Business Development Manager at a Pan-African Fintech Company - HRLeverage Africa Limited

HRLeverage Africa Limited - Our client is a Pan-African Fintech company that is reinventing the payments experience by making it easy and reliable for everyone to transfer money, pay bills and shop online. They are currently operating in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya and expanding to other markets in 2022.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Location: Tanzania 
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Our client needs a Business Development Manager to build and preserve trusting relationships with Financial Institutions.
• The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker with an analytical mind and strong problem-solving skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Expanding payment channels and creating new payment solutions via Financial Institutions (Banks, MNOs, Fintechs, etc).
• Developing and executing strategies for growing and sustaining our client’s vibrant portfolio
• Fully involved in all steps to onboard Financial Institutions from zero to go live with relevant internal and external stakeholders.
• Building and nurturing relationships with top level partners.
• Monitoring and responding to trends and competitor offerings to provide solutions and improve service.
• Working closely with internal Products, Integration, Operations, Settlement, Reconciliation and Compliance teams to fully understand payment channel requirements and provide solutions.
• Negotiation of deals to cut cost and increase revenue for Company.

Qualifications & Required Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree qualification.
• At least 3 years relevant working experience on dealing with Banks/Fintech/Billers in the positions of BDM, Strategy Manager, Product
• Experience in Financial Institutions especially for Payment, Banking and Lending Industries
• Analytical and Presentation skills
• Strategic partnership skills
• Manager or Project Manager
• Extremely result-oriented, realistic and reliable; able to work with aggressive timelines
• Ability to multi-task and under constant pressure, positive attitude, good interpersonal and business negotiation – presentation skills.

Other Requirements:

• Entrepreneurial mindset in decision making and managing resources
• Logical decision-making abilities

Application Closing Date
28th September, 2022.