Payroll Systems Analyst

Wave Mobile Money is a financial technology company providing affordable mobile money services across Africa.

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About Wave Mobile Money Inc.

Wave Mobile Money builds and operates a mobile financial network intended to help make Africa the first cashless continent. Its consumer services enable users to deposit and withdraw money, send funds, pay bills, buy airtime, and access customer support through mobile applications and agents. Wave Business provides bulk payments, in-person merchant payments, cash collection tools, a business portal, and checkout APIs. The company serves consumers, agents, merchants, businesses, and other clients across multiple African countries.

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About the Role

You will map and standardize payroll processes, support payroll-system workflows, and train payroll users. You will design and deliver a payroll-to-finance reconciliation tool, automate data ingestion and exception reporting, improve HRIS-to-payroll integrations, audit data quality, develop reporting, and manage access controls for sensitive payroll data.

Requirements

  • Fluency in English and French
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • 3+ years of experience in HRIS, payroll operations, payroll systems, or payroll accounting
  • Knowledge of end-to-end payroll processes
  • Experience reconciling payroll to the general ledger
  • Experience with payroll providers and HRIS, payroll, and finance data flows
  • Experience documenting and improving processes
  • Advanced data management, analysis, and reporting knowledge
  • Experience building tools or automations, or interest in learning
  • Experience with business intelligence systems
  • Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills

Responsibilities

  • Map and improve payroll processes across markets
  • Align payroll standards, controls, and RACIs across countries
  • Train payroll team members on new processes and tools
  • Design and deliver a payroll-to-finance reconciliation tool
  • Define reconciliation logic with Payroll and Finance
  • Automate payroll-data ingestion and exception reporting
  • Support HRIS-to-payroll data flows
  • Coordinate testing of legislative and system updates
  • Audit payroll data and resolve discrepancies
  • Develop payroll reporting and dashboards
  • Manage privacy and access controls for payroll data

Benefits

  • Subsidized health insurance for employees and dependents
  • Retirement contributions
  • Six months of fully paid parental leave
  • Subsidized fertility assistance
  • Flexible vacation
  • $10,000 annual charitable donation matching