Payroll and Compliance Associate

Who We Are

At Onafriq, we believe that the only currency that matters is access. Our mission is to make borders matter less by connecting Africans to the world, giving them access to the global digital economy.

We are Africa's leading omnichannel payments platform, enabling real-time cross-border, cross-scheme, and cross-currency payments within, from, and to the continent digitally and offline. We partner with mobile network operators, mobile transfer operators, global enterprises, and financial institutions to connect over 1 billion mobile money users and 500 million bank accounts to a world of limitless possibilities.

As a fintech company, we strive for elegance and simplicity in everything. Our values are to simplify, care, be revolutionary, and be tenacious. Our people are talented, curious, and passionate, and the reason our company does exceptional things. Excellence in nurturing our people and their passions is foundational to our success as a business. The Onafriq team continues to grow.

Our offices include Accra, Johannesburg, Kigali, Kampala, Kinshasa, Lagos, London, Nairobi, and Port Louis, and many employees work remotely from locations where we do not have offices.

We pride ourselves on a world-class team and world-class operations. We are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius, BoG in Ghana, CBN in CEMAC, BoU in Uganda, BoT in Tanzania, BCC in the DRC, and FCA in the UK.

The Role

We are recruiting a Payroll & Compliance Associate to join the People Team who will be responsible for managing and facilitating timely and accurate monthly Payroll operations. As a core member of the People Team, the Payroll Associate will report to the People Director, Centre of Excellence, and work closely with the People Directors, Payroll Specialist, and the Finance team to ensure a seamless payroll administration process in Nigeria.

We are seeking candidates with 3-5 years of experience in payroll management. The successful candidate must be passionate about People, possess strong attention to detail,

exceptional communication skills, and strong organization and planning skills. Success in this role will require someone comfortable working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

The role will be in Lagos, Nigeria.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage and facilitate the timely and accurate monthly Nigeria Payroll operations.
• Calculate and enter payroll data.
• Data entry, records management, and analytics as needed.
• Perform month-on-month payroll reconciliations.
• Review Nigeria payroll journal entries for posting.
• Process Nigeria Tax payments and expenses as needed.
• Manage compliance with all statutory regulations, as well as company policies.
• Communicate Payroll developments in a clear and actionable manner to other internal stakeholders, including the People Team, Finance, and Legal teams.
• Partner with Finance teams to support other initiatives such as transfer pricing, time-tracking, records management, compensation, and people analytics.
• Review employee data changes such as new hire entry and direct deposit setup, promotions, status changes, terminations, etc.
• Maintain compensation databases and ensure employment records are properly maintained in the system.
• Support in the onboarding process for new joiners.
• Assist in drafting and reviewing company policies.
• Support in HR Admin tasks.
• Generally, uphold the values of the Company.
• Any other duties that may be assigned from time to time.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications and experience:

• 3-5 yrs of relevant experience managing payroll.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Experience managing payroll in multiple countries and regions.
• Superior communication skills in English, both written and oral.
• Relationship builder who is comfortable managing the interests of multiple stakeholders.
• Able to work in a complex, high-paced environment and handle ambiguity effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Must be process-oriented.
• Experience working in fin/tech a plus.

Desired skills:

• Superior communication skills in English, both written and oral
• Relationship builder who is comfortable managing the interests of multiple stakeholders.
• Able to work in a complex, high-paced environment and handle ambiguity effectively.
  
  

You will be a good fit if you are/have:

• Payroll Management experience in Financial Services required.
• Thorough understanding of Nigeria Payroll and Statutory-related methodologies and techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a wide audience, including management.
• Knowledge of Data Analytics testing would be advantageous.
• Must have a professional manner that will reflect positively on payroll management.
• Ability to effectively deal with possible conflicting professional opinions.
• A self-starter who can work with minimal supervision.
• Proactive and takes initiative.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Strong values and ethics, and ability to maintain professional independence and objectivity, and act based on personal professional conviction and confidence.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Why work for us:

• We work at the very cutting edge of fintech in Africa.
• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world in the hope of continuing to make an impact on the millions, if not billions, of users who also believe in what we do.
• We have a very diverse work environment with over 28 nationalities represented and continually strive to build a culture of caring and execution.
• We operate a flexible working and unlimited leave policy.
• We offer a competitive salary package and bonuses.
• We prioritize the overall well-being of our staff through various initiatives aimed at ensuring they reach their full potential in a supportive environment.