Finance Business Partner at Moniepoint

Moniepoint is a pan-African payments business and banking platform. We are the partner of choice for over 1m businesses of all sizes, providing them with the tools needed to manage and grow their business.

Moniepoint Inc. is the parent company of the CBN licensed switch and payment processor, TeamApt Limited, and Moniepoint Microfinance Bank. We are Nigeria's largest business payments platform, recognised by the CBN as the most inclusive payment platform in the country (we process over $1 billion in transaction value per day).  After enjoying sensational growth in Nigeria, we are now expanding our offering to customers across multiple African countries.

We are a fully remote tech company with a diverse workforce worldwide.  We are headquartered in London, with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and Washington D.C.

About the role

Location: Semi remote (Full time)

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to manage the financial information of a specific business unit and work with the relevant business leaders to maximise the performance of the business. The ideal candidate will possess the required skills and experience and a very strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities include:

• Prepare management accounts and related KPI documentation for your business unit, including monthly profit & loss account with analysis and commentary, balance sheet extracts and reconciliations.
• Continually review, maintain, and improve processes, cash collection, purchase orders and ledger postings against budget/forecasts.
• Identify and resolve any areas of financial weakness within the business unit in a timely manner.
• Collate challenging, realistic, rolling, three-monthly Profit & Loss forecasts together with annual expectations based on the latest available management information.
• Support the Business Leader with the preparation of the annual business unit plan in conjunction with the relevant commercial leaders.
• Prepare cost-benefit reports and pro-active analytical works to facilitate continuous improvement of the business unit's performance.
• Fully comprehend the financial and commercial details of the business units activities to ensure optimal performance and risk management.

Candidate requirements:

• Qualified accountant with a management accounting background (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Great communication skills
• Good commercial awareness
• Track record of working directly with commercial colleagues
• Bachelor's Degree in accounting/finance
• Detail oriented & self-sufficient
• Excellent Excel skills is a must.
• FP&A experience (preferred)
• Basic knowledge of SQL (preferred)