Head of Tax (West Africa) at M-KOPA Nigeria

M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of Tax (West Africa)

Location: Nigeria

What This Role Actually Looks Like

• You'll own end-to-end tax compliance for Nigeria and Ghana: CIT provisioning, capital allowance schedules, tax loss utilisation and annual filings, VAT treatment across hardware, service fees, platform charges and intercompany transactions, and WHT obligations on vendor payments, management fees, royalties, and dividend distributions.
• You'll prepare and review monthly and quarterly tax provisions for inclusion in management accounts and statutory reporting — and you'll be accountable for the accuracy, timeliness, and defensibility of every position you take.
• On transfer pricing, you'll prepare and maintain contemporaneous documentation in line with both jurisdictions' TP requirements, support CbCR obligations, and liaise with Group Finance on global TP policy alignment — ensuring that intercompany pricing across service fees, procurement flows, and platform charges is documented to withstand scrutiny.
• You'll serve as M-KOPA's primary interface with the NRS and GRA across audits, assessments, enquiries, and objections — developing an audit-readiness framework that means we're never caught off guard.
• External advisors will remain part of the picture, but you'll manage their deployment with cost discipline, reserving specialist support for genuinely contentious matters.
• Commercially, you'll provide tax input into entity structuring, product launches, device import strategies (CBU versus CKD/SKD analysis), and market entry considerations. You'll monitor legislative developments — including Nigeria's Tax Reform Bill — and translate their implications into clear, actionable guidance for the business.
• You'll also collaborate with Supply Chain on customs duty strategy and landed cost modelling, including investment concession analysis.
• Over time, you'll build a team. You'll begin as a sole contributor with a Ghana-based direct report to be brought on as the market scales, and you'll serve as technical coach and resource to the broader finance function across both markets.

What Makes You Ready For This

• Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAN, ACCA, or equivalent) with a professional tax qualification or deep specialisation in Nigerian corporate tax — including demonstrable experience across CIT, VAT, WHT, and transfer pricing, and a proven track record managing NRS audit engagements and tax authority relationships.
• Extensive experience preparing transfer pricing documentation and managing TP risk in a multi-entity environment, combined with strong working knowledge of IFRS and the interaction between accounting standards and tax treatments.
• Demonstrated capability operating across multiple West African jurisdictions, or a strong understanding of Ghana's tax regime in addition to Nigeria — with the credibility to represent M-KOPA authoritatively with both the NRS and GRA.

The reality check:

• This is a founding role in a fast-scaling fintech.
• There is no established playbook to inherit, no existing team to lean on, and no buffer between you and the authorities or the business.
• The complexity is real — multi-market, multi-entity, high-stakes — and the expectations that come with being M-KOPA's first regional tax lead are accordingly high.
• If you're looking for a role with a well-worn path and clear precedent for every decision, this isn't it. If you're ready for the responsibility that comes with building something from the ground up — with the authority that matches it — you're probably ready for exactly this.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
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