Finance Coordinator (Treasury and Payments)

Job type: Full-time 

Level: Coordinator

Reports to: Finance Associate

Location: The role is remote, though preferably based in Africa (Kenya, Uganda or Malawi)

Travel requirement: at least 1-2 times a year to our countries of operation for team retreats or field visits

About this role

The Finance team currently supports all financial activities in 13 countries, 10 being in Africa. As a member of the global finance team, the role will be delivering on finance and payments responsibilities for our programs and stakeholders, in collaboration with other functions of the Finance team. 

You are a great candidate for this role if you are have a payments and treasury background, are adaptable to quickly changing environments and have great communication and analytical skills. 

What you’ll do:

Treasury

• Support in currency trade execution and reporting.
• Support in  liquidity management and cash flow reporting.
• Excecute financial account opening/closing/maintainece process.
• Lead account access audits.
• Build a strong, professional relationship with financial institutions in order to manage operational processes.
• Provide documentation and complete the KYC process for new & existing banks

Payment

• Support the payment cycles including issuing payments and resolving exceptions using standard and efficient methods.
• Resove problems or issues with payments or funding.
• Recommend efficient payment processes across all GD operations/countries based on the best practices.
• Provide support to the Finance team as required in order to meet the department’s objectives.
• Help run country finance operations eg. Petty cash counts, asset counts, finance liaison with authorities (tax, statutory filings), etc.
•  Ensure monthly bank reconciliations are complete with no exceptions.

Risk / Compliance

• Adhere to the control and compliance culture in the organisation. 
• Understand and implement controls and compliance requirements with external stakeholders like tax regulators and payment partners
• Support in-country audits, special reporting to donors and regulatory bodies on request.
• Be compliant with regulations, internal policies and guidelines.

What you’ll bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance or accounting  is a must.
• 2+ years of professional experience in accounting or finance, with a at least 1 years of experience in a treasury or payment roles.
• Working language competence in English. Knowledge of French and Portugueses will be an added advantage.
• Competence in Excel and financial & accounting software (e.g. Intacct, Emburse, QuickBooks). 
• Bonus: Proven experience working in a fast-paced, high volume, or matrix work environment.

Alignment with GiveDirectly Values and active demonstration of our core competencies is expected.  We welcome and strongly encourage applications from candidates who have personal or professional experience in the low-income and/or historically marginalized communities that we serve.