Billing Technical Analyst | Technology

Lesaka Technologies Inc.; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Lesaka Technologies Inc. is seeking a Billing Technical Analyst in Johannesburg to own the billing engine across the Merchant Division.

You will collaborate with Finance, ERP, Architecture, Operations, and Data teams to ensure billing accuracy, system stability, and reliable integrations. The role emphasizes investigative problem solving, data validation, and continuous improvement of billing workflows to support revenue assurance and business trust across the platform.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience in billing systems, revenue assurance, or financial systems support.
• Exposure to ERP environments across multiple entities or countries is advantageous.
• Experience with data analysis and reconciliation.
• Knowledge of SOX ITGC and POPIA is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the billing engine.
• Maintain data quality reporting and early warning systems.
• Perform reconciliation between billing and ERP systems.
• Validate billing outputs against transaction and revenue data.
• Investigate discrepancies and optimize billing processes.
• Monitor billing accuracy trends and identify recurring issues.

Skills

Billing systems

Revenue assurance

Data analysis

Data reconciliation

ERP integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics

ERP platform certification (Microsoft, Sage, SAP, NetSuite, or relevant platform)

Tools

Python

JSON

SQL

PowerShell

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

WE'RE HIRING: Billing Technical Analyst

Own the systems and controls that protect revenue accuracy across Lesaka.

LOCATION

Johannesburg

BUSINESS UNIT

Information Technology – ERP

REPORTS TO

HOD: ERP / Billing

Why This Role Matters

Every merchant transaction, billing cycle, commission calculation, and reconciliation process depends on accurate, stable, and reliable billing systems. When billing works properly, merchants trust us, Finance operates confidently, and the business scales efficiently.

This role sits at the centre of revenue assurance and billing integrity across the Merchant Division. From validating billing outputs and resolving discrepancies to supporting integrations and improving billing workflows, your work directly impacts financial accuracy, operational efficiency, and business trust.

About Lesaka

Lesaka is a fintech company on a mission to digitise commerce in Africa. We are listed on NASDAQ (LSAK) and the JSE (LSK) and serve merchants, consumers, and enterprises across the continent.

From spaza shops and taxi ranks to restaurants and city traders, our products power the small exchanges and the big steps of African commerce. One platform. Many products. One ambition: to be the most loved Merchant Operating Platform in Africa.

How We Operate

Our strategy starts from a simple operating truth. Exceptional customer experiences come from exceptional staff experiences. We balance four pillars across everything we do: Customer Experience, Staff Happiness, Cost Discipline and Risk Control. Each one amplifies the others when properly aligned.

We have organised around one merchant journey with clear execution and accountability.

Our North Star

Deliver exceptional experiences to our customers and our staff. We measure ourselves against CHAP (Customer Happiness), SHAP (Staff Happiness), Cost-to-Serve efficiency and Regulatory Impact. Happy customers, happy staff, disciplined cost, controlled risk.

The Role

You will help develop and implement the billing engine across the Merchant Division, integrating multiple systems into a single point, while ensuring technical accuracy, integrity, and help integrate these numbers back into the financials.

You will work closely with Finance, ERP, Architecture, Operations, BPMO, and Data teams to ensure billing accuracy, stable system performance, reliable integrations, and strong revenue assurance processes.

You are analytical, detail-oriented, and have a blend of technical and numerical skills, with the ability to go from code to numbers, and back again.

You enjoy investigating discrepancies, solving system issues, and optimizing processes that drive financial accuracy and operational confidence.

What You'll Own

Billing Accuracy & Revenue Assurance

• Design of the billing engine.
• Build and maintain early warning systems and data quality reporting.
• Perform reconciliation between billing and financial ERP systems.
• Validate billing outputs against transaction and revenue data.
• Investigate and resolve billing discrepancies, exceptions, and variances.
• Monitor billing accuracy trends and identify recurring issues.
• Support Finance in revenue validation and reconciliation processes.

Billing System Stability & Support

• Monitor billing system performance and operational processes.
• Investigate system-related billing incidents and issues.
• Support billing run execution, validation, and issue resolution.
• Escalate critical billing incidents where required.
• Maintain accurate logs, documentation, and issue tracking records.

Billing Data Integrity & Integration

• Validate data flows between ERP, CRM, and core systems.
• Identify and resolve data inconsistencies and integration issues.
• Ensure integrity and accuracy of billing-related data across systems.
• Support testing and validation of integration and system changes.
• Monitor data quality metrics and integration performance.

Billing Continuous Improvement

• Identify inefficiencies in billing processes and workflows.
• Recommend improvements to billing systems and operational processes.
• Support automation initiatives to improve billing efficiency.
• Analyze billing trends to identify optimization opportunities.
• Participate in system enhancements and continuous improvement initiatives.

Stakeholder & Finance Support

• Support Finance teams with billing queries, reporting, and investigations.
• Communicate billing issues, impacts, and resolutions clearly to stakeholders.
• Provide insights into billing performance and operational trends.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Collaborate closely with ERP, integration, and operational teams.

What You'll Bring

• You are detail-focused, analytical, and committed to operational accuracy, combined with a strong technical background,
• You understand how important reliable billing systems are to business performance and financial integrity.
• You are comfortable working across systems, investigating issues, validating data, and collaborating with both technical and business teams to resolve operational challenges.
• Strong understanding of billing systems, reconciliation, and revenue assurance processes.
• Experience supporting financial systems or billing environments.
• Exposure to ERP platforms such as Microsoft, Sage, SAP, NetSuite, or similar.
• Experience with data analysis, reconciliation, and exception handling.
• Understanding of integrations, data flows, and operational support processes.
• Working knowledge of SOX ITGC, POPIA, and financial controls advantageous.

How You'll Show Up

• Accuracy and devotion to quality. You understand that small errors can create significant downstream impact.
• Accountability. You take ownership of issues through to resolution.
• Analytical thinking. You investigate root causes and solve problems methodically.
• Collaboration. You work effectively across Finance, Operations, ERP, and technical teams.
• Customer focus. You understand the operational impact of reliable billing processes.
• Continuous improvement mindset. You constantly look for ways to optimize processes and reduce inefficiencies.

Experience

Experience & Qualifications

3–5 years’ experience in billing systems, revenue assurance, or financial systems support environments.

Proven Technical Abilities (Python,JSON,SQL,Powershell, Others)

Experience within data analysis and reconciliation environments.

• Data presentation (PowerBi, Qlik, Tableau)
• Exposure to multi-entity or multi-country ERP environments advantageous.

Qualifications & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or equivalent.
• ERP platform certification (Microsoft, Sage, SAP, NetSuite, or relevant platform) advantageous.
• Technical certification (Microsoft, others)

Ready to Build With Us?

If you are passionate about billing accuracy, operational integrity, and supporting systems that protect revenue and business performance, we’d love to hear from you.