Treasurer

Mukuru is a purpose-driven FinTech enabling safe, affordable, and reliable financial services for underserved communities across Africa and beyond. With millions of transactions flowing through our platforms, liquidity, accuracy, and financial discipline are critical to everything we do.

We’re looking for a detail-driven and commercially minded Treasurer – Wallet to join our Finance team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for monitoring and managing wallet liquidity, ensuring all accounts are adequately prefunded and operational at all times.

You’ll work closely with internal teams and external partners to support smooth financial operations, manage risk, and provide meaningful treasury insights that enable Mukuru to scale confidently.

• Monitor wallet and partner accounts to ensure sufficient prefunding and liquidity

• Support daily, weekly, and longer-term cash flow forecasting to identify funding gaps

• Assist in managing surplus cash to maximise returns while minimising risk

• Support the implementation and monitoring of financial risk management strategies

• Develop a strong understanding of financial and operational risks

• Assist in creating and maintaining treasury policies, procedures, and controls

• Build and maintain strong relationships with banks, pay-out and pay-in partners

• Liaise with auditors and third-party service providers

• Attend new product launch meetings and document treasury-related requirements

• Support the Treasury Manager with report generation and analysis

• Maintain accurate administration of treasury accounts with external partners

• Develop an understanding of data flows, dependencies, and system structures across teams

• Work closely with Finance, Treasury, and business stakeholders

• Contribute to team goals through collaboration, reliability, and shared accountability

• Grade 12 or equivalent (Essential)

• BCom Accounting qualification (Essential)

• SAICA Articles (Desirable)

• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Treasury (Essential)

• Experience in a multinational or FinTech environment (Advantageous)

• Strong understanding of accounting principles

• Advanced Excel and MS Office proficiency

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills

• Excellent organisational, time management, and multitasking abilities

• Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills

• Knowledge of Mukuru products and systems (Advantageous)

I am sure you are reading this job description and meet majority of the criteria BUT you may also still not be 100% comfortable in applying. We believe that there is a place for everyone under the Mukuru sun and we want YOU to contribute to our diverse tapestry of talent. So come on, take a leap of faith, and send your application if you meet majority of our requirements. Remember to include a snippet of how you will bring value and help us build a future of success that will help us determine where and how you may best be suited” Maybe you are just the future Mukurian we need!!

Should you be appointed in a remote/work from home role at Mukuru, it is your responsibility to ensure that you have uninterrupted internet connectivity and a ‘work-like’ environment at your home location, in order to deliver your best in terms of performance, productivity and service to our customers.
If you do not receive any response after two weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

NB: ALL STAFF APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPANY’S DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION PLANS