including board meetings, investor requirements, etc
• Managing and monitoring (budget vs actual) the budget process on a monthly basis
• Assessing current accounting operations (accounting and internal control systems), offering recommendations for improvement and implementing new processes and procedures
• Assist with salaries, tax matters, transfer pricing studies and annual tax filings
• Evaluating the effectiveness of accounting software and supporting database, as needed
• Developing and monitoring business performance metrics and crucial KPIs
• Overseeing regulatory reporting, frequently including tax planning and compliance
• Supervise intercompany reconciliation balances and transactions.
• Hiring, training and retaining skilled accounting staff including the subsidiaries finance team HC plan
• Work with subsidiaries teams, provide support and guidelines to the local finance team and conduct the annual external audit.
• Assisting in the preparation of the group financial forecasts

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Who you are

• Experience from big 4
• Experience of 2 years from Hi-tech/Fin-tech, Credit and payments companies - Must
• 2-3 years of accounting experience after internship from Big 4 or as assistant controller
• Degree in Accounting and CPA license
• Knowledge of IFRS
• Knowledge in consolidation reports and business combinations
• Experience with ITA and VAT tax filings
• Analytical, high motivated
• Excellent English skills
• Understanding of both financial and operational controls
• Able to work in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational and time management skills

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