Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Senior Expansion Associate at BitPesa






  • 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.



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    • 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.com to apply














    • source: http://jobcenternigeria.com/senior-expansion-associate-at-bitpesa/
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