Senior Expansion Associate at BitPesa

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