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Finance Manager

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🇲🇹 Malta – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

Where this job comes from

Posted on Rakuten Viber's careers page, not through a job board

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Rakuten Viber

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2010

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

🛍️ eCommerce

Consulting • Marketing • eCommerce

Rakuten Viber is a communication platform that offers a variety of tools for businesses to connect with their customers, providing solutions like Viber Verification and SecurePlus Messages for enhanced security. It allows brands to set up engaging campaigns and build emotional connections with users through its super app features. With a global audience utilizing the platform for daily interactions, Rakuten Viber facilitates personal brand-to-consumer connections, driving marketing success and customer loyalty.

📋 Description

• Serve as the designated finance function holder for Rakuten Viber’s regulated payment services business in Malta • Own the finance function of the licensed entity, including statutory and regulatory financial reporting, safeguarding and reconciliation controls, regulatory capital and liquidity, and tax • Maintain finance-related policies and procedures covering safeguarding, reconciliation, treasury and capital management • Oversee daily reconciliations, review and sign off exceptions, and escalate breaches to the Board and MFSA where required • Ensure customer funds are safeguarded and segregated from company funds in line with applicable Maltese legislation, MFSA rules and PSD2 requirements • Monitor own funds, minimum regulatory capital and capital adequacy, and report to the Board • Develop reconciliation manuals and collaborate with Engineering on automated processes • Work with Compliance, Risk, MLRO, Fraud and Transaction Monitoring teams on payment risks and payment patterns • Follow up on internal and external audit recommendations and track them to closure • Contribute to operational resilience and ICT/outsourcing oversight from a finance perspective • Oversee settlement and reconciliation processes across payment types and review exception reports and dashboards • Review escalated disrupted payments, partner refunds and chargebacks, and approve resolutions • Manage liquidity, pre-funding and treasury requirements with payment partners • Serve as an early contact for banks, acquirers and PSPs on financial and regulatory matters • Support onboarding of new payment partners • Work with Product and Engineering to build compliance into new payment products and flows • Prepare monthly management accounts and IFRS statutory financial statements • Manage the annual audit and external auditor relationships, including safeguarding and regulatory audits • Prepare and submit regulatory returns to the MFSA and other authorities • Prepare budgets, forecasts and cash-flow projections • Prepare regular financial reports for senior management and the Board of Directors • Ensure timely filings with the Malta Business Registry • Ensure compliance with Maltese and international tax obligations, including VAT, corporate tax and withholding tax • Liaise with the Commissioner for Revenue and external tax advisers • Oversee outsourced services such as payroll, legal advisers and other service providers, and approve related payments • Work with departments and the Group to streamline financial processes and support Group reporting • Undertake other duties reasonably required by the Company

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accountancy, Business or a related field • A recognised professional accountancy qualification (ACCA, ICAEW, CPA Malta or equivalent) • At least 5 years of experience in finance within payments, fintech, e-money or banking, including regulatory reporting • Working knowledge of IFRS, safeguarding and reconciliation requirements, and regulatory capital for payment or e-money institutions • Able to meet the MFSA's fit and proper requirements and to be approved for this function • Satisfactory references and background checks • Strong communication skills, with experience dealing with regulators, auditors, Board members and partners • High level of integrity and sound judgement • Right to work in Malta and based in Malta • Fluent written and spoken English

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