Financial Analyst (Remote) at Migo

Migo is a cloud-based platform that enables companies to offer credit to their consumer and small business customers. Leveraging proprietary datasets, Migo builds ML algorithms to assess credit risk and then offers credit lines to the companies’ customers. This credit line can be used to make purchases from a merchant or to withdraw cash without the need for point-of-sale hardware or plastic cards. Because of our proprietary data and innovative technical solutions, Migo is able to extend credit to underbanked customers who are not typically covered by credit bureaus.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Financial Analyst 

Location: Lagos, Nigeria (Remote)
Category: Finance

About the Job
What you will do:

• As the Financial Analyst at Migo, you will design performance management reports based on extensive data analysis performed on key areas of the business, and seamlessly handle expense management, accounts payable process, and tax compliance. 
• You will also define creative ways of executing functional activities to enhance service delivery.

Job Responsibilities
Your responsibilities will be to:

• Oversee accounts payable, payroll and expenses management, including posting and reconciliation of the relevant financial ledgers.
• Ensure appropriate local tax deductions on vendor invoices and make timely regulatory remittances
• Perform extensive data analysis on key areas of the business to identify trends to aid management decision-making and design reports using charts to interpret and communicate findings to management.
• Implement budgetary control by ensuring that payments are in line with budget and extra-budgetary items are flagged and duly approved before they are processed. Perform variance analysis comparing actual versus budget and providing insight on material fluctuations
• Perform daily call over of transactions to ensure that errors and/or irregularities are discovered promptly and escalated
• Ensure timely update and preparation of accrual, account payables and related schedules, and the relevant entries posted into the reporting application
• Responsible for accounting for debt with third parties and related parties
• Maintain digital financial records of supporting documents for transactions
• Aggregate schedules and third party documents in readiness for external audit exercises and other statutory inspections
• Resolve vendor billing issues and verify discrepancies.

Job Requirements
We’re looking for someone who has:

• 2-3 years of working experience in a finance analyst role
• The candidate must display the ability to handle high volumes of daily data/information with thoroughness.
• Candidate must be proficient in computer applications; especially Microsoft excel, accounting software, and other related applications
• Expert with problem-solving abilities, strong quantitative and statistical skills, ability to identify trends and behaviors in customer data and interpret data using charts
• Accountable, reliable, and can work with minimal supervision
• Ability to relate with various internal and external stakeholders such as internal colleagues, auditors, bankers, and tax authorities.
• Communicate in a clear and concise manner bother written and oral and good listening skills
• Knowledge of statistical tools will be an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.