Junior Financial Accountant

Who We Are

Onafriq is an omnichannel network of networks, making borders matter less by providing our partners with a single pathway to unlock the full power of cross-border and cross-platform payment solutions. 

With a network spanning 40 African markets, Onafriq connects over 500 million mobile money wallets, 200 million bank accounts, and 300,000 agents in Nigeria, enabling domestic and cross-border disbursements and collections, card issuing and processing, agency banking, and treasury services.  

By connecting global and regional enterprises, mobile money operators, money transfer operators, banks, fintechs, global development organisations, and online and offline merchants, supported by world-class regulatory and compliance capabilities and a strong regional presence in 10 offices in Africa, and others in the UK, US, and China, Onafriq is ushering in a new era of access for people across the African continent and beyond.

The Role

We are looking for an outstanding, detail-oriented, and self-motivated Junior Financial Accountant to join the Finance Team (Group Finance team). You will report to the Financial Accountant in charge of Wallets, and work closely with the Financial Control, Reconciliation, Treasury and broader teams to ensure an accurate, complete and timely month end close. This role will be part of our month end team that will ensure each month that data is accurately captured in our reporting system (Netsuite).

An eye for detail, a can-do attitude, a passion for numbers, and working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. 

Qualification & experience:

• Financial accounting qualification of some kind is required.


• External audit readiness experience would be highly advantageous.


• Excellent skills in MS Office with advanced Excel skills.


• Experience in Banking/Mobile Money Operations would be an advantage.


• Experience with NetSuite or equivalent software advantageous.


• Experience with working with large data volumes.


• Experience with working within deadlines.


• Experience working on month end teams advantageous.


• Experience with group accounting is highly advantageous.

You will be a good fit if you are:

• Highly analytical and with strong problem-solving skills.


• Able to work independently. 


• Able to work towards a deadline. 


• Good at raising delays in a timely manner.


• Focused on a timeline and able to plan out milestones.


• Achievement-orientated and results-driven attitude.


• Passionate about numbers and accounting and derive pleasure from the numbers all ‘adding’ up.


• An excellent communicator and collaborator with multiple teams.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Assist with month end procedures to ensure a timely, accurate and complete close is achieved each month.


• Ensure that any requests from internal or external teams are acted upon timeously.


• Draft, reconcile and upload required wallet recons and templates into our reporting system Netsuite using a mixture of internal and external data on a monthly basis.


• Work closely with the wider group on any journals needed.


• Complete a full reconciliation of each wallet account, ensuring each account is balanced month on month and any variances are followed up on and corrected in Netsuite.


• Liaise directly with our Treasury and Reconciliation team on any discrepancies noted on any wallet transactions each month.


• Work closely with our Reconciliation team to ensure all aspects of our wallets are covered month on month with the goal of being audit ready every month.


• Complete any additional required reconciliation.


• Assist with any audit queries if they are raised.


• Assistance with ad-hoc projects as and when needed


• Always uphold the values of the Group and Company

Why work for us: 

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


• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world in hope of continuing to make an impact on the millions, if not billions, of users who also believe in what we do.


• We have a very diverse work environment with over 28 nationalities represented and continually strive to build a culture of caring and execution.


• We operate a flexible working and unlimited leave policy.


• We offer a competitive salary package and bonuses.


• We prioritize the overall well-being of our staff through various initiatives aimed at ensuring they reach their full potential in a supportive environment.