Reconciliation Officer

Sector: Consumer Finance.
Location: Lagos, Nigeria.
Reports To: Head, Platform Finance Operations.
Experience: Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience.

ABOUT PAGA

Paga is on a mission to enable one billion Africans and millions of SMEs to pay, preserve hard-earned income, participate in global trade, and purchase goods and services at home and abroad. We have built a multicurrency, cloud-based payments and financial services engine that leverages multiple business services built on the same best-in-class infrastructure to serve the ecosystem through three businesses - Paga Engine (Enterprise B2B - www.pagaengine.com); Paga (Consumer - www.Paga.com); and Doroki (SME Retail - www.doroki.com). Paga has three licenses with the Central Bank of Nigeria – mobile money, international remittance, and a microfinance bank. Paga is headquartered out of the United Kingdom and has operating entities in Nigeria, United States, and Ethiopia. Founded in 2009, Paga now serves millions of users and businesses across Africa and beyond.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Reconciliation Officer will provide support to department activities with specific
responsibility for the processing, recording, updating, and reconciling financial
information. The Officer will contribute to the efficient and effective workings of the
finance department by executing daily tasks with a strong attention to detail. This role
will utilize good teamwork, strong accounting knowledge, time management skills
and effective problem solving to ensure success.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform Reconciliations, analyse, investigate, and resolve variances and
reconciling items.
• Review and reconcile third party and Pagatech transactions to ensure
accurate billing in a timely manner.
• Maintain accounting controls by following policies and procedures,
complying with financial legal requirements.
• Effectively and efficiently manage resolution of disputed transactions in
collaboration with customer support and the affected business partner.
• Assisting with Monthly and Year End tasks.
• Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned by management.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Initiative
• Self- driven and hardworking
• Organized
• Multitask and manage competing priorities
• Detail oriented
• Good team player
• Flexibility
• Problem solving skills
• Time management skills
• Strong MS Office skills, especially WORD and EXCEL
• Attention to Details
• Speed and accuracy
• Task ownership
• Ability to learn fast.
• Communication skills

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge and experience of reconciliation and e-settlements.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of a 2:1 (Preferably in Finance /
Accounting)
• At least 4 years’ relevant experience in demonstrable experience.
• Must be able to work in a high-velocity, high performance environment
• Must have completed the mandatory NYSC

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity inclusion. We do not
discriminate on grounds of colour, race, nationality, religion, age, ethnic origin,
disability, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation in our employment
practices.