About us
EarthBond is the newest one-stop-shop for African small and medium-sized businesses that need climate resilience. We’re not just offering solar installations. We are offering a vision for Africa’s future — a future where over 45 million businesses thrive on clean, affordable, and reliable energy.
Our technology de-risks clean energy opportunities using carbon accounting, IoT, and AI to unlock capital across this space.
We’re a young team of movers and shakers with backgrounds in fintech, off-grid energy, and economic development looking to make impact and returns throughout emerging markets. We’re building a team of amazing people who:
- Understand Nigerian and emerging market economics and financial constraints especially for SMEs
- Were raised in or have spent considerable time in Nigeria
- Have been part of founding and early, ambiguous teams
- Can bring new perspectives to the table and change minds through communication
- We’re happy to see and work with every single day if that’s what it takes to accomplish great things
About the job
As a Finance Administrator, you will be the backbone of Earthbond’s day-to-day finance operations. You’ll ensure clean books, timely payments and receipts, accurate customer records (including our installment/subscription flows), and reliable month-end management accounts that help the leadership team make confident decisions.
This is a hands-on role: you will take ownership of payroll and statutory remittances (PAYE, pension), VAT filings, bookkeeping, reconciliations, and creation of management accounts each month.
You’ll work closely with Sales, Operations, and Management to ensure cash flows, customer payment plans, and vendor payments are recorded and reconciled correctly.
Job responsibilities
- Maintain day-to-day bookkeeping: post receipts, supplier invoices, journal entries, and petty cash movements.
- Run payroll end-to-end, prepare & submit PAYE/pension remittances and statutory filings on schedule.
- Manage VAT processes: calculate, prepare, and file VAT remittances and supporting schedules.
- Reconcile bank accounts and payment gateway settlements weekly; investigate and resolve mismatches.
- Manage Accounts Receivable: follow up on instalment/subscription invoices, apply receipts, and keep customer ledgers current.
- Reconcile Account Receivable / payment schedules to the GL monthly (ensure clearing accounts are cleared).
- Process Accounts Payable: validate invoices, schedule vendor payments, and maintain payment authorisation logs.
- Prepare month-end management accounts and packs: accruals, prepayments, reconciliations, P&L commentary, and cashflow notes.
- Produce periodic management reporting: cashflow forecasts, AR aging, AP aging, and finance KPIs.
- Maintain financial controls and documentation: expense claims, approvals, supplier onboarding, and audit trails.
- Support external auditors and accountants with documentation and queries.
About you
You are reliable, methodical, and take pride in clean books. You think in checklists and are obsessive about reconciliations and controls. You communicate clearly, raise issues early, and aren’t afraid to get hands-on. You care about the mission and are motivated to support a fast-moving startup while putting strong, scalable finance processes in place.
Minimum requirements
- 2–4 years’ experience in bookkeeping / finance administration (startups, fintech, or SME environment preferred).
- ICAN/ACCA Certified.
- Proven experience running payroll and submitting PAYE/pension remittances in Nigeria.
- Practical experience preparing and filing VAT returns and supporting schedules.
- Strong, demonstrable proficiency with Zoho Books and the Zoho Finance suite (preferred).
- Strong analytical skills (Proficient use of analytical tools)
- Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals (debits/credits, AR/AP, accruals, prepayments).
- Experience reconciling bank statements and payment gateway settlements.
- High attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and integrity handling financial data.
Nice to have
- Experience with Zoho Billing / subscription / direct debit billing flows and handling customer instalment / payment plan structures.
- Previous exposure to renewable energy, solar finance, or asset-financing models.
- Experience producing month-end management packs and cashflow forecasting.
- Basic knowledge of automation (Zoho custom functions, simple scripts) to reduce manual journal work.
Work environment: Fully remote/Part-time
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Employment type: Milestone-Based Contract-to-hire (2 months minimum)
Deliverables: Monthly Management Accounts (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cashflow), Weekly Cash Position, Weekly Reconciliation Report (Payables and Receivables), Monthly Bank Reconciliation w/Zoho Books, Payroll Management (PAYE, Benefits, & Tax), VAT Remittance; Vendor Compliance
Salary Range: NGN 250K Monthly Part-Time
Next Steps
Resume: 1-page only (cover letter optional)
Email to [email protected]
Job Types: Part-time, Contract
Pay: ₦250,000.00 per month
Expected hours: 20 – 30 per week
Application Question(s):
- What industry do you currently work in?
Experience:
- Finance: 2 years (Preferred)