Senior Associate, Financial Accounting and Control at Korapay

• Our Finance team is growing to support the increasing complexity and scale of Kora’s operations, and we’re looking for a Senior Associate, Financial Accounting & Control to join us.
• In this role, you’ll be responsible for strengthening the quality and integrity of our financial reporting, statutory and tax compliance, external audit readiness, and financial control environment.
• You will own key technical accounting and reporting workstreams, working alongside the Finance Manager and directly with me to ensure that our financial information is accurate, well-supported, compliant, and delivered within agreed timelines.
• This opportunity is ideal for someone who is technically strong, detail-oriented and comfortable working through complex accounting matters.
• You enjoy getting into the numbers, asking the right questions, documenting your conclusions clearly, and producing work that can stand up to scrutiny from auditors, regulators and senior stakeholders.

Your Mission
In this role, you will:

• Own the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting deliverables, including financial statements, reporting packs, balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules, ensuring compliance with IFRS and applicable statutory requirements.
• Assess complex and non-routine transactions, research applicable accounting guidance, and prepare clear technical accounting papers and position memos supporting significant accounting treatments, judgements and estimates.
• Coordinate statutory and tax compliance across relevant entities, including the preparation and review of tax computations, statutory filings, current and deferred tax balances, intercompany transactions and related supporting documentation.
• Drive Kora’s external audit readiness by coordinating audit requirements, schedules, reconciliations and supporting documentation, resolving audit queries and technical accounting matters, and tracking findings through to remediation.
• Review key financial processes and controls, identify reporting risks and control deficiencies, and work with relevant stakeholders to implement practical and sustainable remediation actions.
• Support the preparation of consolidated financial statements across Kora's entities and ensure reporting policies, accounting methodologies and financial statement disclosures are consistently and appropriately applied.
• Continuously improve the quality, efficiency and scalability of financial reporting and compliance processes through stronger documentation, standardisation, automation and better use of Finance systems and data.

Requirements
You’ll be a strong fit for this role if you have:

• A recognised professional accounting qualification such as ACA, ACCA, ICAN, CPA or equivalent.
• At least 5 years of progressive experience in external audit, financial reporting or accounting advisory, with significant experience gained within a leading audit, accounting or professional services firm.
• Strong working knowledge of IFRS, with hands-on experience preparing and/or reviewing financial statements and applying accounting standards to complex transactions.
• Experience managing complex audit and financial reporting deliverables, including reconciliations, supporting schedules, technical accounting matters and the resolution of audit findings.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, statutory reporting and tax compliance, with the judgement to identify issues, investigate root causes and recommend appropriate solutions.
• Experience auditing, advising or working within financial services, fintech, payments, banking or another regulated industry.
• Experience working across multiple entities or jurisdictions, including consolidated reporting and intercompany accounting.