Jobs at Moniepoint Inc.

Job Purpose

• The Lead, People Business Partnership acts as a strategic connector between enterprise people strategy and business execution.
• This role partners with senior business leaders to design and implement people initiatives that strengthen performance, engagement, and organizational capability.
• Working closely with COEs and the broader People leadership team, the Lead ensures that workforce plans, leadership effectiveness, and change programs are delivered with consistency, insight, and measurable business impact.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to operationalize people plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and talent priorities.
• Manage day-to-day employee lifecycle matters in partnership with People Operations and Employee Relations.
• Coach line managers on performance management, feedback, and team engagement.
• Analyze people metrics (attrition, engagement, performance) to identify local trends and propose solutions.
• Support organizational design, workforce planning, and change initiatives.
• Collaborate with COEs (Talent Management, Total Rewards, Learning, ER) to deliver enterprise programs into business units.
• Act as a culture champion, driving inclusion and accountability through daily interactions.

What Success Looks Like

• You are recognized as a strategic partner on the senior leadership team for your assigned business units, shaping the long-term organizational and talent strategy.
• You have designed and implemented business unit-specific people strategies that demonstrably contribute to achieving core business objectives (e.g., market expansion, product innovation, operational efficiency).
• Your influence extends to shaping company-wide HR policy and program design, providing crucial business context and feedback to Centers of Excellence (COEs).
• You have successfully led the end-to-end deployment of multiple COE-led strategic initiatives across your business units, ensuring high-quality execution, sustained adoption, and demonstrable positive impact on key people metrics.
• You have a high-performing People Business Partner (PBP) team or support staff that you mentor, develop, and delegate effectively to, ensuring consistent, high-quality HR support for the business.
• Your proactive people risk mitigation and strategic workforce planning result in a highly stable, engaged, and optimally structured talent base that is ahead of the curve in meeting future business needs.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years HR experience, including 3+ years in HRBP or advisory role.
• Proven capability managing multiple business units or teams.
• Sound understanding of HR processes and labor regulations.
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data trends.
• Preferred Qualifications
• Experience in fintech, banking, or digital environments.
• Exposure to organization-wide HR transformation or scaling initiatives.

About You:

• You’re a strategic operator who balances business acumen with people insight.
• You see patterns in data, behaviors, and structure — and use them to shape decisions that build capability and performance at scale.
• You’re confident in influencing senior leaders, framing complex people issues in business terms, and driving clarity where ambiguity exists.
• You’re a coach and connector — developing PBPs to think critically, partner strategically, and deliver with empathy and precision.
• You collaborate fluidly across COEs, ensuring that enterprise initiatives translate into meaningful impact on the ground.
• You’re known for your sound judgment, calm under pressure, and ability to hold leaders accountable while strengthening trust.
• Above all, you elevate the people function — turning strategy into measurable outcomes that advance both culture and commercial success.

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About the Role

• The Head of Recovery is a strategic leadership role responsible for architecting and executing Moniepoint’s debt recovery framework. 
• As a qualified legal professional, you will ensure minimal credit losses by optimizing the recovery unit’s efficiency through a blend of rigorous legal strategy and operational excellence.
• In this capacity, you will develop and implement comprehensive recovery strategies, design the organizational structure of the recovery unit, and recruit high-caliber talent. 
• Your deep legal expertise in debt litigation and asset recovery will be vital in navigating complex delinquency cases. 
• You will leverage a data-driven approach to evaluate the efficacy of recovery tactics and personnel performance.

What you’ll get to do

• Develop and execute recovery strategies to reduce non-performing loans and bad debt provisions.
• Act as the primary legal strategist for the recovery department, ensuring all actions comply with financial regulations and debt collection laws.
• Manage high-level engagements with external stakeholders, including law enforcement agencies, regulatory bodies, and external counsel, to expedite the resolution of non-performing loans (NPLs).
• Design the recovery organisation and supervise the hiring process for recovery talent
• Optimise the effectiveness of the recovery team by setting clear objectives and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Continuously provide training to the recovery network in alignment with established recovery strategies and industry best practices.
• Report on recovery performance and provide insights to senior management.
• Collaborate with internal departments such as credit, legal, risk, and finance to align recovery efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB)
• Minimum 7 years of experience in debt recovery/litigation in Nigeria
• Strong knowledge of debt recovery laws, banking regulations, and court procedures in Nigeria.
• At least 7 years of experience in credit recovery
• Strong network of legal and law enforcement contacts across the country
• Proven experience in leading a recovery team and managing high-value non-performing loans
• Proven experience in handling recovery in each of the 6 geo-political zones in Nigeria
• Excellent negotiation, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret financial data.

Relevant Skills:

• Loan Recovery
• Credit risk management
• Data analytics and statistics 
• Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
• People Management
• Performance Management
• Training and People Development.