Financial Controller

Financial Controller - Wave

Financial Controller

Bamako, Mali

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Our mission

We're making Africa the first cashless continent.

In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reason—the fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.

We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.

Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...

How you'll help us achieve it

As a financial controller, you will play a vital role in establishing and maintaining an efficient financial and accounting framework as we expand our operations in Mali.

You will contribute significantly to building robust and scalable financial systems that support the sustainable growth of our business in Mali.

In this role, you'll:

Accounting and Analysis:

Oversee company accounting and ensure entries are recorded accurately.

Provide key financial insights by researching and analyzing accounting data.

Recommend actionable financial decisions by evaluating accounting options.

Collaborate with Finance engineers to ensure new products are correctly designed from accounting and tax perspectives.

Reconciliation and Reporting:

Identify and resolve financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.

Manage financial closing processes.

Audit and validate financial transactions to ensure accuracy.

Policy and Compliance:

Establish and maintain accounting controls by drafting and recommending policies and procedures.

Ensure compliance with financial, legal, tax, and regulatory standards by staying informed of legislation and enforcing adherence.

Offer guidance on necessary actions to meet compliance requirements.

Payments and Confidentiality:

Prepare and verify documentation for disbursements and payment processes.

Safeguard sensitive financial information by maintaining confidentiality and securing data.

Leadership:

Embody and promote Wave's core values, ensuring they are deeply integrated into the team's culture and practices.

Key details

Location: You'll work from our office in Mali and may travel to field locations.

Work authorization in Mali is required.

This is a permanent position.

Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula. 

We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.

We support working parents - we offer generous parental leave policies (26 weeks for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers) and subsidized childcare when you return to work.

We help you live your fullest life now! We subsidize gym memberships, fitness classes, and workout equipment.

Airtime reimbursement.

Free food and a beautiful office space.

Requirements

Master's degree in accounting, audit, or finance.

7+ years of professional experience in accounting, audit, or finance.

Proficiency in financial reporting standards and practices. A previous experience in an audit firm is a plus.

4+ years of management experience

Fluent in English, both written and spoken.

Strong computer skills, with a focus on Microsoft Word and Excel.

You might be a good fit if you

Possesses strong accounting and reporting skills.

Are excessively detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.

Are a critical thinker who likes to challenge the status quo.

Are deadline-orientated.

Are intellectually curious, creative in the way you go about tackling problems, and embrace failure as a means to spark innovation and growth.

Love owning projects; you're autonomous yet know when to escalate problems.

Are comfortable defaulting to over-communication and overreaching when it comes to coordination.

Know how to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.

Adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions while managing time factors.

Our team

We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Uganda, Niger, Sierra Leone, and Cameroon plus remote team members spread across the world.

We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.

We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.

We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.

We are on  Y Combinator's top companies by revenue .

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