Financial Controller

Your mission as our Financial Controller is to lead and be in charge of Onja’s finances. You will work with our Finance Team and together you will be in charge of everything finance-related. This will include: 

• Overseeing and managing all accounting operations, including:
• Payroll
• Client invoicing / AR
• AP - supplier payments / employee reimbursements / cash expenses
• Review of information within accounting software (Xero)
• GL, balance sheet and cash management
• Financial planning and analysis, including budgeting and forecastingPreparing monthly management reports and quarterly financial statements and overseeing the month-end process.
• Annual statutory reporting (New Zealand and Madagascar)
• Evaluating and improving accounting systems, processes and internal controls
• Ensuring all financial controls are operating effectively, or ensuring management actions are undertaken to address any control deficiencies
• Tax compliance (New Zealand and Madagascar)
• Managing all financial risks within set risk appetite levels
• Responsible for and coordinating all financial-related activities for stakeholders including management; 3rd party donors; external auditors, regulators and tax authorities

How Onja works

Onja is a social enterprise with a sustainable model:
- Search for brilliant minds who would otherwise be limited to low-paid, unfulfilling careers.
- Students receive two years of English and software development instruction.
- Graduates earn (and continue learning) at our outsourcing enterprise.
- All profits are used to train the next wave of students and the cycle begins again.