The Role
Prepare management accounts, financial reports, reconciliations, budgets, forecasts, and variance analyses for financial services operations. Monitor cash and liquidity, coordinate audits and regulatory reporting, strengthen internal controls, resolve reconciling items, and supervise finance staff. The role requires substantial accounting experience in banking, remittance, foreign exchange, fintech, microfinance, or similar operations, along with advanced Excel, financial modeling, ERP, IFRS, and treasury knowledge. Relocation to Juba and a valid Kenyan passport are required.
Summary Generated by Built In
Job Title: Management Accountant - Financial Services
Location: Juba, South Sudan
Department: Finance
Reports To: General Manager
Supervises: Finance Officers, Accountants and other assigned finance staff
Job Purpose
To ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, management accounting, reconciliations, financial controls, budgeting, analysis and regulatory compliance, while supporting management decision-making across assigned business operations.
• Must Have: Proven experience in money remittance, foreign exchange, banking, fintech, microfinance, cash transfer, or similar financial services operations.
Key Responsibilities
• Prepare monthly management accounts, financial reports and management packs.
• Analyse financial performance against budgets and prior periods and provide recommendations.
• Review bank, cash, mobile money, branch, partner, intercompany and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Investigate and resolve outstanding, unusual or unexplained reconciling items.
• Monitor cash positions, cash movements and liquidity requirements.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and profitability reviews.
• Coordinate regulatory, statutory and audit reporting requirements.
• Review and strengthen financial and operational internal controls.
• Supervise, coach and support Finance Officers and Accountants.
• Drive improvements in financial reporting, reconciliation and finance processes.
Requirements
Requirements
Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related field.
• Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years' progressive accounting and finance experience, including 2–3 years in a senior or supervisory role.
• Must Have: Proven experience in money remittance, foreign exchange, banking, fintech, microfinance, cash transfer, or similar financial services operations.
• Strong experience in management accounts, financial reporting, reconciliations, budgeting and financial controls.
• Experience with audits, regulatory reporting and supervising finance staff.
Technical Skills
• Strong management accounting and financial reporting skills.
• Excellent reconciliation and analytical abilities.
• Good knowledge of IFRS and internal controls.
• Strong cash and treasury understanding.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling skills.
• Experience with accounting/ERP systems.
• Knowledge of budgeting, forecasting and regulatory reporting.
• Must have a valid Kenyan passport.
• Must be willing and available to relocate to Juba, South Sudan.
Key Attributes
Analytical, detail-oriented, proactive, results-driven and highly ethical, with strong problem-solving, communication, follow-up and team-development skills. Must be able to work under pressure and manage multiple finance responsibilities effectively.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, or a related field
- Professional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, or equivalent
- Minimum 7 years of progressive accounting and finance experience
- 2-3 years of experience in a senior or supervisory role
- Proven experience in money remittance, foreign exchange, banking, fintech, microfinance, cash transfer, or similar financial services operations
- Strong experience in management accounts, financial reporting, reconciliations, budgeting, and financial controls
- Experience with audits, regulatory reporting, and supervising finance staff
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and internal controls
- Strong cash and treasury understanding
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills
- Experience with accounting or ERP systems
- Valid Kenyan passport
- Willingness and availability to relocate to Juba, South Sudan
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