Finance Graduate Trainee/Associate Analyst: Finance Operations - Kenya

About the job

About Cellulant:

Cellulant is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless, secure and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and global brands to thrive in a fast-changing global economy.

With a presence in over 24 countries and 200+ payment methods, including cards, bank transfers, and mobile money, our single API payment platform, Tingg, simplifies collections, disbursements, and reconciliations. It processes over 4.5 million transactions daily for market leaders across sectors such as Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail, and Remittances. By simplifying how people pay and get paid, we drive trust, commerce and scale – and connect companies to their ambitions.

Our Story:

Across Africa, payments are more than transactions. They are gateways to prosperity, connecting people, businesses and communities to opportunities and growth.

From enabling a logistics company in Lusaka to pay suppliers across borders, to enabling a hospitality brand in Lagos to scale effortlessly, to supporting an airline in Nairobi to reconcile payments from multiple platforms, Cellulant is the bridge that makes it all possible.

Through trusted technology and customer-centric innovation, we build connections that inspire progress, strengthen economies and transform payments into a tool for progress.

Since our founding in 2003, we've continuously adapted and grown, leveraging our experiences to simplify payments for businesses. We are driven by an unshakable belief that seamless people-centred payments are the key to unlocking prosperity.

Today, Cellulant powers online and offline payment processing, allowing businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and accelerate business growth.

Our Mission:

To deliver seamless, secure and innovative payment solutions for businesses.

Our Vision:

To create a connected world where businesses move money as easily as they share ideas.

Role Overview:

The Finance Graduate: Trainee plays an important support role within the Finance Department by assisting with daily finance operations, month-end processes, accounts receivable follow-ups, reconciliations, cash tracking, and finance administration. The trainee helps ensure that financial records are accurate, cash reports are updated, documents are properly maintained and outstanding customer balances and staff expenses are followed up in a timely manner. This role contributes directly to the efficiency of the finance department and supports the company’s cash flow and reporting processes.

What You'll do:

Accounts Receivable Support

• Assist in fiscalising customer invoices, dispatching statements and receipting payments..
• Follow up on outstanding invoices via phone calls, emails and physical visits where necessary.
• Assist in resolving customer payment queries and obtaining proof of payments.
• Support month-end collections to ensure outstanding balances are reduced.
• Assist in reconciling customer accounts
• Help maintain accurate customer records and payment tracking schedules.
  

Accounts Payable Support

• Assist in on vendor onboarding tasks.
• Monitoring the accounts payable mailbox for incoming invoices and responding to vendor inquiries.
• Updating the accounting software (NetSuite) by performing three-way matching of documents prior to invoice posting and payment approval
• Assist in the preparation of the weekly payment schedules and distribution of remittance advice to vendors.
• Assist in reconciling vendor accounts as well
• Help maintain accurate vendor record.
  

Cash Flow and Cash Summary Support

• Update the daily and weekly cash summary.
• Track expected receipts and planned payments.
• Assist the Finance Supervisor with cash flow monitoring and reporting.
• Update payment trackers and cash movement schedules.
  

Financial reporting Support

• Assist the Finance Supervisor with month-end processes and closing activities.
• Assist in the collation of bank statements and preparation of bank reconciliations.
• Assist with sales order validations and reconciliation where required.
• Support the wider finance team during periods when there are high volumes of transactions.
  

Expense and Travel Expense Follow-ups

• Follow up on staff travel expenses and retirement of travel advances and review of supporting documents and receipts are submitted.
  

General Support to Finance Department

• Assist with data entry and updating finance records.
• Support the Finance Supervisor with daily finance tasks.
• Assist in improving filing, tracking and finance administrative processes.
• Perform any other finance-related duties assigned by the Finance Supervisor.

What we are looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in economics, accounting, finance ,commerce or other quantitative field
• CPA Part 2 or higher
  

Core Competencies & Behavioral Expectations

• Integrity
• Attention to detail
• Proactive mindset & Openness to learn
• Accountability & Results Oriented
• Effective articulation(Strong communication skills)
• Responsive to Feedback & Coaching
• Interpersonal Influence

Why this role matters?

The Finance Graduate Trainee supports the smooth running of the finance department by assisting with collections, reconciliations, cash flow tracking, month-end processes, and administrative tasks. The role is important in helping the company maintain

accurate financial records, improve cash collections, track expenses, stay organised for audits and meet reporting deadlines.

Why Work for Us?

At Cellulant, we are more than a payments company: we are bridge-builders. We believe that by simplifying the way people pay and get paid, we are connecting companies to their ambitions, people to opportunities, and Africa to the global economy. Our work goes beyond payments—it’s about what people, businesses, and communities can do when the movement of money becomes more dependable, seamless, and secure.

Some exciting things about us...

• We have an extensive footprint: We have an office presence in 10 countries, and our products serve 24 countries across Africa, with a global workforce of about 300 employees.
• We believe innovation is at the heart of Fintech: Thousands of market leaders and top enterprises trust our technology to power their payments. Our customers are in various sectors, including financial services, travel and hospitality, telecom, e-commerce, remittance companies, SaaS, and the gig economy.
• We support a diverse and inclusive workforce: We focus on the growth and development of our employees through well-developed, individualised career paths, ensuring you reach your full potential in a supportive and delivery-oriented environment.
• We put our employees first: At Cellulant, your contribution is rewarded competitively. We use clear career levels and role titles, and benchmark our base pay against data and a well-established internal process. Your actual salary will reflect your experience, skills, impact and the scope of the role, as well as our business needs and prevailing market conditions. We also offer generous personal time off, and medical and life insurance benefits (markets permitting).
• We seek collaborative builders: At Cellulant, we believe that great ideas happen when we come together. Therefore, we nurture a collaborative work environment that challenges, engages, and empowers each person to contribute to the growth and success of the business.
• We solve Africa's digital economy: We’re solving payment challenges on the continent to create opportunities and accelerate economic growth for all of Africa.