Financial Reporting Lead

Yoco↗︎; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 70 000 - 90 000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing fintech company is seeking a Financial Reporting Lead to oversee consolidated financial reporting and ensure compliance across multiple entities. The ideal candidate will be a qualified CA(SA) with experience in technical accounting and external audits. You will engage with senior stakeholders and improve reporting processes in a dynamic environment. The role requires strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly. Join a mission-driven team dedicated to creating economic opportunities for diverse communities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with consolidated financial reporting in a multi-entity environment.
• Ability to interpret and apply IFRS to various business scenarios.
• Experience leading external audits, statutory reporting, and tax compliance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and consolidate group financial reporting ensuring compliance with IFRS.
• Lead statutory, tax, and audit processes with internal and external parties.
• Develop accounting position papers for new ventures and transactions.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders to explain financial outcomes and risks.
• Continuously improve reporting quality and efficiency.

Skills

Attention to detail

Technical accounting judgement

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Qualified CA(SA)

Job description

Whowe are

Yoco was founded in 2015, and we’ve been breaking down barriers, unlocking economic opportunities and opening commerce for people to thrive ever since.

We’re the payments provider for over 200,000 self-employed, and process over US$3 billion annually.

We have ±350 team members globally, all with a bias for boldness and a passion for simple, progressive solutions. We believe in uniting different people to solve hard problems, together.

Our mission of making society more equal requires a variety of people, with different backgrounds and points of view, to keep building solutions that make life easier for emerging businesses.

We’re growing fast. With growth comes compelling challenges. If you’re an ambitious problem-solver, with big ideas, a passion for doing good, bright, grounded and courageous; you’re likely to thrive at Yoco.

We don’t stop pushing. We break things to rebuild. We challenge ourselves and each other. We’re constantly evolving - and we’re doing it fast.

Grow With Us.

About the Financial Controllingteam

The Financial Controlling team at Yoco is responsible for safeguarding financial integrity while enabling scale, speed, and confident decision-making. We ensure that Yoco’s financial reporting, controls, and assurance frameworks are robust, accurate, and fit for a fast-growing fintech with an established group structure and increasing reporting complexity.

Our team brings together Financial Reporting, Accounting Operations, and Revenue Assurance, working closely with FP&A, Treasury and Legal. We partner deeply across the business to translate complex products and processes into clear, trusted financial data, while embedding strong financial governance without slowing innovation.

This is a team that values technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement. We care about getting the details right while also simplifying processes. If you’re motivated by high standards, meaningful accountability, and the opportunity to help shape how finance supports a purpose-driven, scaling business, the Financial Control team at Yoco offers the chance to make a real and lasting impact.

About the role

As Financial Reporting Lead, you will play a critical role in safeguarding Yoco’s financial integrity. You will own the accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of Yoco’s consolidated financial reporting and tax compliance, across multiple entities and currencies.

This role goes beyond producing compliant financial statements. You will be trusted to apply sound judgement, confidently challenge external advisors when needed, and simplify complexity, ensuring that financial information is not only technically correct, but trusted by senior leadership, the Board, investors, regulators, and tax authorities. You’ll work closely with Accounting Operations, Revenue Assurance, FP&A, Treasury, and external auditors to strengthen reporting processes and raise the overall standard of financial reporting across the business.

At Yoco, we value people who master their craft, take ownership, and care deeply about outcomes. If you’re someone who enjoys digging into the details, asking the right questions, and building reporting frameworks that stand up to scrutiny, this role will stretch and reward you.

What you will be doing

• Owning the preparation and consolidation of Yoco’s group financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and IFRS compliance across an established, multi-entity structure.
• Leading statutory, tax, and audit processes, working closely with internal and external auditors and tax advisors to ensure full compliance while optimising tax structures within regulatory boundaries.
• Developing, documenting, and defending accounting position papers for new business ventures, products, transactions, and new or evolving IFRS standards.
• Partnering confidently with senior stakeholders such as executive leadership, the Board, investors, and regulators, to clearly explain financial outcomes, judgements, and risk areas.
• Continuously improving reporting quality, controls, and efficiency through better processes, documentation, and automation.

About you

• You are a qualified CA(SA) with hands‑on experience owning consolidated financial reporting in a multi‑entity environment.
• You have strong technical accounting judgement and can confidently interpret and apply IFRS to new business ventures, products, and evolving standards.
• You bring an exceptional attention to detail, with a strong discipline of self‑review, validation checks, and reconciliation, you don’t rely on others to catch errors.
• You produce clear, well‑structured work that shows your thought process, assumptions and conclusions.
• You build calculations and models that are logical, transparent and sufficiently detailed to support independent review and validation.
• You have led or played a key role in external audits, statutory reporting, and tax compliance, and are comfortable engaging critically with auditors and tax advisors.
• You communicate with confidence and clarity when working with senior stakeholders and can explain complex technical matters without losing the essence.
  

The people we’re looking for

We’re looking for people who want to grow and have a thirst for learning. And as Yoco grows, we hope they stay with us for the long‑term.

Building solutions for a more equal society is a daunting task - and it’s not for everyone. We never stop pushing, we break things to rebuild, and we challenge ourselves and our teammates. We start over, we constantly evolve - and we do it fast. We know that it’s just the right kind of meaningful madness for our kind of visionary human.

So, who are you? You’re someone who resonates with our mission and our values, and you’re relentlessly effective in your execution.

You’re a curious problem‑solver with a passion for doing good. You’re bright, grounded, experimental and bold. You play open cards and get stuck in. You’re not afraid of change. You close the loop.

At Yoco, we laugh, embrace each other’s quirks, and support one another’s growth, all while staying authentic.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge, apply below and come grow with us.

We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply and ask that you please send your application in English and help us reduce unconscious bias by leaving out your picture, age, address, and other unnecessary information in your CV.