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Peach Payments is a fast growing Pan-African PSP that makes online commerce and digital payment acceptance easier and more accessible across all Africa. We work with small and large sellers to provide a complete toolkit to accept, manage and disburse payments through web and mobile.

Our merchant partners include your favourite food delivery services, whether you're ordering in or using a meal kit, travel services that can help you book your next getaway adventure and even your neighbour's side-hustle e-commerce store.

For these partners and their customers, we aim to provide delightful experiences that make it as easy as possible to facilitate online payments.

Why we're hiring for this role

The Finance Business Partner is a full-time position focused on decision support at Peach Payments. Working with the senior executive team, the successful candidate will have a "seat at the table" when key resource allocation and investment decisions are made. They will provide the analysis and metrics that underpin the continued success of the company.

You will report to the CFO, Paxton, meet him here.

Skills that will help you succeed

~Excellent verbal and written communication skills

~Excellent analytical skills

~Strong multitasking skills

~Strong problem-solving skills

~Strong presentation skills

~Strong influencing skills

~Fast learner

~Strong commercial acumen

~Strong knowledge of accounting principles and practices

~Ability to work under pressure

~Ability to work independently

~Ability to work in/deal with ambiguity

Your mission, if you choose to accept it

~Support the development and implementation of best in class financial practice including:

~Financial aspect of business cases

~Financial Metrics & KPIs

~Non-financial Metrics & KPIs

~Customer/Product/Division profitability

~Business Prioritization

~Business model innovation

~Develop & Maintain financial forecasting

~Reporting against financial targets and objectives

~Providing financial analysis to business unit management

~Coordinate budget process

~Assisting in the preparation of the operating budget

~Assisting with investor reporting requirements

~Supporting the preparation of management reports

~Ensuring compliance with company policies and procedures

~Make recommendations and improvement suggestions across all areas in the business

What we'd like you to have

~3-5 years' experience as an analyst and/or finance business partnering.

~Experience defining business drivers of various reporting metrics.

~Professional accounting qualification preferred

~Knowledge of Fintech and/or the Payments industry a bonus.

What sort of decisions are coming up on our roadmap

~Geographic expansion

~New product development investment & prioritization

~Existing product sunsetting

~Mergers & acquisitions

~Buy versus build decisions

~Restructuring

~Annual planning/budgeting

~Long term planning/budgeting

What else is in it for you?

Be part of our story! We're a passionate group of individuals working on enabling African entrepreneurs to develop and succeed in digital commerce.

We have a high-performance community, underpinned by a people-first approach. Our team is diverse, we fail fast and aim to succeed even quicker.

We value diversity at Peach and therefore we are committed to Inclusion across race, gender, age, religion, identity, and experiences.