Reconciliation Officer

Sector: Consumer Finance
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Reports To: Reconciliation Manager
Experience: Minimum of 4 years of relevant experience

ABOUT PAGA

Paga is a licensed financial services company and a leading payments company in
Nigeria with a massive transformative purpose - to make it simple for one billion
people to access and use money. It was founded on the simple belief that the
ubiquity of mobile phones can be leveraged in building an ecosystem that enables
people to digitally send and receive money and creating simple financial access for
everyone.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Reconciliation Officer will provide support to department activities with specific
responsibility for the processing, recording, updating, and reconciling financial
information. The Officer will contribute to the efficient and effective workings of the
finance department by executing daily tasks with a strong attention to detail. This role
will utilize good teamwork, strong accounting knowledge, time management skills
and effective problem solving to ensure success.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Perform Reconciliations, analyse, investigate, and resolve variances and
reconciling items.
• Review and reconcile third party and Pagatech transactions to ensure
accurate billing in a timely manner.
• Maintain accounting controls by following policies and procedures,
complying with financial legal requirements.
• Effectively and efficiently manage resolution of disputed transactions in
collaboration with customer support and the affected business partner.
• Assisting with Monthly and Year End tasks.
• Other ad-hoc tasks as assigned by management.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Initiative
• Self- driven and hardworking
• Organized
• Multitask and manage competing priorities
• Detail oriented
• Good team player
• Flexibility
• Problem solving skills
• Time management skills
• Strong MS Office skills, especially WORD and EXCEL
• Attention to Details
• Speed and accuracy
• Task ownership
• Ability to learn fast.
• Communication skills

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL REQUIREMENTS

• Knowledge and experience of reconciliation and e-settlements.
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of a 2:1 (Preferably in Finance /
Accounting)
• At least 4 years’ relevant experience in demonstrable experience.
• Must be able to work in a high-velocity, high performance environment
• Must have completed the mandatory NYSC

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity inclusion. We do not
discriminate on grounds of colour, race, nationality, religion, age, ethnic origin,
disability, gender, marital status, or sexual orientation in our employment
practices.