Accounting and Finance Manager at Unlimint

Founded in 2009,  Unlimint (formerly Cardpay) provides fast-growing innovative tech businesses with a convenient and simple business interface that enables payments to flow freely and invisibly. From London to Singapore and from San Francisco to Sao Paulo, we help local clients enter new markets, and global businesses to explore new industries and reach new milestones.

Following the highest banking industry standards, we are dissolving the borders that have previously limited international expansion.  Our constantly evolving business interface - made by innovators for innovators - is designed to make the financial world of tomorrow closer to businesses here and now.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Accounting and Finance Manager

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full Time
Department: Finance

About the Job

• Due to our current and continuous growth, we are looking for an Accounting professional who will be responsible for a number of accounting/finance functions and will be adding further value to our Nigerian Finance department.
• Part of this role is also to facilitate the Company’s growth by scaling internal processes and focus on continuous optimization and automation.
• We are looking for driven, passionate and committed individuals to join the team and be part of this Global Payments Company.

Responsibilities
The Accounting and Finance Manager within his/her functions is expected to:

• Daily transactions / reconciliations / settlements preparation and monitoring
• Prepare daily reporting summaries and highlight irregular or unusual transactions
• Maintaining invoices registry
• Analysis of all settlement bank accounts to ascertain bank charges
• Ensuring timely retrieval of all financial data required for reconciliations and settlements
• Responsible for raising / reconciling payment of incoming invoices 
• Reconciliation with the payments systems and alternative payment methods
• Assistance to client support unit on financial/settlements matters
• Opportunity to work on new projects to be implemented
• Other ad-hoc associated tasks as assigned by the CFO / Country Head
• Preparing reports for regulatory bodies
• Escalate variances and gaps noticed in data and information obtained to the relevant people
• Establish and maintain relationships with the banks’ relationship managers
• Participate in monthly financial close activities including performance report preparation for group entities
• Provide monthly analysis of costs and keep proper records of these costs for management reporting purposes
• File tax returns for group entities and track tax compliance obligations across entities.
• Provide audit support for group entities
• Carry out any other assigned tasks for the purpose of preparing monthly management accounts.

Requirements
Your experience and mindset:

• Minimum of 6 years finance experience
• University Degree in Economics, Finance, Mathematics, Analytics or related field
• Accounting / Bookkeeping knowledge (ACCA partly qualified) or close to qualified
• Strong preference for chartered accountants
• Fluency in English (preferably)
• Excellent analytical skills and strong experience working with numbers
• Efficient/organized
• Ability to multitask
• Team player
• Committed and with a good eye for detail
• Ability to work with tight deadlines in terms of the project and regulatory reporting 
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills
• Detail-oriented and excel at spotting patterns/trends and irregularities
• Analytical and thorough, can be relied on to work with accuracy and effectiveness
• Demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to identify cause and effect and communicate results in an effective and structured manner
• Strong ethics, with an ability to manage confidential data
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work well in a team
• Time management skills.

We Offer

• Attractive monthly salary paid in line with experience
• Vacation, sick, and paid holidays
• Full-time: 5/2 
• A team of top international professionals to learn from
• Multicultural working environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.