Senior Accountant

About Thunes

Thunes is the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world. Thunes’ proprietary Direct Global Network allows Members to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and more than 80 currencies. Thunes’ Network connects directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts worldwide, via more than 350 different payment methods, such as GCash, M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN, Orange, JazzCash, Easypaisa, AliPay, WeChat Pay and many more.

Members of Thunes’ Direct Global Network include gig economy giants like Uber and Deliveroo, super-apps like Grab and WeChat, MTOs, fintechs, PSPs and banks. Thunes’ Direct Global Network differentiates itself through its worldwide reach, in-house Smart Treasury Management Platform and Fortress Compliance Infrastructure, ensuring Members of the Network receive unrivalled speed, control, visibility, protection and cost efficiencies when making real-time payments globally. Headquartered in Singapore, Thunes has offices in 12 locations, including Barcelona, Beijing, Dubai, London, Manila, Nairobi, Paris, Riyadh, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Shanghai. For more information, visit: https://www.thunes.com/

Context Of the Role

Reporting to the Deputy Finance Director, the Senior Accountant is responsible for accuracy for all of the financial transactions within the organisation, ensuring that they are in accordance with IFRS accounting standards. The ideal candidate has to be detail-oriented, time sensitive and be proactive. This role provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike.

Key Responsibilities 

• Manage and support year-end audits
• Handle full set of accounts
• Perform month-end closing activities
• Perform account reconciliations
• Issue invoices for services supplied
• Process payments for suppliers
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Post entries into Oracle accounting system
• Update inter-company transactions and ensure inter-company balances tally across the books
• Prepare monthly and annual consolidated financial statements, supporting schedules and disclosure notes for the group, ensuring accuracy and compliance with reporting standards
• Prior team mentoring experience and interest in team mentoring are required

Professional Experience/Qualifications 

• Degree in accountancy or equivalent professional qualification.
• Minimum 7 years of internal and external audit experience at Commercial environment and/or Big 4.
• Solid working knowledge and hands-on experience with US GAAP
• Experience in US Tax reporting and US Financial Reporting
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both oral and written).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Able to work well independently and in group with tight timelines.
• Possess “can-do” and solution-oriented attitude.
• Proficient in MS Excel such as the use of financial formulae and pivot tables.
• Experience in Oracle Cloud Financials is advantageous.

Sound like you? Apply now!