Statutory & Regulatory Reporting Accountant

About The Role You will own the day-to-day execution of statutory audits, regulatory reporting, and financial filings across Thndr's group entities, making sure every deadline is met, every submission is accurate, and every audit and regulator query is driven through to resolution. You'll work closely with the Accounting, Control & Tax Manager, who owns the technical positions and final sign-off, while you take ownership of making the process happen: coordinating auditors, managing PBC requests, preparing statutory accounts and supporting schedules, tracking regulatory deadlines, and maintaining the reconciliations and documentation behind each entity's financials. This is also a build role. As Thndr continues to expand across markets and regulated entities, you'll help create the trackers, templates, working paper standards, and processes that make reporting more reliable and scalable. It suits someone with a strong audit or financial reporting foundation who is comfortable working independently, dealing with ambiguity, and taking ownership beyond a defined checklist. WHAT YOU'LL DO Statutory audits & financial reporting • Support statutory audits across Thndr's group entities, managing timelines, PBC requests, supporting schedules, and day-to-day communication with auditors • Prepare statutory financial statements under IFRS and relevant local accounting standards for review and sign-off • Maintain clear, audit-ready working paper packs and supporting documentation for each entity • Support the resolution of audit adjustments and reporting issues by identifying and addressing root causes Regulatory reporting • Build and maintain a group regulatory reporting tracker covering all entities, filings, deadlines, owners, and status • Prepare regulatory returns, financial filings, and supporting accounting data • Own regulator comments and queries on filed financials, from investigation and response through to closure • Ensure all statutory and regulatory reporting deadlines are tracked and met Reconciliations & reporting controls • Maintain reconciliations between management ledgers and statutory accounts across group entities • Ensure financial statements and reporting balances can be supported and traced back to the underlying trial balance • Identify recurring issues affecting audit quality, reporting accuracy, or regulatory submissions and work with the Finance team to address the root cause Process building & continuous improvement • Build and improve reporting processes, including checklists, templates, trackers, and working paper standards • Document processes and introduce structure where it does not yet exist • Help make each audit and reporting cycle faster, cleaner, and more scalable than the last Tax & cross-functional support • Support tax compliance activities across the group in coordination with the Accounting, Control & Tax team and external advisors • Work closely with internal stakeholders, auditors, regulators, and external advisors across multiple jurisdictions • Proactively follow up on dependencies and unresolved issues to ensure work is driven through to completion WHAT YOU'LL NEED • 3–5 years in audit and/or financial reporting, external audit experience is the core requirement • Strong accounting and reporting fundamentals, with genuine command of accounting standards (IFRS; Key outcomes: • Statutory audits across group entities delivered on schedule, with no regulatory filing deadline missed • A live group regulatory reporting tracker, covering every entity, filing and deadline, used Essential skills: • Builder mentality — you see missing process as something to fix, not something to complain about, and you'd rather create the template than ask for one • No task is beneath you; you'll do work below Nice to have: - Egyptian Accounting Standards experience - Financial services, brokerage or fintech experience, or exposure to a regulated entity - Experience dealing directly with regulators on filed financials - Multi-entity, multi-currency and cross-border reporting exposure - Tax compliance exposure (CIT, VAT, WHT) — useful, not required - Experience implementing or working on an ERP migration - Arabic WHO ARE WE? Thndr was founded on a bold dream to democratize access to investing through smart tech and human-centric design. This is simply our way of saying we give anyone with a smartphone the simple and easy access they need to preserve and grow their wealth. At the same time, we’re shaping the future of investing while actively driving the economies we serve by promoting local investment products. History has shown that investing is the single greatest way to build long-term wealth, but before Thndr, only a very small percentage of people had access to it due to: High barriers to entry — In the form of excessive minimum account balances, complex, outdated onboarding, and low financial literacy. Irrelevant experience — Catered toward expert traders and financial specialists, therefore alienating the majority of the population. Fragmented offering — Investment products were not gathered in a single, intuitive outlet. We don't just talk about change, we deliver it. Here's a glimpse into our impact so far: 5.5 million app downloads EGP 1B+ average daily traded value across 2025 #1 digital investing platform in Egypt for the third consecutive year 76% of users are first-time investors 40% of our users come from outside of capital cities and have previously had limited access to financial institutions Building on the success of our core platform, we are continuing to change culture and break down barriers by launching Rumble, the subscription-based investment recommendations platform. Rumble was born with the vision to empower everyday individuals to build wealth confidently and intelligently through access to timely and in-depth advice from the industry’s top experts. Going beyond traditional investment advice, it offers long and short-term investment recommendations and financial content through engaging articles and videos that guide users on their financial journey and maximize their returns. At Thndr, we're looking for people driven by our mission to help us democratize investing across the MENA region.