Yellow Card App

Senior FP&A Manager

Yellow Card App

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

Ruby on Rails

About the role

  • 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
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
financial analysisbudgetingforecastingvariance analysisfinancial modelingcash flow analysiscapital adequacy projectionsreportingdashboard creationperformance metrics
Soft Skills
communicationpresentationattention to detailproblem-solvingself-starterproactiveperformance drivenrelationship buildingtime managementadaptability
Certifications
CFAACMACAACAACCACPA