Treasury Accountant

Our client is poised to transform cross-border payments for businesses by taking a unique approach. Their mission is to empower businesses of every scale with personalized and limitless financial access. To date, our client has successfully facilitated this for more than 250 businesses, managing transactions exceeding $500 million. With offices strategically located in Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, the UK, US, Canada, and Dubai, our client is committed to redefining the landscape of international financial solutions.

Job Type: Full Time

Workplace: Remote

Location: Kenya

Requirements

• 3+ years experience in payments review and processing, with good attention to detail.
• 3+ years experience in basic accounting and allocation of GL codes.
• 3+ years experience in working with foreign currencies.
• Proven experience in a treasury role within the banking or fintech industry.
• Experience with Oracles NetSuite (preferable).
• Understanding of processing payments in local and foreign currencies.
• Advanced working knowledge in the use of Google sheets and MS Excel.
• Basic knowledge and understanding of the workings of virtual assets.
• Preferably available immediately.

Responsibilities

• Download bank statements from various Group banking portals.
• Reconciliation of Bank statements.
• Facilitate the timely and accurate processing of fiat currency payments at the request of the Commercial team.
• Being on standby to process fiat payments after standard working hours.
• Assist the Commercial team in managing expectations regarding the timely processing of payments.
• Providing feedback on inefficient payment processes.
• Assist the Treasury function with liquidity management.
• Manage transactional queries with service providers on an ongoing ad hoc basis.

General duties:

• Gathering information from different sources by using effective research tools.
• Adapting to a changing work environment.
• Continuous maintenance and improvement of templates and standard operating procedures.