Financial Analyst - OAPay (Remote)

This role will remain open until the ideal candidate is selected, at which point the position will be closed.

Salary range: Competitive and based on experience 
Job position end date: Position will remain open until the role is filled
Job type: Full-time
Work location: Remote (supporting our Ghana team)
Work schedule: 40 hours per week, aligned with Ghana business hours
Starting date: Immediate

About The Role:

The Finance Analyst will act as a key business partner to the marketing team, providing financial insights and decision support to drive pricing, promotional strategies, and return on investment (ROI) assessments. The role involves delivering detailed business performance reports, conducting financial analysis for strategic projects, and supporting senior stakeholders in commercial decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Key business partner with the marketing team, looking at pricing and promotional strategies.
2. Working with the marketing team to lead decision support in a variety of areas including marketing spend return on investments and market trends.
3. Prepare detailed business performance reports for the leadership teams, including insights into the drivers of business performance.
4. Providing commercially sound financial analysis for ad hoc projects, including cost effectiveness, commercial viability, operational capability and financial audit/controls.
5. Support the Finance Manager with the provision of financial information and provide business partnering/decision support to the key business stakeholders across the group.
6. Participate and contribute in a variety of duties across financial analysis, financial insight, financial planning, budgets and forecasts and periodic reporting.
7. Collaborate with exposure to a number of key strategic project working closely with senior stakeholders and budget holders to support the delivery transformation projects, margin enhancement projects and capital investment projects.

Skills Required:

1. Proficiency in Excel, financial modelling, and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, SAP, or similar)
2. Strong knowledge of financial controls, audits, and commercial viability assessments
3. Proven experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting within a commercial environment
4. Proficiency in financial modeling, reporting, and insight generation for senior stakeholders
5. Strong background in business partnering, particularly with marketing or commercial teams
6. Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking capabilities
7. Advanced financial analysis and data interpretation skills
8. Experience in evaluating financial impact, including ROI analysis, cost-effectiveness assessments, and market trend evaluations
9. Exposure to strategic projects, such as business transformation, margin improvement, or capital investments
10. Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights
11. Strong business partnering and stakeholder management abilities

Qualification:

1. Certification in ACCA, CA or CFA
2. Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
3. Master’s degree (MBA or MSc) in Finance, Accounting, or Business (advantageous but not mandatory)

Please apply by sending your CV and a cover letter to HR@oapay.co with the subject headline as “Financial Analyst”.