Senior FP&A Manager

Role Overview

• Serve as a senior member of the FP&A team, supporting wider finance function when required
• Serve as a finance partner to department owners supporting them budget, understand their cost drivers and provide recommendations for improvements
• Develop, implement and maintain an effective planning and analysis capability that will provide stakeholders with appropriate analytical tools to establish goals and measure performance of the Group’s products and services
• Build reports and dashboards with insights into company performance, user metrics, and KPIs to be shared with Senior Management and external stakeholders as required
• Ensure board packs, reports and dashboards are produced timeously to stakeholders
• Track performance against key targets and outcomes, and produce regular corporate-level management information for all senior management
• Highlight trends, key actions, and strategic implications
• Conduct monthly variance analysis to identify trends, drivers and opportunities
• Forecasting, cash flow analysis & capital adequacy projections
• Budgeting and forecasting, including building an annual budget process and a regular forecasting process in order to support the delivery of monthly/quarterly financial forecasts to be used by the business, senior management and the Board.
• Take an active role in identifying opportunities to improve processes and drive transformation
• Ensuring Investor information requests are responded to timeously, including leading on due diligence requests when required
• Supporting junior team
• Producing financial metrics and reports for the quarterly board decks
• Assessing new Business Cases for financial viability (ROI, breakeven, cash flow) before recommending for approval or rejection, and incorporating approved business cases into budgets and reforecasts
• Work with the Business Owners to optimise business plans to maximise financial success whilst ensuring guard rails and controls are in place.
• Work with the Data Team to understand and ensure accuracy of data pipelines
• Collaborate with country managers and legal teams to support new entity forecasts when required
• Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders to help ensure the Finance Department is well-informed and has a strong voice in the organisation
• Producing accurate work and deliverables to a high technical standard
• Continuous maintenance and improvement of templates and standard operating procedures
• Any other tasks and projects assigned by the Director of FP&A

Requirements

• Fully professionally qualified CFA/ACMA/CA/ACA/ACCA/CPA or similar
• 5+ years relevant experience in FP&A / Commercial Finance
• Experience working remotely in Group or Regional Finance teams
• Previous experience in FinTech, Payments or Crypto
• Advanced Google Sheets (and Excel), Financial Modelling and analytical skills
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills
• Ability to summarise complex concepts clearly and concisely to senior internal and external stakeholders
• Understands the big picture and able to prioritise time to be spent on the big ticket items, which are going to move the needle
• Strong attention to detail
• Self-starter, confident to ask questions and challenge the status quo
• ‘Get things done’ attitude
• Ability to grasp, navigate and solve complex business problems
• High ownership, able to work independently and prioritise competing tasks to meet deadlines
• Performance driven
• Agile and able to work in a rapidly evolving work environment and industry
• Proactive, fast learner, upholding Yellow Card’s Core Values
• Previous startup/growth stage company experience
• Finance/Business degree

Tech Stack

• Ruby on Rails

Benefits

• Impactful and Purposeful Work: You will be helping to drive financial inclusion across Africa.
• Remote-First Flexibility: We embrace a fully remote work environment.
• Global & Diverse Team: You will have the opportunity to work with talented professionals from 25+ countries across the world, in a multicultural and collaborative environment.
• Learning & Development: Access to resources, support, and autonomy to grow professionally.
• Mental Health Support Services: Your mental well-being matters to us.
• Compensation & Benefits: We offer competitive compensation and meaningful health coverage, and all full-time employees are participants in our stock option plan.