Finance Manager
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M-KOPA is hiring a hands-on Finance Manager to lead the Nigeria entity's monthly management reporting, IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss model, treasury, compliance, and unit economics. The role combines statutory and management reporting with commercial partnership, supporting product launches, pricing decisions, and board-level financial cases in a fast-scaling fintech environment.
- Lead end-to-end monthly close, IFRS 9 provisioning, and statutory reporting for the Nigeria entity
- Commercial finance partner: unit economics, new product modelling, and board-level cases
- Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAN, ACCA, CA or equivalent) required
- Big 4 training and Nigerian fintech/lending experience are strong advantages
- Full-time role based in Lagos with high ownership and regional exposure
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Original source description
M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go PayGo solar energy for off-grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of cus...
Finance Manager
Job Type: Full Time
Qualifications
BA/BSc/HND
Experience
Location: Lagos
Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
What This Role Actually Is
This is a hands-on, high-ownership position. You will be a finance lead for the Nigeria entity — responsible for the monthly management reporting pack, executive commentary, the IFRS 9 Expected Credit Loss model, treasury and compliance matters, and the unit economics that inform commercial decisions across the market.
You'll manage the end-to-end monthly close: accruals, prepayments, intercompany, depreciation, FX. You'll produce variance analysis that isolates market-specific effects from one-off items. You'll monitor the loan book, analyse repayment behaviour by cohort, and own provisioning and bad debt trends. You'll support statutory and regulatory reporting, manage documentation for funding and compliance processes, and support due diligence as needed.
And then — because this is Nigeria — you'll also be a commercial partner. You'll sit alongside the commercial team to interrogate unit economics, model new product launches, assess pricing and supply decisions, and build the financial cases for leadership and board discussions.
This is not a role where the strategy happens upstairs and the finance team keeps score. You'll shape both.
What Makes It Different
Most finance roles at this level have inherited structures, established processes, and reporting cadences that largely run themselves. This one asks for more ownership than that. You'll identify automation opportunities, strengthen controls, and ensure IFRS compliance in areas where judgement genuinely matters: IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 21, revenue recognition, IFRS 18 readiness.
You'll also have direct exposure to one of Africa's largest and most dynamic fintech markets, working alongside local and regional leadership to navigate a fast-changing regulatory and commercial landscape. That's a professional
Education
you can't buy.
What You Bring
Qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAN, ACCA, CA or equivalent), with a demonstrable track record in finance management or a senior finance role, including hands-on ownership of statutory and management reporting cycles.
Deep, applied IFRS knowledge — particularly IFRS 9, IFRS 16, IAS 21, and revenue recognition — and proven ability to manage audit processes end-to-end, from file preparation to auditor queries.
Exceptional financial modelling and communication skills: you can build a complex multi-scenario model in Excel and present its conclusions clearly to a CFO or a lender in the same week.
Big 4 training (PwC, Deloitte, EY, KPMG) is a strong advantage. Working knowledge of the Nigerian fintech, lending, or asset-financing sector is a plus, though not required — curiosity and commercial instincts matter more.
The reality check
This role will ask a lot of you. The business is scaling fast, the reporting obligations are real, and the market's dynamics require precision. There will be months where the close feels tight and the audit feels relentless. You'll be operating across strategic and operational levels simultaneously — and some days the most important thing on your plate will be debugging a provisioning model, not presenting to leadership.
If that sounds manageable, it probably is. If it sounds energising — you're probably the right person.
What You'll Find Here
A front-row seat in strengthening the financial infrastructure of one of Africa's largest asset fintech businesses, in one of its most important markets. A mission where every asset financed is a tangible improvement in a customer's daily life. And genuine ownership — the kind where your judgement shapes how this entity reports, controls, and makes decisions, not just maintains them.
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