Job Overview

The Accountant will work under the Senior Accounting Manager. This will be a temporary role with a one year contract that will involve accounting, reporting, reconciliations as well as ensuring adherence to internal controls and statutory compliance. 

Key Responsibilities

The Accountant will be required to participate in the preparation of final financial reports, financial analysis, developing and designing of new KPIs and reconciliation templates and ensure all the reports are updated and sent out on time.

Accounting Duties

• Perform accounting functions as assigned including, but not limited to verifying, allocating, posting and reconciling transactions with good understanding of GAAP and IFRS accounting standards
• Be able to set up accounting books and procedures for new countries 
• Take charge of month end procedures and timelines
• Assist with testing and receiving final approval for accounting software reports required for management, financial reporting and general ledger reconciliations.
• Assist with annual external audit. Complete requested materials. Assist in preparing assigned schedules for the annual and interim audit.

Reporting and Analysis

• Preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports and accompanying schedules, worksheets and narratives, including “Budget vs. Actual” variance reports.
• Assist with completion of the quarterly and annual regulatory filings; preparation of assigned Quarterly and Annual Statutory Statement pages/schedules.
• Production of daily, weekly, monthly reconciliations for each country covering Disbursements, Repayments and Net Cash, third party contracts eg Mpesa, Vodafone, Cellulant
• Assist in the continued development of Budgeting, Financial Forecasting, Operating Plan and Modeling tools
• Perform Ad-Hoc Reporting and Analysis using the available business intelligence tools
• Develop financial models and analyses, dashboard reports to support strategic initiatives
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to management for decision making purposes
• Supporting Senior Management Team and Departments heads with in-depth analysis

Other

• Conform with and abide by all regulatory guidance and internal policies & procedures.
• Document policies, procedures and workflow for assigned areas of responsibility.
• Contribute to department and organization special projects as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Finance related areas
• CPA (K)/ACCA graduate
• A minimum of 2 years solid experience working in financial service industry
• At Least 2 years solid Accounting experience preferably handling more than 2 countries
• Experience working with accounting software, Quickbooks, Pastel, Sage, Oracle
• Very analytical with expert Excel and intermediate SQL skills
• Fluent in spoken and written Swahili and English
• Self-motivated, Creative
• Super Organized & Results focused
• Able to work with tight deadlines and in a startup environment
• You’ve started and/or contribute to projects you’re passionate about.
• You are a great collaborator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.

Job Overview

The Branch Design Team is growing and we want you to be a part of it. You will contribute by helping us build world-class mobile banking experiences for our 24+ million growing user base in Africa and India.  You will work under the supervision of our Lead Product Designer to produce high-quality experiences for our users. If you are passionate about design, eager to learn more, and have a sharp eye for details—you will be a great fit!  If you have a portfolio you are proud of, please send it our way—we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Work with our globally distributed Product Team to bring world-class mobile banking to 24+ million users in Africa, India, and beyond.
• Take new features from ideation to prototyping, to user testing, to production.
• Craft authentic, intuitive, and simple experiences that bring mobile banking to the next billion users.
• Solicit feedback and or present in regular Design Reviews with other Designers and Product Managers.
• Contribute to defining and elevating our internal design systems by creating, maintaining, and distributing easy-to-use components for our design system.
• Provide guidance on specs and or interaction with tools like Loom, Zoom, and or Quicktime.
• Constant collaboration with our cross-functional partners in product, product ops, engineering, and marketing.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional Product Design experience
• Experience designing consumer-facing experiences for mobile and web applications
• Excellence in UX thinking, visual design, written communication, and familiarity with Material Design guidelines
• Experience working in a collaborative environment with engineers, user researchers, and product teams. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.
• Familiar with Branch (you have used it in the past or present)
• Figma, Adobe After Effects, prototyping tools

Job Overview :

You will be responsible for providing an inspiring and delightful experience for our customers. This role is based in Nairobi and will report to the Customer Service Manager. Ideal candidates should be extremely flexible with scheduling, working shifts, working weekends, and occasionally holidays, within a 5-day work week.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering efficient, friendly responses to customer inquiries and building our brand via our text-based chat platform
• Responding to customer inquiries via Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, Instagram & Google Play
• Escalating customer feedback and IT issues to help improve our product

Qualifications :

• 1-3 years of previous job experience in customer service
• Passionate about our mission and our customers
• Highly entrepreneurial, proactive, and willing to get your hands dirty
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• Good grammar, spelling, and punctuation
• Driven by data and highly analytical, a good understanding of excel preferred
• Good typing speed (ideally above 45 wpm)