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In this role, you will help to solve analytical problems across the organization and grow profitability by proposing product and strategy changes. You will make data-driven decisions to optimize performance in various areas across the product, growth, and operations strategy. As the lead, you will help the team achieve their goals through servant-style leadership, removing roadblocks, and clear communication.

Here are some things you'll do

• Monitor performance and drive changes in credit policy of our Nigeria portfolio to optimize profitability and reach growth targets
• Collaborate with data science, product, marketing, collections, and engineering to propose experiments and policy changes
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis to identify underlying explanations for changes in portfolio performance, develop data-driven solutions, and evaluate expected portfolio impacts
• Propose data-driven product changes to improve customer experience and company profitability. Partner with product and engineering teams to implement your solution into production
• Develop statistical models to assist in pricing and user segmentation for capital markets transactions and financial data analysis

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Fluent in SQL and Excel. Proficiency in R/Python, or similar statistical analysis tool, is a plus
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Enthusiasm for working across cultures, functions, and time zones

Preferred Requirements

• Previous experience in analytics and/or quantitative modeling, using large datasets
• Experience in analyzing, visualizing, and communicating impactful insights to management, investors, and/or auditors

Benefits of Joining

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave 
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension Benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team

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As a software engineering intern, you will work closely with experienced engineers at Branch and make significant contributions to our products and code base for 4-6 months. You will brainstorm, design, code, debug, and ship features serving our millions of customers while picking up skills necessary for your career.

Responsibilities

• Build out functionality for existing and new product lines and platforms such as Lending, Investments, Wallet, Payments, KYC, Customer lifecycle management, etc., for the Android platform.
• Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platform

Qualifications

• Have some experience building native Android applications that are more than just toy projects. Applications with real users or an open-source project would be a great plus.
• You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, Android SDK, and a strong understanding of app architecture.
• You should be able to use Android Studio, including the Android SDK, easily.
• Functioning knowledge of the general mobile landscape, architectures, trends, and emerging technologies.
• Know your way through various flavors of Unix and commonly used command line utilities.
• Proficiency with at least one mainstream language, like Java or Kotlin.
• You are highly entrepreneurial. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise. You’ve started and/or contributed to projects you’re passionate about.
• You are a great collaborator and communicator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world, and learning.

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive stipend as compensation
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Possible job offer depending on your performance during the internship

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This role will report to the International Controller and the Nigeria Managing Director.

Here are some things you’ll do

• Manage the budgeting process and general long-term financial planning while working with stakeholders across different departments including the Global Head of FP&A 
• Coordinate financial reporting process with periodic variance analysis to ensure timely and accurate production of financial results.
• Co-lead fundraising activities which involve (but are not limited to) attending roadshows and managing investor engagements
• Liaise with external Auditors for annual financial audits and preparation of statutory financial statements.
• Oversee the finance team by ensuring their alignment with assigned roles and responsibilities, and establishing accountability via coaching/mentoring. 
• Support the Compliance team  and other departments  to ensure conformity with regulatory requirements
• Ensure all statutory tax provisions and deductions   (PAYE/VAT/WHT/Corporate tax) are reconciled and filed in a timely manner.
• Build relationships with existing and prospective bank partners to optimize processing costs and other related services.
• Periodically review existing finance team tools and processes to ensure team efficiency 

About you

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or a related discipline
• Professional finance certification e.g. ACCA, ICAN, CFA
• 6+ years of relevant experience in an accounting or finance position in a financial services organization, FinTech, or regulated company environment, with at least 2 of those in a management role.
• Knowledge of relevant IFRS accounting standards
• Detail-oriented, analytical with a strategic mindset
• Knowledge of the Nigerian investment management landscape
• Experience working with a recognized ERP system; Netsuite by Oracle preferred.
• Highly entrepreneurial and a great collaborator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions

Benefits of Joining 

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Fully paid Premium Plan medical coverage
• Generous vacation policy
• Generous child bonding leave policy
• Pension Benefit and Life Insurance
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance (when it’s safe to travel!)
• Flexible working hours 
• Weekly team meals and social events (virtual for now!)

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Ideal candidates should be extremely flexible with scheduling, working shifts, working weekends, and occasionally holidays, within a 5-day workweek.

Responsibilities

• Delivering efficient, friendly responses to customer inquiries and building our brand via our text-based chat platform
• Responding to customer inquiries via Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, E-mail, Instagram & Google Play
• Escalating customer feedback and IT issues to help improve our product

Qualifications

• Minimum of a first degree
• Proficient typing speed (ideally above 45 wpm). This will be tested.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
• 0-2 years of customer service experience in a startup is an added advantage
• Intermediate Microsoft Office and analytical skills
• You are highly entrepreneurial. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise. You’ve started and/or contribute to projects you’re passionate about.
• You are a great collaborator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• 28 days of paid vacation days, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave, and periodic mental health days
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity leave and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• Annual professional development budget 
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance (when it’s safe to travel!)
• Weekly team meals and social events (virtual for now!)
• Flexible working hours
• Where we work: Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally

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We are looking for individuals who thrive in a fast-moving, innovative, and customer-focused setting.

Here are some things you'll do

• Contributing to the design and development of our Android app (written in a mix of Java and Kotlin).
• Scoping new projects and features with our product team, and implementing them (including contributing to some parts of our backend systems when needed).
• Managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Contributing to the overall engineering roadmap, including building out new products for the Nigerian market and beyond.
• Mentoring and teaching other team members.

Minimum Requirements

• You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise.
• You are a passionate coder. You start and/or contribute to projects you’re excited about. 
• You are an excellent collaborator & communicator. You listen to others and seek to understand, but aren’t afraid to speak your mind and debate in a respectful manner when you disagree.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world.

Preferred Requirements

• You have experience architecting high-quality Android apps that interact with RESTful APIs and enjoy keeping up with the latest frameworks and development practices. It’s an added bonus if you have a working knowledge of languages such as Kotlin, Ruby, and/or Python.
• You understand the value of writing thorough tests, and you are passionate about code quality and bug fixing.
• You are curious about new technologies and are eager to learn about and contribute to all parts of our technology stack.

Benefits of Joining

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave 
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension Benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team

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We believe the best ideas can come from anyone in the company, and we are working hard to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to propose solutions to the challenges we face. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a fast-moving, innovative, and customer-focused setting.

Here are some things you'll do

• Build out backend functionality for existing and new product lines such as Credit, Wallet, Bill Pay, and others.
• Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms.
• Scale our backend services and pipelines to ever-growing levels of traffic and complexity.
• Help build flexible and easy-to-use tools used by our operations teams to handle customer inquiries and other business processes.

Minimum Requirements

• You have strong experience (2+ years) of building backend software for web-based or mobile products.
• You are an excellent collaborator and communicator. You listen to others and seek to understand, but aren’t afraid to speak your mind and debate in a respectful manner when you disagree. 
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world.

Preferred Requirements

• You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, data storage, and agile development methodologies.
• You are pragmatic and combine a strong understanding of technology and product needs to arrive at the best solution for a given problem.
• You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You proactively identify problems and propose solutions. 

Benefits of Joining

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave 
• Fully paid parental leave - 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension Benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team