Who we are
In November 2020, we introduced a groundbreaking financial super app in Côte d’Ivoire, offering a comprehensive suite of services encompassing online and offline payments, peer-to-peer transactions, fund transfers, as well as savings and budgeting tools.
As of today, we have empowered thousands of users to seamlessly perform these financial activities, and our rapid growth continues unabated. Our overarching objective is to forge the next generation of digital financial solutions in Francophone Africa, a region where fewer than 25% of the population currently has access to traditional banking services.
The financial landscape of this region is undergoing a profound transformation, with millions of individuals shifting from basic financial transactions (mobile money) to more sophisticated financial management. Djamo is uniquely positioned to emerge as the premier choice for meeting these evolving financial needs.
We are proud to have garnered support from world-renowned investors, including Y Combinator, Partech, Kima, and Norskeen, which underscores our potential and commitment to reshaping the financial services landscape in Africa.
To support our growth, we are looking for a Tax Manager – WAEMU
Your role
At Djamo the Tax function is part of the Financial department and is in charge of hedging tax risks, designing and implementing the strategic tax function development plans.
As our Tax Manager, your role will include ensuring tax compliance, defending our interests as taxpayers, planning and forecasting tax, preparing tax reporting, presenting reports to the stakeholders, and maintaining relationships with local and regional fiscal administration/institutions. You will help increase our reputation, and serve as a business advisor aiming at maximizing engagement and achieving qualitative outcomes.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Formulating a corporate tax strategy for all entities
- Devising key metrics of your tax strategy’s effectiveness
- Improving business processes
- Deliver a full range of tax services in compliance with laws and regulations within a timeframe
- Build relationships and interact with key stakeholders to provide excellent planning, consulting, and expertise
- Provide innovative tax planning and review complex income tax returns
- Identify and mitigate tax risks
- Creating tax risk monitoring and assessment systems
- Manage tax provision and tax compliance process
- Improve processes by developing or implementing best practices
- Manage and coordinate tax audits
- Maintain tax balances on the general ledger
- Prepare all tax papers on a regular basis and handle all information data requests
- Developing tax forecasting systems
- Streamlining tax accounting processes to meet shortened timeframes for closing procedures
- Designing tax function organizational structures
- Designating roles and authority among tax function staff
Your Profile
- Bachelor or Master in Accounting, Finance, or Taxation
- Proven work experience as a Tax Manager in a fast-growing environment
- 5 to 10 years experience in auditing/accounting/finance/taxation
- Experience in a fintech or technology-driven scale-up is an advantage
- Excellent knowledge of tax accounting, tax compliance, and all types of tax returns
- Knowledge of tax software and tech-savviness
- Good at meeting deadlines and solving problems
- Exceptional client service along with the ability to develop excellent client relationships
- Strong leadership and personnel management skills
- Analytical skills with detail orientation
- Effective communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrate success in managing stakeholders, investors, and institutional relationships
- Excellent written and spoken French
- Having a decent level of English [this role will regularly interact with non-French speakers].
- Ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities and conditions and cope effectively with complexity and change.
- Exceptional leadership and team management skills
The advantages of working at Djamo
- By joining Djamo, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to a mission-driven organization that is committed to improving the lives of millions of people across the continent.
- You’ll be part of a team that is passionate about making financial services accessible and affordable for all Africans.
- You’ll work in an amazing culture and teams deeply passionate about the mission across Côte D’Ivoire, Senegal plus remote team members spread across the world.
- The value of participating in the evolution of a startup that aims to deploy quickly throughout French-speaking Africa.
We will consider all applications on the same basis. Djamo is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Type of contract : Permanent contract, with a 3-month renewable trial period.
Work location : The location is primarily in Abidjan . This Job is in-office if you are based in Ivory Coast.
Open to remote workers from another country within 3 hours of GMT timezone
You must anticipate some travels across the region, and to prospective OpCo
Sector of activity : Digital Financial Services