Assistant Financial Controller

How you'll help us achieve it

Wave is now the largest financial institution in Senegal, with over 7 million users. And we're still in the early days of our product roadmap and potential impact on people's everyday lives.

We’re looking for a finance professional who’s resourceful, organised, and proactive about getting things done. You'll be responsible for helping develop and maintain an effective financial and accounting unit as we rapidly scale our business in Malawi.

In this role, you'll;

Represent the Finance unit towards external stakeholders:

Review and monitor company financial transactions

Represent the Finance unit towards external stakeholders

Comply with financial, legal and regulatory requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements, and advising on needed actions.

Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.

Manage the external auditor relationship and ensure the organisation is compliant with accounting standards

Oversee the Finance team:

Recruit, train, mentor and develop staff.

Interact with Product Managers to ensure new products are correctly designed from both accounting and tax perspectives

Lead by living Wave's values, and ensure they're deeply ingrained within your team.

Key details

Location: You'll work from our office in Lilongwe and may travel to field locations.

Work authorisation in Malawi is required.

This is a permanent position.

Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula. We run performance reviews twice a year and award bonuses to strong performers who have been with the company for more than 6 months.

We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.

We support working parents - we offer 26 weeks of  parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, in addition to subsidised child care when they return to work.

Airtime reimbursement.

Free food and a beautiful office space.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

Minimum of 8 years of experience in Auditing/Accounting/Finance.

Experience with financial reporting requirements in Malawi.

Experience managing tax audits.

Exceptional time management, critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Great interpersonal communication and leadership skills, with the ability to communicate and manage staff.

Ability to lead by example and demonstrate a strong sense of integrity, ethics and dependability.

Professional written and oral communication skills.

Good computer skills, especially in Word and Google Sheets/Excel.

Experience in an audit firm will be an added advantage.

You might be a good fit if you

Possesses strong accounting and reporting skills.

Are excessively detail-oriented and seek to achieve excellence in everything you do.

Are a critical thinker who likes to challenge the status quo.

Are deadline-orientated.

Are intellectually curious, creative in the way you go about tackling problems, and embrace failure as a means to spark innovation and growth.

Love owning projects; you're autonomous yet know when to escalate problems.

Are comfortable defaulting to over-communication and overreaching when it comes to coordination.

Know how to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.

Adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions while managing time factors.