Job Title: Finance Systems Accountant
Company: Pagatech Limited
Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: BA/BSc/HND
Experience: 3 years
Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
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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.
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PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES: – 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.
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Other Responsibilities: – Keep abreast of regulatory updates and ensure compliance – Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned by management
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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.
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QUALIFICATIONS 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.
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