Senior Accountant

The role

You will help develop and maintain an effective financial and accounting unit in Cote d'Ivoire. You will represent the Finance unit to external stakeholders, oversee the Finance team, and ensure compliance with financial and regulatory requirements.

What you will do

• Represent the Finance unit towards external stakeholders
• Review and monitor company financial transactions
• Comply with financial, legal and regulatory requirements
• Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures
• Manage the external auditor relationship
• Recruit, train, mentor and develop staff
• Interact with Product Managers to ensure new products are correctly designed from accounting and tax perspectives
• Lead by living Wave's values

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Auditing/Accounting/Finance
• Experience with financial reporting requirements in Cote d'Ivoire
• Experience managing tax audits
• Speak both French and English fluently
• Exceptional time management, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Great interpersonal communication and leadership skills
• Ability to lead by example and demonstrate a strong sense of integrity, ethics and dependability
• Proven ability to work under pressure
• Professional written and oral communication skills
• Good computer skills, especially in Word and Excel

Nice to have

• Experience in an audit firm

Benefits

• Competitive salaries calculated using a transparent formula
• Bonuses to strong performers who have been with the company for more than 6 months
• Generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents
• 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers
• 4 weeks of parental leave for fathers
• Subsidised child care when parents return to work
• Airtime reimbursement
• Free food
• Beautiful office space

Before you apply

• Work authorisation in Cote d'Ivoire is required

About the company

Wave is building financial services to make Africa the first cashless continent. They have millions of users across 9 countries.