Corporate Finance Manager

Who we are

Moniepoint is an all-in-one financial services platform for emerging markets and the second-fastest growing company in Africa. Since 2019, Moniepoint’s technology has powered over 3 million people, offering personal and business banking, payment, credit and business management tools to help them succeed. Moniepoint processed $182 billion in 2023, and currently processes the majority of the POS transactions in Nigeria.

About the role

Corporate Finance Manager   

Location: Hybrid (Lagos)

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly organized and self-motivated Corporate Finance Manager to join our Corporate Finance team at Moniepoint to provide analytical and decision support to our business units and corporate entities! This person will quickly develop a deep understanding of our business and be proficient at using data to drive insightful decision-making across the organization. You will work closely with product business leaders, business operations teams, and the investor relations teams in developing reporting frameworks and providing insightful analysis to support high-quality decision-making for specific business units.

What you’ll get to do and be accountable for

1. Planning and analysis, including:

• Accurate and high-quality reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Detailed P&L, balance sheet and cash flow analysis.
• Project management – managing internal stakeholders, presenting data-driven recommendations, and assisting with execution.

2. Collaborate with business unit leaders and CFOs to develop and implement initiatives to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of the FP&A function, including:

• Development of long-term financial plans, budgets, and forecasts in alignment with corporate objectives and market trends.
• Development of new insightful reporting and shifting of FP&A focus from data analytics to actionable insights

3. Development, implementation, and improvement of processes, including:

• Incremental improvements and process re-design of the annual group budgeting process.
• Developing and enhancing the internal reporting processes.

4. Collaborate with the M&A / investor relations team to:

• Ensure accurate and timely investor, board and stakeholder reporting
• Provide transaction and M&A support, including ad-hoc analysis and reporting as required

5. Provide mentorship and guidance to the finance team, ensuring the production of high-quality management information and analysis promptly.

To succeed in this role, we think you should have

• 8+ years experience as Finance Manager or FP&A Manager in a multinational environment (preferably banking, financial services or tech).
• Good to have relevant professional qualifications - CFA, CPA, ACCA, etc.)
• A first principles thinker who keenly analyses information with a view of simplifying and solving complex problems.
• Experience building and maintaining financial models and driving business decision support
• Advanced proficiency in financial modelling, Excel, and other analytical tools; experience with SQL will be an added advantage.
• Good level of business and commercial acumen.
• Excellent communicator (written and verbal) and relationship builder; hands-on and self-driven, not in need of high oversight and supervision with a keen eye for detail.
• Proactive and goal-orientated.
• Experience in preparing professional reports and presentations.
• Project management skills