Senior Expansion Associate at BitPesa Nigeria

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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Expansion Associate

Location: Lagos

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