Manager: Reporting

About Cellulant:

Cellulant is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless, secure and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and global brands to thrive in a fast-changing global economy. 

With a presence in over 24 countries and 200+ payment methods, including cards, bank transfers, and mobile money, our single API payment platform, Tingg, simplifies collections, disbursements, and reconciliations. It processes over 4.5 million transactions daily for market leaders across
sectors such as Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail, and Remittances. By simplifying how people pay and get paid, we drive trust, commerce and scale – and connect companies to their ambitions.

Our Story:

Across Africa, payments are more than transactions. They are gateways to prosperity, connecting people, businesses and communities to opportunities and growth.

From enabling a logistics company in Lusaka to pay suppliers across borders, to enabling a hospitality brand in Lagos to scale effortlessly, to supporting an airline in Nairobi to reconcile payments from multiple platforms, Cellulant is the bridge that makes it all possible. 

Through trusted technology and customer-centric innovation, we build connections that inspire progress, strengthen economies and transform payments into a tool for progress.

Since our founding in 2003, we've continuously adapted and grown, leveraging our experiences to simplify payments for businesses. We are driven by an unshakable belief that seamless people-centred payments are the key to unlocking prosperity. 

Today, Cellulant powers online and offline payment processing, allowing businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and accelerate business growth.

Our Mission: 

To deliver seamless, secure and innovative payment solutions for businesses. 

Our Vision:

To create a connected world where businesses move money as easily as they share ideas.

Role Overview: 

The Reporting Manager is responsible for overseeing the preparation, accuracy, and timely delivery of financial, regulatory, and management reports across the business. The role ensures the integrity of financial information through robust reporting processes, controls, reconciliations, and stakeholder engagement. Working closely with Finance, FP&A, Risk, Compliance, and external stakeholders, the Reporting Manager supports informed decision-making and ensures compliance with internal policies, IFRS, and regulatory reporting requirements in a dynamic fintech environment.

What You'll do:

1. Financial Reporting

• Manage the preparation and delivery of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of financial reporting across all legal entities.
• Support the preparation of annual financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with IFRS and statutory requirements.
• Prepare reporting packs and financial commentary for senior management and key stakeholders.

2. Balance Sheet Reporting & Reconciliations

• Oversee the monthly balance sheet review process, ensuring all accounts are reconciled and supported by appropriate documentation.
• Review reconciliations and investigate unusual balances, trends, or variances.
• Coordinate with accounting and FP&A teams to ensure accurate reporting of accruals, provisions, and estimates.
• Escalate significant reporting risks and recommend corrective actions.

3. Regulatory Reporting

• Prepare and submit regulatory financial reports to relevant regulators and authorities within required timelines.
• Ensure compliance with reporting requirements across all operating jurisdictions.
• Monitor regulatory reporting changes and implement updates to reporting processes and templates.
• Support regulatory inspections and information requests related to financial reporting.

4. Management Reporting & Analysis

• Produce management reports, dashboards, and performance metrics for executive leadership.
• Analyze financial results and provide insights into key business drivers, trends, and variances.
• Collaborate with FP&A and business teams to improve reporting quality and decision-support information.
• Develop and maintain reporting KPIs and reporting governance standards.

5. Controls, Governance & Process Improvement

• Maintain strong reporting controls to ensure data integrity and reporting accuracy.
• Support implementation of reporting automation initiatives and continuous process improvements.
• Work closely with Finance Systems teams to enhance reporting capabilities and efficiencies.
• Ensure reporting procedures are documented, standardized, and consistently applied.

6. Audit & Stakeholder Management

• Support internal and external audits by providing reporting schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Support responses to audit queries and ensure timely resolution of reporting-related findings.
• Act as a key liaison between Finance, Compliance, Risk, Operations, and external stakeholders on provision of financial reports.
• Provide clear and concise reporting insights to senior leadership and governance committees.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• Professional accounting qualification (CPA, ACCA, CA, or equivalent).
• 5–8+ years of experience in financial reporting, regulatory reporting, or financial control.
• Strong knowledge of IFRS and financial reporting standards.
• Experience preparing management, regulatory, and statutory reports.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, banking, or other regulated industries is preferred.
• Advanced analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, SAP) and reporting tools.
• High attention to detail, strong problem-solving ability, and capacity to work in a fast-paced environment.

Why this role matters?

The Reporting Manager plays a critical role in ensuring the business has accurate, reliable, and timely financial information to support strategic decision-making, regulatory compliance, and sustainable growth. By overseeing financial, management, and regulatory reporting, the role strengthens financial transparency, enhances governance, and maintains stakeholder confidence.

In a fast-paced fintech environment, where regulatory expectations and business needs evolve rapidly, the Reporting Manager ensures reporting processes remain robust, efficient, and compliant with IFRS and applicable regulatory requirements. The role helps safeguard the integrity of financial data through strong controls, reconciliations, and continuous process improvements.

Beyond compliance, the Reporting Manager provides meaningful financial insights that enable executive leadership to understand business performance, identify trends, manage risks, and make informed commercial decisions. By collaborating across Finance, FP&A, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and external stakeholders, the role contributes to operational excellence and supports the organization's long-term financial resilience and growth.

Ultimately, the Reporting Manager serves as a trusted partner in delivering high-quality financial reporting that underpins effective governance, strengthens investor and regulator confidence, and supports the organization's strategic objectives.

Why Work for Us?

At Cellulant, we are more than a payments company: we are bridge-builders. We believe that by simplifying the way people pay and get paid, we are connecting companies to their ambitions, people to opportunities, and Africa to the global economy. Our work goes beyond payments—it’s about what people, businesses, and communities can do when the movement of money becomes more dependable, seamless, and secure. 

Some exciting things about us...

• We have an extensive footprint: We have an office presence in 10 countries, and our products serve 24 countries across Africa, with a global workforce of about 300 employees. 
• We believe innovation is at the heart of Fintech: Thousands of market leaders and top enterprises trust our technology to power their payments. Our customers are in various sectors, including financial services, travel and hospitality, telecom, e-commerce, remittance companies, SaaS, and the gig economy. 
• We support a diverse and inclusive workforce: We focus on the growth and development of our employees through well-developed, individualised career paths, ensuring you reach your full potential in a supportive and delivery-oriented environment. 
• We put our employees first: At Cellulant, your contribution is rewarded competitively. We use clear career levels and role titles, and benchmark our base pay against data and a well-established internal process. Your actual salary will reflect your experience, skills, impact and the scope of the role, as well as our business needs and prevailing market conditions. We also offer generous personal time off, and medical and life insurance benefits (markets permitting).
• We seek collaborative builders: At Cellulant, we believe that great ideas happen when we come together. Therefore, we nurture a collaborative work environment that challenges, engages, and empowers each person to contribute to the growth and success of the business. 
• We solve Africa's digital economy: We’re solving payment challenges on the continent to create opportunities and accelerate economic growth for all of Africa.

Cellulant is an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, employ, develop and reward our people on the basis of merit, competence and business need. We do not discriminate against any employee, worker or applicant on any ground prohibited by the law of the country in which they are employed, and we are committed to a workplace built on fairness, dignity and respect for everyone.
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