Financial Data & AI Operations Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Africa.

📋 Description

• Assess outputs generated by AI systems (including data extraction, classification, financial summaries, and risk signals)

• Verify outputs against original documents (such as bank statements, invoices, audited accounts, and tax records)

• Detect hallucinations, inconsistencies, and edge cases

• Offer structured feedback to enhance prompts, models, and workflows

• Assist in defining validation rules and escalation thresholds

• Validate onboarding inputs including company financial data, financing requests, repayment terms, and operational information

• Ensure the completeness, accuracy, and logical consistency of all submissions

• Standardize and format financial data for platform readiness

• Validate essential financial metrics (revenue, margins, cash flow, and inventory turnover)

• Review submitted documents (such as bank statements, certificates, and contracts)

• Ensure documents comply with standards and correlate with submitted data

• Manage verification statuses and maintain audit trails

• Facilitate workflows for invoice financing, purchase order financing, inventory financing, and asset financing

• Guide SMEs during onboarding and application processes

• Clarify documentation requirements and data expectations

• Resolve issues related to uploads, validation errors, and missing information

• Ensure a seamless and high-quality onboarding experience

• Cross-validate backend data with frontend submissions

• Identify mismatches, anomalies, and system inconsistencies

• Monitor workflows and highlight bottlenecks or failures

• Collaborate with engineering to enhance validation logic and system reliability

• Recognize recurring issues and suggest scalable solutions

• Refine validation rules, workflows, and user experience

• Contribute to training datasets for AI models

• Support the development of internal tools for validation and quality assurance

• Assist in preparing applications for lender review

• Aid in compliance and restricted-use verifications

• Ensure the auditability and traceability of all financial data

• Flag high-risk or inconsistent applications

⛳️ Requirements

• 1–2 years of relevant experience in finance, audit, operations, fintech, or consulting

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Commerce, or a related field

• Strong understanding of financial statements (Profit & Loss, cash flow, balance sheet)

• Ability to interpret financial data and identify discrepancies

• Exceptional attention to detail and strong analytical skills

• Proficient in working with data, spreadsheets, and documents

• Strong communication and problem-solving abilities

• Nice to Have:

• CPA certification

• Experience in audit, lending, SME finance, or fintech

• Familiarity with AI tools (such as ChatGPT and Claude) and their limitations

• Experience with bookkeeping tools or financial systems

• Exposure to operations, product development, or startup environments

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation for early-career professionals

• Clear advancement opportunities into operations, product, risk, or data roles

• Direct exposure to fintech, AI, and credit systems

• Opportunity to become a core, long-term team member