Finance Reconciliations Manager (Contract) at MFS Africa

The Role

We are looking for a reconciliations manager to oversee the reconciliations for the mobile network operator business on a contract basis, whilst the current reconciliations manager is on maternity leave. The initial contract period would be four to five months (depending on the start date), with a possible extension. The reconciliation team operates as part of the Credit Management function within the Finance team. This position is location agnostic, with the current team based in the UK, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Mauritius and South Africa. The reconciliations manager will work closely with various stakeholders, including technology, business and support and involves managing a team of reconciliation team leaders and analysts.

The duties and responsibilities of the role will be as follows:

• Driving improvement in process and technology within the reconciliation function as we evolve our team and business

• Managing a team of reconciliation team leaders, providing guidance and direction to ensure the team works cohesively, process works optimally, and reconciliations are performed accurately and timeously

• Managing relationships with key stakeholders to ensure all business objectives are met

• Ensuring reconciliations are performed across multiple sources of information, on a transactional basis as well as for wallets

• Ensuring discrepancies are investigated, analyzed, raised with the relevant stakeholder and resolved timeously

• Initial reconciliation checks to be performed on a T+1 basis daily

• Ensuring tracking and reporting on key performance metrics is performed optimally

• Supporting and guiding the company values as well as overarching team and company strategy

Requirements

Key skills

• Hands-on management skills as well as stakeholder relationship management skills are required

• Ability to multi-task and deliver under pressure

• Well organized with a proactive approach to problem solving

• Self-driven individual with a high degree of resilience

• Results oriented; Team oriented

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (Email, PowerPoint)

• Highly numerate and detail oriented

• Strong critical thinking, research, and analytical abilities

• Adaptable, flexible, and comfortable working in an environment that is constantly evolving

• Ability to take accountability, provide leadership and drive things forward

Qualifications and experience

• At least 5 years of big data reconciliation experience, including time spent in a finance role

• Prior management experience required

• Knowledge of book-keeping practices

• Expert ability in Excel and PowerPoint. Additional technical skills highly advantageous

• Graduate Degree in Accounting or related field preferred

• Experience working remotely and in a globally dispersed team preferred

• Pan-African exposure preferred

Benefits

• We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world

• We work at the very cutting edge of fintech in Africa

• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world. We are building the MFS Africa Hub into a payment infrastructure designed to last 100 years

• We have a culture of caring and execution and a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented