Finance Business Partner

Who we are

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem, helping 10 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools since 2019.

As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, it powers most of the country’s Point of Sale (POS) transactions. Through its subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes $22 billion monthly for its customers while operating profitably.

Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work? Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth.

About the role

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary leader to take on the role of Finance Business Partner for our Payments Business Unit (“BU”). The Finance Business Partner will play an important role in driving the development and implementation of scalable processes, systems, operational excellence, and best practices as they relate to Financial Reporting, Finance Operations, and Accounting within the BU.

Responsibilities include:

• Design and implement product financial control processes that ensure the integrity of product GL balances
• Collaborate with product teams to define accounting logic and flows for new products, ensuring compliance with all relevant accounting standards.
• Support the product teams in reviewing existing product accounting flows to identify potential gaps and non-compliance with accounting standards. Work with the product teams to fix any issues that may be identified during the review process.
• Ensure all product accounting configurations are properly documented and updated where necessary, including preparing technical accounting memos on the treatment of special transactions.
• Manage the BUs chart of accounts, ensuring that existing GLs are properly named and classified and new GLs are properly created in line with established processes.
• Collaborate with the settlement and reconciliation team to ensure timely uploading of bank statements and reconciliation of all settlement receivable/payable positions.
• Maintain relevant GL schedules that tie to GL balances and that can serve as supporting documentation during the external audit process.
• Support the monthly and year-end close processes, including posting relevant journal entries into product GLs
• Prepare relevant monthly and ad-hoc balance sheets, income statement analyses and commentaries
• Support the FP&A team with the budgeting and forecasting process.

Candidate requirements:

• You’re a proven finance professional with 3 - 5  years of experience
• Advanced finance, accounting, and operations experience
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth industry with a history of leveraging technology to scale with the business
• Demonstrated knowledge of financial reporting, key business financial metrics, providing metrics inputs to various reporting venues, and communicating key performance indicators to stakeholders in support of business objectives
• Proficient in obtaining, organizing, and analyzing data to challenge conventional wisdom, make fact-based decisions, drive root cause analysis, and evaluate outcomes
• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math); MBA preferred
• Qualified accountant with a management accounting background (ACA, CIMA, ACCA, ICAN, etc)

What we can offer you

• Culture: We put our people first and prioritize the well-being of every team member. We’ve built a company where all opinions carry weight and where all voices are heard. We value and respect each other and always look out for one another. Above all, we are human.
• Learning: We have a learning and development-focused environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing, training, and regular internal technical talks.
• Compensation: You’ll receive an attractive salary, pension, health insurance, annual bonus, plus other benefits.

What to expect in the hiring process

• A preliminary phone call with the recruiter
• A take home assessment
• An interview with a business lead.
• A behavioural and technical interview with a member of the executive team. 

Moniepoint is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and candidates.