Our mission
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 reason—the 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 six countries and are growing fast.
Our goal is to make Africa the first cashless continent and that's where you come in...
How you'll help us achieve it
Wave is now the largest financial institution in Senegal, with over 7 million users. And we’re still in the early days of our product roadmap and potential impact on people’s everyday lives.
As Payment Liquidity Officer Assistant, you will be in charge of tracking transfer performances and acting as the interface between corporate and treasury to monitor the liquidity needs of the corporate network in Côte d'Ivoire. You will be in charge of reconciling the corporate network's transaction reports to ensure conformity between reports made and funds transferred to customers. You will report to the Payment Liquidity Officer.
In this role, you’ll:
- Be a good support for your supervisor on daily tasks
- Support on centralized partners' transfer frequencies and bank account information in a well-structured spreadsheet
- Work with your supervisor to track and monitor all settlements with our corporate/informal partners and ensure that the treasury team completes the settlements promptly
- Support the partner's corporate & informal on their different liquidity needs (scheduled and not scheduled).
- Ensure good communication (emails, phones, etc.) with partners on the status of their requests.
- Work closely with the treasury team to check transfer status.
- Follow up closely with the treasury team, alerting them anytime there are changes in business trends and updating them on a regular basis or on other matters.
- Work closely with the corporate account management team to update the partners about any important changes in the rules and processes that affect them.
- Report any risk-related issues or blockers to your supervisor.
- Coordinate with the treasury team on the status of settlements.
- Report any discrepancies and perform an analysis to outline the points to consider.
- Collecting and archiving all bank information documents from partners.
- Identify priority areas and develop innovative solutions to Wave’s payments liquidity needs nationwide.
- Support the liquidity officer, account management, and finance team on partners' invoices, VAT transmission, and payment.
- Ensure with your supervisor a good tracking and payment of fees for overcharged reimbursement.
- Any other duties as may be assigned by your supervisor.
- Good knowledge of Wave tools, such as ClickUp communication in Slack.
- Ad-hoc tasks are requested by your supervisor (liquidity officer).
Key Details
- Location: Abidjan.
- Work authorization in Côte d’Ivoire 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 and a good level of English are required.
- At least 2 years of experience in Administration, Assistant, liquidity planning, and management.
- Completed university degree.
- Strong computer skills, especially with spreadsheets.
- Excellent organizational skills, communication skills, and strong abilities to analyse and synthesize.
You might be a good fit if you
- Are exceptionally organized, able to follow through on tasks independently, and manage priorities effectively.
- Have a strong attention to detail and consistently strive for excellence in all aspects of your work.
- Take initiative and are proactive in pursuing ambitious goals.
- Communicate clearly and proactively, ensuring alignment and transparency.
- Always seek to improve yourself through honest self-reflection.
- Demonstrate tenacity and a willingness to go the distance to get things done.
- Enjoy teamwork, but also know how to work well independently.
- Are resourceful on how to make things work even if they're not perfect but understand when something is a blocker and should be escalated.
- Can analyze data at a basic level.
- Can work flexible hours, even half a day on Saturday.
- Have a good knowledge of Wave tools such as Click-up, and communication in slack.
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Our team
- We have a rapidly growing in-country team in Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, and Uganda, plus remote team members spread across the world.
- We're deeply passionate about our mission of bringing radically affordable financial services to the people who need them most.
- We foster autonomy for our employees. You'll own your projects at every stage, from understanding the problem to monitoring your solution in production.
- We raised the largest Series A in Africa in 2021. Our world-class investors, include Founders Fund, Sequoia Heritage, Stripe, Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, and Partech Africa.
- We are on Y Combinator's top companies by revenue.
How to apply
Fill out the form below, and upload a resume in English and a cover letter describing your interest in Wave and the role.
We review applications frequently and recommend that you apply to the role that most closely aligns with your skills, experience and career goals.
Wave is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.