Agent Liquidity Lead
How you'll help us achieve it
We’re hiring an Agent Liquidity Lead in Cameroon. The successful candidate will effectively manage agent liquidity and cash operations in Cameroon, to ensure that our agent liquidity and customer needs at agents are sufficiently and cost-effectively met.
They will continually review and improve agent liquidity, CIT operations and security standards and processes and ensure strict SLA adherence to all cash operations core requirements with Cash In Transit firms, our staff and our agents.
In this role, you'll;
Build and lead a skilled team capable of responding to the fast growing Wave environment in Cameroon.
Develop necessary materials for a sustainable and structured liquidity department.
Be on top of the liquidity status nationwide.
Identify priority areas and come up with innovative solutions to Wave’s liquidity needs.
Plan and coordinate liquidity logistics amongst our agent network (and rebalancing points being bank, Cash in Transit companies and potential Premium Agents) for an optimal and seamless cash flow per month.
Manage the agent network in the country with minimal liquidity distress.
Adhere to all security standard requirements and procedures diligently and report any challenges proactively and promptly.
Perform other duties that may be assigned from time to time through your line manager.
Key details
Location: You'll be based in Douala, with frequent travels in the upcountry.
Work authorization in Cameroon is required.
This is a permanent position.
Our salaries are competitive and calculated using a transparent formula.
We offer generous health insurance for yourself and your dependents.
We support working parents - we offer 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers and 4 weeks for fathers, in addition to subsidized child care when they return to work.
Airtime reimbursement.
Free food and a beautiful office space.
Requirements
Fluency in French & English.
5+ years of experience in Cash movements / Cash-In-Transit / Treasury.
2+ years of experience in team management.
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting , Business Management or comparable field.
Willingness to travel 50% of the time within Cameroon.
Proven experience in Customer Relationship Management.
Strong knowledge of agent network management, and negotiation skills.
You might be a good fit if you
Understand the local liquidity challenge in a rapidly scaling agent network and the approaches to ensuring adequate liquidity.
Have strong analytical skills / Strong proficiency in Excel.
Are good at process documentation and effective at knowledge transfer.
Are adaptable and a creative thinker, and willing to iterate and fail quickly.
Communicate effectively and often, both in writing and in-person, to the point of over-communication.
Are great at upholding integrity.
Think about culture and process from the users' perspective.
Have led a team whose role was to ensure the efficient day to day running of an agent network.
Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get something done.