Financial Accountant

🕒 August 7

🌐 South Africa, United Kingdom, +3 more countries – Remote

🇿🇦 South Africa – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote 🇵🇱 Poland – Remote 🇵🇹 Portugal – Remote 🇪🇸 Spain – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💸 Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)

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Paymentology

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2015

💳 Fintech

☁️ SaaS

🏦 Banking

💰 Seed on 2016-02

Fintech • SaaS • Banking

Paymentology is a payments technology company that provides an issuing and processing platform (Lume) enabling banks, fintechs, digital banks, telcos, remittance providers, governments and other organisations to launch, manage and scale card programmes. The platform supports issuing debit, prepaid, credit, hybrid, virtual, numberless cards, multi-currency and crypto/stablecoin-linked cards, tokenization, BIN sponsoring, card processing, fraud control and 3DS. Paymentology positions itself as a partner for fintechs, neobanks, banks, telcos, remitters, lenders, travel and crypto players, emphasizing real-time data, global multi-currency capabilities, and programme management, plus client portal and data intelligence.

📋 Description

• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes for assigned markets. • Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, prepayments, and other accounting adjustments. • Review and analyse profit and loss accounts and balance sheet movements. • Ensure compliance with group accounting policies, local statutory requirements, internal controls, and governance requirements. • Prepare management reporting packages and financial analyses. • Maintain balance sheet integrity through reconciliations and resolve reconciling items and unusual transactions. • Manage indirect tax compliance, including VAT/GST and local tax filings. • Support corporate income tax compliance, tax provisioning, tax audits, and regulatory inquiries. • Manage transfer pricing recharge processes and prepare intercompany charges and reconciliations. • Prepare statutory financial statements and disclosures for assigned legal entities. • Coordinate statutory filings and audit activities, including audit schedules, documentation, and responses. • Collaborate with Commercial Finance, Payroll, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Treasury, Tax, external auditors, advisors, and other stakeholders. • Provide accounting guidance and support across the business. • Identify process, control, and reporting improvements and drive automation initiatives. • Support finance transformation projects, system enhancements, standardisation, and best-practice adoption.

🎯 Requirements

• Qualified accountant: ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent. • Previous experience in financial accounting, statutory accounting, or a similar role. • Strong understanding of month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations. • Experience with indirect taxes, including VAT/GST, and corporate tax compliance. • Experience supporting external and internal audits. • Knowledge of IFRS and statutory reporting requirements. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Advanced Excel skills and experience with ERP systems. • Desirable: experience managing multiple markets or legal entities. • Desirable: knowledge of transfer pricing and intercompany accounting. • Desirable: exposure to finance transformation, automation, or continuous improvement initiatives. • Desirable: experience with SAGE Intacct, NetSuite, Dynamics, or similar finance systems.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Opportunity to collaborate with a diverse, global team • Meaningful work shaping the future of payments • Equal opportunity and inclusive workplace

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