I. Who are we and what do we stand for?

1. Our story

Launched in 2013 by Moulaye and Kadry as a side project to help a friend's mother, they understood quickly that there was room for opportunity for distribution through the web for African culture.

With an outsourced MVP, they saw the first orders coming and they decided to dedicate themselves full time to this growing project. With the coming of Luc, in 2016 they focused on Tech and Product and then launched Afrikrea, the marketplace, and Boom… a growth of 8% per week doubling our revenue every quarter and multiplying our revenue 10 times every year!

After several fundraisings, a move to Abidjan, the coming of the first team members, and a strong partnership with DHL, Afrikrea became their number one African eCommerce exporter.

Since starting, we enabled over 50m$ of transactions in175 countries !

2. The current situation: the transition to Anka

In 2020, rich in these years of experience in direct contact with sellers and as entrepreneurs serving entrepreneurs, we understood that the challenges of the sellers were deeper than those solved by the marketplace, Afrikrea. The sellers faced specific African issues such as the lack of visibility globally, the difficulty of shipping products worldwide from Africa, and the complexity of payments between international and local ways. To resolve these needs that exceed the perimeter of a simple marketplace, they decided to create Anka.

Anka, powered by Afrikrea, is the all-in-one solution for sellers of products « Made of Africa » (fashion, art, food, or beauty…) to sell from anywhere, ship worldwide, get paid faster on international or local African payment methods, and easily manage their businesses. Our new vision is clear: Export Africa by building the future of selling globally!

In January 2022, we raised 5,4 million euros from top-tier investors (including the co-founder of Alibaba) and it's the reason why we are looking for the right people to help us achieve this vision.

3. Few KPIs about Anka

General KPIs

• 20 000+ sellers in 46 African countries and 100 in total

• 50+ million dollars of transactions in 175 countries

• Each month 1 200 000+ visits;

• Each week 7 000+ new products;

• Each day 1 200+ messages exchanged ;

• A team of 45 team members in 13 countries, passionate about this vision, diverse, experienced, working in full remote (since day 1), and very cool!

Specific KPI for the Finance Manager

• Accuracy of forecasts and treasury gaps,

• Implemented monthly closing with cut off date,

• Documented book of accounting procedures,

• Daily and monthly cash-flow reporting compliant with templates.

II. What are we looking for?

1. Context of the team and vision of the job

Under the responsibility of Axel, our VP of Finance, as part of the Finance team, you'll be in direct contact with the Payment team on the operation's side and the Office management team and our different banks to implement our accounting process and treasury.

2. Your challenges (if you accept them…)

Your general missions:

• Management of the general accounting function: drafting and implementation of accounting procedures, support in implementation of the accounting system, animation of monthly closing process, implementation and execution of controls, management of the accountant
• Daily reporting on treasury, with analysis of global inflow and outflow by nature, currencies and countries

• Optimizing our cash cycles and movements to grow FCF and gains from FX opportunities
• Monthly treasury analysis, cash burn breakdown, runway review and forecast

Your first 6 months' goals:

• Define, implement and document processes around the accounting tasks (revenue recognition, bank reconciliation, cost of sales recognition, ...)

• Train the accountant in executing the processes flawlessly and on time

• Define and implement cross functional controls: treasury vs. accounting, controlling vs. accounting

• Define tools to accelerate the work of the team

3. What you will need to succeed

Skills & qualifications:

• You have 3 to 5 years of solid experience acquired ideally in top African firms and/ or fast growth startups in different African countries or abroad.

• Or you're a fresh graduate from a top business school backing by solid internships in outstanding institutions.

• You have a perfect command of managing and understanding the accounting & tax structures of different African countries in order to migrate our accounting system internally.

• You are able to understand the african ecosystem

• You have a solid command of the IFRS for SME

• You have a track record of implementing accounting procedures in early stage environment

• You have a design thinking mindset helping you to approach problems in different ways.

• You master Microsoft Excel (Power query), Power Point & Power BI

Soft skills (Mandatory):

• Self drive

• High speed in delivery

• Attention to detail

• Clear communication

• You have a real interest in the African ecosystem

• Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus

4. Our recruitment process

• Screening call: 30-minute interview on Zoom with Marina, our Head of People & Culture, to discuss your motivation & fit for the role

• Technical interview: A technical test to prepare ( at home or online) followed by a 45'min interview on Zoom with Axel, our VP of Finance to deep dive into your technical skills.

• Meet the co-founders: 30-minute interview on Zoom with Moulaye, CEO and Guillaume, CFO to discuss the company goals, your career aspirations and your fit with our company culture.

5. Key information

• Start date: as soon as we find our rocket talent

• Competitive salary

• Contract: Ivorian Long-Term contract or consultancy contract

III. What we can offer you

1. Our culture “Teamwork, Determination, Accountability, Exploration”

• Teamwork - Alone you go fast, together we go far, empathy is key.

• Determination - Keep trying until you deliver.

• Accountability - Say it, own it, do it!

• Exploration - Create the future you imagine.

2 Our work-from-home Policy (100% remote since Day 1)

Freedom and flexibility to work from everywhere which implies asynchronous and structured communication (thanks to Basecamp) but also flexibility, autonomy, and discipline.

3 The possibility of growing quickly within the organization

As a small startup, there are rooms for opportunities at Anka! Thanks to our quarterly evaluation and monthly feedback, you'll know easily what areas you'll have to improve and what you succeed in.

If you meet or exceed our expectations, there'll be the possibility in 1 year to evolve horizontally or vertically with a salary increase.

4 Our perks

• Health Coverage for you and your family

• Paid Holidays: 30 days per year

• Employee Stocks Option Plan

• Company Goodies

IV. Our rituals

General

• The AHOM: Our weekly company meeting

• 1-week meet-up once a year in an African city all together

Specific for the role

• Weekly 1:1 with the manager

• Daily standup call

• Monthly financial review: top line, opex and treasury

Our policy about diversity and inclusion

We're Anka. We truly embrace diversity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to color, religion, sex, national origin, sexuality, disability, or any other characteristic.

If you want to be truly yourself, work from where you want but also work in an organization with an international impact, Anka is the right place for you!