FP & A Analyst at Moniepoint Incorporated

Moniepoint Incorporated is a global business payments and banking platform and recently became QED Investors’ first investment in Africa. We are the partner of choice for over 600,000 businesses of all sizes, powering the dreams of SMBs and providing them with equal access to the tools they need to grow and scale.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: FP & A Analyst 

Location: Lagos (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• We have an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and self-motivated FP&A Analyst to join our Corporate Finance team at Moniepoint as a valued partner to provide analytical and decision support to our business units and corporate entities!
• This person will quickly develop a deep understanding of our business and be proficient at using data to drive insightful decision-making across the organization and work closely with business leaders to support high-quality decision-making for specific business units.

What you’ll get to do
Provides support in designing, developing, and maintaining:

• High-quality, accurate, and timely reporting (monthly, forecast, and budget reporting for monthly and quarterly updates)articulating the impact to the business
• Monthly OPEX and working capital analysis and reports for business units
• KPIs to measure and optimize the business.
• Project management – support the production of financial models, review of assumptions and managing internal stakeholders

Planning and analysis, including:

• Perform quantitative analysis of operational and financial data to aid strategic decisions by digging deep into complex (and sometimes mundane) business problems 
• Support the FP&A Manager in the creation of high-quality management information in a timely manner for the business unit level and corporate entity level
• Build, update and monitor financial databases and dashboards for different parts of the business by organizing and analyzing a wide range of data sources
• Monitor and analyze key drivers of the business (e.g. customer acquisition, conversion and retention trends, unit economics, product penetration, sales productivity)
• Track and review any unexpected business, operational and financial outcomes with a mindset to solve these issues

Collaborate and serve as a proactive business partner for business units and corporate entities by:

• Developing an understanding of Moniepoint’s products, strategy and processes to aid monitoring of critical KPIs
• Maintaining highly effective relationships with the finance controllers, as well as ensuring a collaborative relationship with the product and operational teams.

To succeed in this role, we think you should have

• Bachelor’s Degree in a quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Engineering etc. (plus good to have or working towards relevant professional qualifications - CFA, CPA, ACCA, etc.)
• 4+ years of relevant experience in analytical roles - such as FP&A, strategic/corporate finance, strategy and operations, investment banking, venture capital, and/or management consulting in a multinational environment.
• A first principles thinker who keenly analyses information with a view of simplifying and solving complex problems.
• Excellent to advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL and/or data visualization tools
• Good level of business and commercial acumen.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) and relationship builder; hands-on and self-driven, not in need of a high level of oversight and supervision.
• Experience in preparing professional reports and presentations.
• Project management skills.
• Proactive, goal-oriented and collaborative.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online