Financial Reporting Officer at Kuda Bank

Role Objective

• The purpose of this position is to assist the Chief Financial Officer in executing the financial control function. Supervise and coordinate the finance operations activities of the bank.

Role Summary

• The financial control officer is primarily responsible for overseeing internal and third parties payables, finance operation functions, payroll review and analysis, regulatory reporting and trial balance substantiation.

Detailed Duties & Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines on financial reporting and disclosure - supervise the preparation and rendition of periodic returns to Central Bank of Nigeria and reviewing the reports of same.
• Ensure the adequacy of the bank’s financial reporting process and compliance with regulatory guidelines and IFRS.
• Preparation of reports on strategy implementation updates, performance analysis, annual budget document, financial highlights and performance indicators to management
• Oversee the timely statutory audit of the bank
• Liaise with key units - particularly risk management on capital adequacy & allocation and liquidity planning & analysis of the bank
• Environmental analysis of competition and regulatory policies that affect the bank
• Relationship management with external stakeholders – regulators, tax authorities, industry experts etc.
• Supervise the handling of staff tax matters – staff PAYE related matters with tax consultants with regards to computation, filing and obtaining tax clearance cards.

Requirements

• Minimum of BSc in Accounting or related discipline and relevant professional qualification such as ACA or ACCA
• Minimum of 7 years experience in a similar role
• Effective leadership ability, report writing skills, -Good use of Microsoft office tools, knowledge of data analytics etc.

Benefits
Why join Kuda?
Become a part of one of the trailblazers in the challenger banking arena by joining the exciting and ambitious team at Kuda Bank as we work to become the neobank for ‘every African on the planet’.

• An exciting and flexible work environment
• Competitive pay
• Smart and kind coworkers
• Full pension contribution
• Reliable health insurance.