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Wave is a fintech company building financial services for Sub-Saharan Africa, with millions of users across 9 countries. The company raised Africa's largest Series A in 2021 and is backed by top-tier investors including Sequoia, Stripe, and Y Combinator.
You will lead Wave's Finance function in Côte d'Ivoire as the organization rapidly scales. This is a people-management role overseeing the Finance team while representing the Finance unit to external stakeholders.
Key responsibilities:
**External Stakeholder Representation:**
- Review and monitor company financial transactions
- Ensure compliance with financial, legal, and regulatory requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence, and advising on needed actions
- Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures
- Manage the external auditor relationship and ensure organizational compliance with accounting standards
**Team Leadership:**
- Recruit, train, mentor, and develop Finance staff
- Interact with Product Managers to ensure new products are correctly designed from accounting and tax perspectives
- Lead by embodying Wave's values and ensure they are deeply ingrained within your team
You will work from Wave's Abidjan office and may travel to field locations. Work authorization in Côte d'Ivoire is required. This is a permanent position.
Wave offers competitive salaries calculated using a transparent formula, performance bonuses (after 6 months), generous health insurance for you and dependents, 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, subsidized childcare, airtime reimbursement, and free food and office space.
**Requirements:**
- Master's degree in Accounting or Finance
- Minimum 8 years of experience in Auditing, Accounting, or Finance
- Experience with financial reporting requirements in Côte d'Ivoire
- Experience managing tax audits
- Fluent in both French and English (role involves regular interaction with non-French speakers)
- Exceptional time management, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal communication and leadership skills with ability to manage staff
- Ability to lead by example with strong sense of integrity, ethics, and dependability
- Proven ability to work under pressure
- Professional written and oral communication skills
- Strong computer skills, especially Word and Excel
- Experience in an audit firm is an added advantage
