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BitPesa is a pan-African platform redefining how businesses make payments to and from sub-Saharan Africa. Focused on using cutting-edge blockchain technology to increase efficiency across markets, BitPesa opens corridors for business payments and trade between Africa and the rest of the world.
Senior Expansion Associate
Job Type: Full Time
Qualification: MBA/MSc/MA
Experience: 2 years
Location: Lagos
Job Field: Finance / Accounting / Audit
Description
As Senior Expansion Associate, your main objective is to expand, maintain and optimize BitPesa’s partnerships with local banks, FinTechs (aggregators/gateways) and telcos – primarily in Nigeria – to grow BitPesa key metrics such as revenue growth, cost of sales reduction and other operational efficiency indicator(s).
You will be part of the Strategy & Partnerships team and report directly to the West African Expansion Manager.
Key Responsibilities
Maintain existing payment infrastructure in Nigeria: execute tasks related to maintaining “high-functioning” payments infrastructure (trouble-shooting, daily operations, infrastructure audits)
Develop strong relationships with global & regional banks / telcos / payment processors in West Africa (pitch decks, bank accounts opening…)
Represent BitPesa during relevant networking events / workshops with FinTechs, banks and telcos
Assist in defining the regional roadmap of infrastructure maintenance, optimisation and expansion projects in alignment with revenue, cost of sales, customer satisfaction and operational efficiency metrics
Work closely with internal Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Sales, Finance and Treasury teams
Requirements
Master’s degree in Finance / Business Administration from a top tier university
At least 2 years of working experiences in financial institutions (Banks, Telco, FinTech) in Africa or previous working experiences in strategy consulting / investment banking / start-up
Ability to learn fast, organize complex information and being comfortable with uncertainty
Goal oriented, self-motivated and confident, thorough and determined, along with prioritization skills
Excellent organizational, project management, time management, communication and presentation skills
Willingness to travel 20% of the time
Ability to speak & write in English fluently and idiomatically; ability to speak & write in French is a huge plus
Benefits
Competitive salary
Global / regional network / exposure in FinTech / Blockchain industry
One of the hottest, fastest scaling startups in Africa
Casual work environment
Great work-life balance
We value autonomy
Opportunity for growth for all our employees
Method of Application
Interested and qualified? Go to BitPesa career website on bitpesa.workable.co m to apply
(https://bitpesa.workable.com/j/B37140E9A8?viewed=true)