Junior Accountant

Who is Ezra?

Ezra provides B2B digital lending solutions for emerging markets in partnership with mobile and digital wallet operators and financial service providers. Ezra supports 24 operations in 23 countries, across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Our key office locations are in Nairobi, Kenya and Dubai, UAE.

Our flagship products are Advance Credit Service (ACS), Nano and BNPL.

• ACS is an airtime or data advance offered to prepaid mobile subscribers at the point of low credit.
• Nano is a micro cash advance offered to mobile wallet users on demand.
• BNPL facilitates payment installments for products and services
  
  

As a FinTech company, our business is entirely technology and data driven, from determining subscriber eligibility, generating relevant offers, managing risk, loan issuance, recovery, optimizing performance and reporting, reconciliation and billing.

Each day we process approximately 21M loan requests and 1.4 TB of data across our markets. This process needs to be robust, reliable and secure.

But it doesn't end there. We're exploring new ways of using our platform and transactional data to improve our products and develop new product opportunities.

Context of the role

Reporting to the Finance Manager, the Junior Accountant will be responsible for the accuracy of all financial transactions within the organization, ensuring that they are in accordance with IFRS accounting standards, maintain accurate financial records, and contribute to the overall financial health of the organization. This role provides a valuable opportunity to develop accounting skills, gain hands-on experience, and advance within the company.

Responsibilities

• Handle full set of accounts
• Perform month-end closing activities
• Perform account reconciliations
• Support year-end audit
• Issue invoices for services supplied.
• Process payments for suppliers
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Post entries into Oracle accounting system
• Update inter-company transactions and ensure inter-company balances tally across the books
  
  

Qualifications

• 2+ years relevant work experience in accounting or finance departments
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Familiarity with accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP, Oracle).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
  
  

Sounds like you? Apply today!