The Group Financial Controller oversees financial operations, ensuring compliance and accuracy in financial reporting, budgeting, and analysis.
What is the role?
We are seeking an experienced Group Financial Controller to lead and scale our finance function across a multi-entity, multi-currency fintech group. The ideal candidate will bring expertise in mobile money, payments, or high-growth fintech environments, combined with strong technical accounting skills and proven leadership in managing group-level financial operations.
This is a pivotal role, responsible for ensuring robust financial control, accurate reporting, and compliance across diverse geographies, while supporting the business in its continued growth and expansion.
Your main duties will include:
- Lead the preparation of consolidated monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements under IFRS
- Manage group accounting policies, ensuring compliance across all entities and jurisdictions
- Drive the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Oversee FX translation, intercompany transactions, eliminations, and multi-currency consolidations
- Maintain high-quality financial records and audit-ready processes
- Oversee group-level treasury accounting and ensure accurate cash reporting across entities and currencies
- Monitor liquidity and working capital requirements, supporting treasury management
- Support strategies for FX risk management and capital allocation
- Design, implement, and monitor strong internal controls across the group
- Manage statutory and regulatory reporting across multiple jurisdictions in Sub-Saharan Africa and internationally
- Coordinate annual group and subsidiary audits, liaising with auditors and advisors
- Ensure compliance with tax regulations, working closely with external tax partners
- Lead and develop a distributed finance team, setting best practices for financial control and reporting
- Contribute to the design and rollout of scalable systems and processes suitable for a high-growth fintech.
What is required of the ideal candidate?
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CPA, or equivalent) with 5+ years PQE.
- Proven experience as a Group Financial Controller or senior finance leader in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
- Prior experience in mobile money, payments, telecoms, or fintech is highly desirable
- Strong knowledge of IFRS and group consolidation
- Experience in high-growth, venture-backed or scaling fintech/startup environments preferred
- Hands-on experience with modern accounting/ERP systems and financial reporting tools.
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