Are you an experienced accountant who would like to use your skills to make the world a better place? Here’s your chance! Norrsken East Africa is looking for a stellar Finance Associate to join our team and our mission to make Norrsken House Kigali the epicenter for entrepreneurship and innovation in East Africa.

Located in Kigali’s city center you’ll find Norrsken House Kigali, a state-of-the-art facility that’s home to a thriving startup community of top entrepreneurs, investors, incubators, mentors, strategic partners and supporting actors. It’s a place where education, innovation and capital join forces to generate sustainable growth and development in Rwanda, Africa and beyond. As Finance Associate, you have a pivotal role in ensuring Norrsken’s ability to execute on our vision by optimizing our financial operations.

Your objective is to ensure Norrsken East Africa’s finance operations run smoothly and efficiently. You will be working closely with the Finance Lead East Africa and collaborating with the finance department at Norrsken HQ in Stockholm as well as external parties, such as local authorities.

This role is based in Kigali, Rwanda and reports to the Finance Lead East Africa.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Process Electronic Billing Machine (EBM) invoices efficiently, with regards to accuracy and deadlines.

• Follow-up on overdue invoices and taking necessary steps for payment.

• Check sales and expenses (payables and receivables).

• Manage reconciliation of sales and expenses in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) systems.

• Prepare financial statements, calculate all RRA Taxes and declare them on time and in full.

• Develop and optimize use of our financial processes and systems.

To thrive and succeed in this role, we believe you have:

• Genuine passion to make the world a better place, and share Norrsken’s belief that entrepreneurship and innovation are great driving forces to do so.

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance or equivalent.

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience in finance or accounting. Knowledge in Quickbooks or/and a certification (e.g. an ACCA or CPA) is an added advantage.

• A growth mindset and are eager to contribute to building a dynamic and driven team and organization.

• A love for numbers and digging into excel files to find simple solutions to complex problems.

• Great stakeholder- and project management skills from working in international organizations.

• Fluency in English, both written and spoken.

Joining Norrsken is like working at a startup. It's fast paced, where tasks and challenges may be demanding and responsibilities change over time, but we guarantee that in return we will fast-forward your personal and professional development. And, you’ll get to work with a team of brilliant people with shared goals and ambitions, driving initiatives to create positive change.

About Norrsken

Norrsken is an impact ecosystem where entrepreneurs can find everything they need to make saving the world their business. Our work stems from a belief in entrepreneurship and new technology as forces that can positively impact the world. Norrsken is a non-profit, non-partisan and non-religious foundation. It was founded by Niklas Adalberth, co-founder of payment services unicorn Klarna.

We run award-winning Norrsken House hubs in Stockholm, Sweden, Kigali, Rwanda and Barcelona, Spain. Norrsken’s five funds have raised >500mUSD to back exceptional entrepreneurs who combine profit with positive global impact: Norrsken VC, Norrsken22, Norrsken Accelerator, Norrsken Launcher and Norrsken Africa Seed Fund.

But we're only getting started. We're continuously growing our impact ecosystem and we're eager to connect with stellar people to join us on our mission of helping entrepreneurs solve the world's greatest challenges. Because if they win, we all win.

Salary and benefits

Salary is gross 1,781 USD/month, 22 vacation days/year, pension plan and medical insurance, new phone and computer with free wifi access, and nonetheless, the opportunity to work in one of the coolest office spaces in Kigali where your contribution will support entrepreneurs who are working hard to build a fair and positive future for all of us.

Norrsken seeks to attract, recruit and retain a diverse, inclusive and creative workforce to give us the best opportunity to meet the diverse needs of our members and guests. We actively encourage applications from all groups and communities. If you’re not sure that you meet all of the requirements for the role, we still encourage you to apply.

Please note that we will be on vacation until January 3rd 2024, and we will get back to all candidates upon our return.

Company

Norrsken House Kigali

Locations

Kigali, Rwanda

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