Payroll Analyst (Stablecoins)

Our Client is the largest and only licensed on/off-ramp platform for stablecoins in Africa. They are dedicated to offering innovative solutions in the African stablecoins space. Our client is committed to making stablecoins accessible and understandable for everyone, providing their customers with secure and user-friendly platforms for their financial transactions.

Role Overview

The role responsibilities will be split between 80/20 for Payroll and Corporate Accounting/Bookkeeping. The desired candidate will be required to oversee the end to end process from payroll to financial accounting.

Job Type: Full Time | Remote

Location: South Africa

Requirements

• A financial educational background such as bachelor's degree in Finance, Tax, Accounting or relevant field
• 1-2 years experience of relevant payroll and/or accounting experience
• Strong numbers acumen, analytical and a working knowledge of excel and google sheets
• Strong reconciliation and analysis skills
• Excellent attention to detail, ability to identify inconsistencies and challenge numbers
• Ability to work independently and take initiative to improve processes and drive efficiencies
• Experience in being able to prioritize and multitask
• Ability to work under pressure in a deadline driven environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills Resilient and able to adapt to a changing work environment
• Takes pride in producing work deliverables to a high technical standard
• Must be proactive, eager to learn and adherence to company principles and values
• Previous experience in Cryptocurrency - advantageous
• Previous experience in FinTech - advantageous

Responsibilities

• Maintaining centralized payroll records
• Calculation of monthly payroll, including but not limited to, bonuses and allowances
• Monthly end-to-end processing of Africa-wide payrolls
• Liaising with external payroll and tax advisors
• Processing month end payroll journals
• Ensuring monthly and annual payroll returns are compliant, accurate, filed, paid and tracked
• Producing monthly balance sheet reconciliations for all payroll related balance sheet GL Accounts
• Internal reporting for payroll approval
• Working closely with the Payroll Manager to ensure smooth and efficient delivery of the monthly payroll process
• Identifying payroll issues and use various tools and techniques to provide suggestions on how to solve them
• Continuous maintenance and improvement of templates and standard operating procedures.
• Assisting with ad hoc accounting processes