Role overview
What you'll be stepping into
Mission/ Core purpose of the Job
The Financial Analyst – Financial Operations is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, completeness, and integrity of mobile money financial operations across assigned operating companies. The role supports reconciliation, revenue and commission validation, journal review, receivables tracking, liquidity monitoring, and audit follow-up while partnering with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and strengthen financial controls.
Responsibilities
Main Job Functions:
Key Deliverables
Develop and maintain financial and management reports within FCCS and EPBSC systems, enabling data-driven decision-making and supporting both recurring and ad hoc analysis.
Support data integration and data loading processes across Hyperion and Vena platforms, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely availability of financial data.
Perform reconciliations across multiple financial systems (FCCS, EPBSC, Vena, Hyperion) to ensure data consistency, identify discrepancies, and strengthen overall data integrity.
Perform daily, weekly, and monthly reconciliations of assigned mobile money trust accounts between EWP, bank statements, related financial systems, and follow up with operating companies to resolve reconciling items within agreed timelines.
Reconcile restricted cash and prefunded accounts between Ericsson Converged Wallet and the general ledger, ensuring balances are accurate, supported, and fully investigated.
Recompute, validate, and support sign-off of transaction revenue for assigned operating companies on a daily and weekly basis before posting to the general ledger.
Identify and recognize unliquidated signed-off revenue as receivables where applicable, including revenue arising from offline transactions or customer-related balances.
Recompute and validate online and offline commissions, perform variance checks, and support weekly review and sign-off processes.
Monitor reconciled revenue to ensure timely liquidation and transfer of funds to bank accounts, escalating delays or exceptions as needed.
Analyze agent commissions for completeness, accuracy, and consistency with approved rates, transaction records, and supporting documentation.
Review journals posted in the mobile money system to confirm accuracy, completeness, and alignment with accounting policies and control requirements.
Prepare and maintain reconciliation schedules, exception reports, and supporting documentation for month-end reporting, management review, and audit readiness.
Participate in cross-functional initiatives with Finance, Operations, Technology, and other stakeholders to resolve operational issues, improve controls, and enhance process efficiency.
Verify customer liquidations processed on EWP for completeness and accuracy and investigate any discrepancies or delayed settlements.
Track and support closure of audit findings and recommendations related to mobile money financial operations, ensuring timely remediation and proper documentation.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
Professional accounting or finance qualifications such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, or CFA are preferred.
Experience:
A minimum of 2 years’ prior work experience in a service-oriented environment
Relevant experience in financial analysis, reconciliation, financial operations, mobile money, fintech, banking, or a similar environment.
Competencies:
Functional Knowledge:
Strong understanding of general ledger processes, journal review, receivables, revenue recognition, and financial controls.
Proficiency in Excel and financial systems, with the ability to analyze large data sets and identify exceptions accurately.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills with high attention to detail.
Skills
Relationship/People management
Strong exploratory communication skills
Continuous improvement
Data interpretation
Delivery focused
Presentation
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