Wave Mobile Money operates a fintech platform for everyday financial transactions. Customers can deposit, withdraw and send money, pay bills, and buy airtime through the service. The company’s careers page provides a starting point for people exploring job opportunities with Wave.
Payroll Systems Analyst
Improve multi-country payroll operations across Wave’s African fintech platform. Build payroll reconciliation tools, strengthen HRIS integrations, and deliver reliable reporting and data quality.
Tavsif
- Map payroll workflows across markets, including inputs, schedules, cut-offs, approvals, handoffs, and providers.
- Set global payroll standards, system controls, and responsibility matrices while meeting local statutory requirements.
- Establish processes to receive, track, and resolve payroll requests, changes, and issues.
- Train Payroll colleagues on updated processes and tools, and answer systems questions.
- Lead the design and rollout of an internal payroll-to-finance reconciliation tool, from requirements gathering through launch.
- Set reconciliation rules for headcount, gross-to-net pay, employer costs, accruals, cost centers, entities, foreign exchange, and variance thresholds.
- Automate data imports from provider reports and HRIS extracts, and create exception reports.
- Refine and document the reconciliation tool after launch.
- Stabilize HRIS-to-payroll data flows following the new HRIS launch.
- Review payroll workflows and integrations, then recommend improvements.
- Support payroll provider transitions, consolidations, integrations, and launches in new markets.
- Coordinate testing for legislative and system updates.
- Maintain payroll data quality and perform regular audits.
- Create payroll reports and dashboards to inform HR, Finance, and business decisions.
- Protect sensitive pay and banking data by managing privacy and access controls in accordance with GDPR and applicable regulations.
- Report to the HR Systems Lead on the HR Technology team.
Talablar
- Fluent in English and French.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- At least three years of experience in HRIS, payroll operations, payroll systems, or payroll accounting; multi-country or multi-entity experience is preferred.
- Understanding of end-to-end payroll, including inputs, calendars and cut-offs, gross-to-net calculations, statutory deductions, and payments.
- Practical experience reconciling payroll with the general ledger, including employer costs, accruals, and cost-center and entity mapping.
- Experience with external or in-country payroll providers and data flows across HRIS, payroll, and finance systems.
- Experience documenting, standardizing, and improving processes, including controls, checklists, approval flows, and responsibility matrices.
- Advanced data management, analysis, and reporting skills.
- Experience building tools or automations with scripts, Apps Script, or low-code platforms such as Workato or Zapier, or a strong interest in learning these tools.
- Experience with business intelligence platforms such as Sigma, Power BI, or Looker.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for working with Payroll, HR, and Finance stakeholders and explaining technical topics to non-technical audiences.
- Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills.
Imtiyozlar
- Subsidized health insurance for you and your dependents.
- Retirement contributions.
- Six months of fully paid parental leave.
- Subsidized fertility assistance.
- Flexible vacation; most employees take 30 to 40 days per year.
- Up to $10,000 per year in charitable donation matching.
- Remote work from eligible countries with reliable internet access.