Finance & Back Office Manager

Job title: Finance & Back Office Manager

Company: CareerBuddy

Job description: Job Description:Our client is looking for a high-performing Finance & Back Office Manager to join their lean, elite team. This role goes far beyond finance. It’s about building operational excellence, protecting players, and making sure they scale with integrity.You’ll oversee financial operations, manage compliance across multiple jurisdictions, and implement smart systems that keep our client sharp and future-ready. If you’re deeply analytical, crypto-curious, and relentless about execution, this is for you.Who are we searching for?

• You’re crypto-savvy, with a functional understanding of wallets, tokens, and how crypto works with compliance and finance.
• You’re execution-obsessed, a doer who thrives under pressure and doesn’t wait for perfect conditions to deliver results.
• You’re detail-oriented, the kind of person who reconciles to the last cent and can audit transactions in your sleep.
• You’re a systems thinker, always spotting inefficiencies and turning chaos into elegant, scalable processes.

Your responsibilities…Financial Management

• You will manage end-to-end financial operations including bookkeeping, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting.
• You will deliver clean, audit-ready monthly and quarterly management accounts for leadership and investors.
• You will enforce financial controls across spending, payroll, and treasury.
• You will own financial data integrity and compliance with global reporting requirements.

Compliance & Legal Coordination

• You will ensure compliance with global tax, financial reporting, and regulatory requirements across Nigeria, UK, US, and BVI.
• You will liaise with legal partners to maintain corporate filings, contracts, and policies.
• You will support crypto-related compliance, including token accounting, crypto treasury tracking, wallet oversight, and payments.

Fraud Monitoring & Player Risk

• You will audit player activity logs and payment flows to detect anomalies and fraudulent behavior.
• You will work with the product and compliance teams to flag risks and tighten systems.

Back Office & Systems

• You will implement and manage internal ops tools like HRIS, payroll systems, accounting software, and vendor systems.
• You will support hiring workflows, onboarding, invoice validation, and vendor payments.
• You will maintain clean operational records and streamline back-office workflows.

Insights & Reporting

• You will analyze revenue, user economics, cost of acquisition, payouts, and business health indicators.
• You will build dashboards and reporting flows that empower data-informed decision-making at the leadership level.

To be considered, you should have

• 4–6+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or operations, ideally in a startup, fintech, or gaming environment.
• Deep experience with financial tools like QuickBooks, Xero, Excel/Sheets, and a strong reconciliation mindset.
• Comfort working with vendors, back-office systems, and legal coordination across multiple jurisdictions.
• Familiarity with crypto transactions, wallet management, and the basics of crypto compliance.
• Excellent documentation, communication, and system-building skills.

Why this role matters…For a fast-scaling platform with real-time transactions, user stakes, and crypto elements, financial integrity isn’t optional, it’s foundational. Your role ensures they’re not just building fast, but building right. You’ll help keep the business compliant, players protected, and the back office humming with zero drama.Challenges you may face in this role…

• Navigating complex global compliance requirements across traditional and crypto finance.
• Detecting fraud and financial anomalies in a high-volume, player-driven platform.
• Keeping systems airtight and investor-ready while moving at startup speed.

The goodies…

• A high-impact role where your work directly supports platform integrity and growth.
• A lean, fast-moving team where you’ll own key systems and scale them your way.
• Exposure to cutting-edge gaming, fintech, and crypto environments.
• A culture of trust, autonomy, and execution.

Expected salary:

Location: Lagos, Lagos State

Job date: Sun, 06 Apr 2025 06:27:06 GMT

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