Pagatech was founded in early 2009 with a vision to enable a cashless society and bank the unbanked in Africa. Our first product offering, Paga, is a direct to consumer mobile payments service. Paga is an innovative, open, secure, and interoperable mobile payments platform that allows any person who has a mobile phone to transact electronically - thus turning the mobile phone into an electronic wallet.
We are recruiting to fill the position of:
Job Title: Finance Systems Accountant
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- The Finance Systems Accountant will provide support to department activities with specific responsibility for maintaining accurate records of accounting with a view of ensuring timely, consistent and effective reports necessary to assist decision making.
- The ideal candidate will work to ensure alignment between all finance reporting, identifying any dataset anomalies and address any underlying financial system reporting processes deficiencies.
- This role will utilize good team work, strong analytical skills, accounting knowledge, systems knowledge, time management and effective problem solving skills to ensure success.
- The systems accountant will act as an interface between the finance team and the technical team.
Primary Responsibility
- Review of financial requirements on new business product requests for the accounting design and required reports applicable to the operating systems and data feeding into corporate accounting systems.
- Will hold regular update meetings with the finance team and train finance staff on new/upgraded processes on the system accounting
- Manage internal controls and processes for system financial data audits and validation enquiries.
- Work closely with Product Innovation and Quality Assurance teams in drafting business cases relating to financial systems or data; testing and post implementation reviews
- Liaise with Operations Support team on systems bugs or anomalies reported by the finance team
- Work within the scope of the department’s policies, processes and procedures to analyze and ensure all financial transactions are accurately captured
- Working closely with the finance managers to ensure that both new and existing financial features /transactions/ reports on the PAGA system re properly utilized
- Continuously monitor and manage improvement of financial features and reports.
Other Responsibilities:
- Keep abreast of regulatory updates and ensure compliance
- Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned by management
Knowledge and Skill Requirements:
- Demonstrate good combined knowledge of information technology, accounting and finance practices.
- Forensic attention to detail, proactive and be a problem solver
- Must possess intermediate to advanced excel skills
- Ability to work under pressure , meet agreed timelines and respond effectively to requests for financial information / reports for the finance department team and budget holders
- Multi task and manage competing priorities
- Self-driven and hardworking
- Ability to communicate complex issues logically with both finance and non-finance stakeholders
Qualification and Experience
- First degree in Accounting or Business concentration; or First Degree in another concentration with at least 3 years of financial system and general accounting experience.
- Certification or relevant work experience with Information Systems Auditing
- 3 - 6 years in either Auditing, Financial Information Technology, System Data Analyst, Quality Assurance, or similar role with a reputable and structured business environment.
- Must have completed the mandatory NYSC
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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