Recruitment at M-KOPA 

M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off grid homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve progress in their lives.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Analytics Engineer

Location: Nigeria (Remote)
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• We are looking for an Analytics Engineer to join our fast growing Mobility Team; where we finance progress in mobility, and clean energy adoption.

Responsibilities

• As an analytics engineer in mobility, you would be working with a cross-functional team both in Mobility and the wider analytics team in the Fintech side of the business.
• Additionally, you would own analytics datasets and pipelines for the specific product domain and work together with your cross-functional partners to improve our understanding of the area.
• Your role would be focused on Dimensional Data modelling and visualization, Data Engineering, Business and Product Optimization, Cloud Platform Utilization and Data Management.
• You would be building easy to understand and consistently modelled datasets to serve metrics, dashboards and exploratory analysis; including building data transformation pipelines, primarily by using SQL and Python in dbt, and Airflow infrastructure.
• You would also be developing semantic models in Looker, build dashboards and coach users on how to use self-serve capabilities of our platform while working together with software engineers to ensure that the data necessary for analysis is captured well in our systems.
• This is a fully remote role, within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3). Our engineers work remotely from locations such as UK, Europe and Africa. You will be reporting to the group Head of Technology – Mobility.

Expertise

• Our expectation is that you have extensive experience with Python, Java and proficiency in SQL. Additionally, working with data warehouse technologies, and with BI tools such as Looker or Tableau and dimensional data modelling for analytics / big data infrastructures would make you an ideal candidate for the role.
• Experience working with orchestration systems such as airflow working with dbt will equally be essential for this role.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Software Engineering Team Lead

Location: Nigeria
Job Type: Full Time

Job Summary

• We are looking for a Backend-focused Engineering Team Lead to join our Repayments product group; where progress, and humility are valued as highly as technical excellence.
• This is to ensure that the quality and prioritization for candidates that are a good match is unaffected by high volume processing.
• Common reasons for people being rejected are lack of seniority, no experience with C# and event driven Microservices / Azure or no relevant experience.
• Candidates are encouraged to re-apply for an appropriate role, our structure is typically as below and we do have comprehensive salary bandings to accommodate different levels of seniority that is overlaid with depth of experience. (although there are exceptions);
  • Backend Engineer 3 + yrs exp
  • Senior Backend Engineer 6+ yrs exp
  • Team Leader 8 + yrs exp
  • Staff Engineer 10 +
  • Engineering Manager 10+ (depth of experience is always assessed using a technical evaluation 3/5 hrs work).

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Job Title: Senior Commercial Insights Manager

Location: Nigeria
Job type: Full-time
Department: Credit

Description

• We are looking for an experienced Business Insights and Strategy Manager to join our team in Kenya.
• We’re not merely seeking an operations manager; we’re looking for a strategic consultant to our business leaders in Kenya. Someone eager to work on the front lines of our commercial business and strategy.
• You could be an analytical project manager, a commercial insights analyst or someone working in credit (B2C).
• In this role, you’ll identify problems, manage analytical workflows, and deliver actionable recommendations and insights to our business leaders in Kenya.
• You’ll handle multi-source data, design out of the box experiments, test hypotheses, and create impactful presentations and reports for your stakeholders.
• This role is perfect for those with strong strategic planning and execution skills. If you’re data-driven and thrive on strategic impact, this role is your ideal platform.

Responsibilities
What’s exciting about this role?

• Your insights will drive key decisions, as you provide thought leadership and in-depth analysis using tools like SQL, R, and Python. You’ll design innovative initiatives to enhance credit performance, working closely with various departments to achieve stellar results.
• As a key player, you’ll develop and refine financial models, monitor performance metrics, and challenge existing credit management practices.
• Your reports and presentations will influence senior management and investors, while your innovative approaches will keep M-KOPA at the forefront of the industry.
• You’ll build strong stakeholder relationships, communicate complex ideas clearly, and foster a culture of creativity and problem-solving. This role is your chance to make a significant impact, guiding business growth and setting new standards in credit management.
• In essence, this role offers you a thrilling opportunity to lead transformative efforts in bad debt provisioning and adjustments , Interventions to improve credit performance, product, service, and pricing decisions

Requirements
Our expectations are that your CV reflects a rich blend of technical expertise, practical experience and leadership competencies positioning you as a valuable asset in the field of Credit:

• We’re seeking a candidate with a blend of technical expertise, practical experience, and leadership/advisory in a B2C Kenyan marketed business. Credit exp would be a bonus but is not essential.
• Showcase your skills in using data from SQL, R, Python, PowerBI, and Excel and through financial analysis produce insightful presentations. Knowledge of lending practices and consumer credit in emerging markets is a plus.
• To lead and influence General Manager and c-suite leaders in the business, exceptional interpersonal and presentation skills are crucial.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Hiring Process
Our hiring process is as much about us selling to you as the other way round-the interview process will be as follows:

• Recruiter call 30 mins – an introduction to the process and M-KOPA.
• Hiring Team call 30 mins – High level introductions with the Credit Team.
• Take home assessment – A deep dive into the role dynamics.
• Personality test – Self awareness is crucial for you as a strategic leader.
• Stakeholder interview 60 mins – This is where most of the magic happens.