Position: Operations Manager

Job Time: Full-Time

Job Type: Permanent

Place of Work: Addis Ababa, Addis Abeba - Ethiopia

Posted date: 32 minutes ago

Deadline: August, 10/2024 (8 days left)

GeezJobs' Recruitment Department is on the lookout for an outstanding Operations Manager to join our client's dynamic and newly establishing financial technology Company.

Job Summary

An operations Manager plays a pivotal role in steering the operational success of financial technology services. This position involves overseeing the day-to-day activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory policies, and driving operational efficiency. A key responsibility includes managing a team to optimize transaction processes, address complex challenges, and implement strategic improvements.

Functional Competencies

• Strong experience as an operation manager in the start-up space or leadership experience within strategy consulting with strong exposure to fintech sector engagements.

• Business acumen, to drive business performance with operational and Process excellence.

• Proven record of successfully developing and implementing commercial strategies.

• Knowledge of organizational effectiveness and operations management

• Strategic change anticipation and management skill

• High level of proficiency in financial analysis, and risk management with the ability to liaise with key stakeholders.

• Legal contracting skills.

• Excellent leadership, negotiation, management, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.

• Ability to adapt to unique project management methodologies and internal guidance in fast-paced projects with dynamic scope and release timeframe.

• Strong understanding of tech/digital business growth and best-practice platform builds.

• Game-changing strategies.

• Strategic thinking and planning

• Adapt and institute project management structures and systems that enforce accountability for project execution.

• Compliance, Governance, and Ethics.

• Experience with corporate governance.

Behavioural Competency

• Leadership and team management

• Excellent interpersonal, good communication skills, and an ability to communicate at all levels with internal and external customers.

• Stakeholder relationship management, networking, influencing, and communication skills.

• Emotional intelligence and ability to inspire confidence and create trust

• Ability to inspire teams toward success

• Sense of ownership and responsibility towards troubleshooting issues and solutions with self-motivation to accept and complete tasks.

• Ability to drive innovation, adaptability, and ability to handle sensitive information with discretion

• Management of ambiguity and good listening skills.

• Extensive experience working cross-functionally.

• Adaptability and change management.

• Conflict resolution and work under pressure.

Qualification

• Master’s degree in Accounting and Finance, Business information systems, or a related field from a well-recognized institution with a minimum of 4+ years of related work experience in the finance-technology or finance sector in which the last one year must be in a managerial position.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance, Business information systems, or a related field from a well-recognized institution with a minimum of 5+ years of related work experience in the finance-technology or finance sector in which the last one year must be in a managerial position.

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