Wavemm1Β·about 2 months ago
We're making Africa the first cashless continent.
In 2017, over half the population in Sub-Saharan Africa had no bank account. That's for good reasonβthe fees are too high, the closest branch can be miles away, and nobody takes cards. Without access to financial institutions, people are forced to keep their savings under the mattress. Small business owners rely on lenders who charge extortionate rates. Parents spend hours waiting in line to pay school fees in cash.
We're solving this by building financial services that just work: no account fees, instantly available, and accepted everywhere. In places where electricity, water and roads don't always work, you can still send money with Wave. In 2017, we launched a mobile app in Senegal for cash deposit, withdrawal, and peer-to-peer and business payments. Now, we have millions of users across 9 countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
Weβre looking for an experienced portfolio manager with excellent analytical skills to help us grow our Financial Services products, inclusive of consumer and merchant lending, savings and insurance. Many of these products are new to market, and you will play a key role in evaluating performance and identifying growth opportunities. For our lending products, you will be a creative thinker developing iterative credit risk frameworks enabling Wave to responsibly provide funding to our customers.
In this role, you'll;