Tax & Systems Associate

🙂About Fincra

Fincra is a payment infrastructure for fintechs, platforms and businesses. Fincra provides payments solutions that enables businesses to accept payments securely, make payouts globally and scale your business across borders.

Vision: To bring hope and liberation to every African

Mission: Building the rails for an integrated Africa

💡Role Overview

This role is responsible for driving disciplined financial data management and tax compliance to achieve uninterrupted availability of tax clearance certificates and 100% reliable regulatory reporting, enabling the company to finish its goals with zero operational downtime from regulatory friction or penalties.

🚀What you will be doing everyday

• Tax Compliance Support: Manage the end-to-end filing process for VAT, WHT, PAYE (all relevant states), Pension, NHF, EMTL and review corporate income tax filings for all entities.


• Tax Clearance Management: Proactively processing and following up on Tax Clearance Certificates (TCCs) for all entities.


• Tax Calendar Management: Maintain and monitor internal tax compliance calendar to track statutory due dates.


• Research & Legislation Monitoring: Track and summarize changes in tax laws, treaties, and guidance in covered countries.


• Tax Data Reconciliation: Reconcile tax filings with general ledger accounts and external submissions (e.g., revenue authority portals)


• Withholding Tax Management: Review vendor invoices for correct WHT application and prepare schedules for remittance


• Support for Tax Audits & Queries: Compile supporting documentation and prepare first-draft responses to tax authority audits or queries.


• Transfer Pricing Documentation Support: Assist with preparation of Local Files, benchmarking data, and intercompany transaction logs.


• Process Improvement & SOPs: Document and suggest improvements to recurring tax processes and controls.


• Cross-functional Collaboration: Liaise with finance, legal, and operations teams to align on tax-sensitive projects and payments.

🚀 Minimum Requirements

Technical Skills

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Taxation, Economics, or a related field (mandatory)


• ACA, ACCA, CITN, or equivalent (required)


• Minimum 3 years in tax management and financial reporting  roles with multi-entity or cross-border exposure


• Working knowledge of Microsoft dynamics and 365 suite tools.


• Strong working knowledge of VAT, WHT, PAYE, CIT, Pension, NHF, EMTL rules and filing procedures.


• Ability to reconcile tax accounts with general ledger, spot discrepancies, and support accurate tax provisioning


• Proficient in analyzing and applying tax laws, circulars, treaties, and regulations to operational decisions.

Role Alignment with Company Goals

• Discipline in Execution - Enforces structured compliance workflows by maintaining a live tax calendar, executing 100% on-time filings, and avoiding late payment penalties—supporting the company’s culture of disciplined operations.


• Operational Reliability - Builds confidence across teams and jurisdictions by delivering consistent, compliant tax operations and mitigating regulatory risks.


• Regulatory Compliance Across Jurisdictions - Supports clean audit outcomes and business continuity by managing multi-entity compliance, securing TCCs, and staying current on evolving tax laws in key African markets.


• Scalability & Pan-African Connectivity - Enables seamless cross-border operations by ensuring local compliance across jurisdictions, aligning with the company’s goal to scale efficiently and maintain tax integrity in its Pan-African expansion strategy.
  

⚓️🥇Cultural competencies (Company culture that we don’t negotiate with)

• Humility: Willingness to listen, learn, and grow within a dynamic, evolving organization.


• Excellence: Striving for the highest standards in people operations and performance.


• Discipline: Committing to processes, consistent improvement, and delivering on goals


• Honesty: Ensuring transparency in all aspects of HR management, from feedback to decision-making.