M-KOPA Director of Debt Capital Management Jobs in South Africa

M-KOPA Director of Debt Capital Management Jobs in South Africa

At M-KOPA, We Finance Progress

The scale and impact of our work is massive. 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.

Our people reflect this mission; we pride ourselves in empowering our people to own their own careers, and encouraging growth through our learning and development programs, coaching partnerships, and on-the-job training. As a collective, we value diversity, knowing every journey brings its own reward, and support each employee as they travel theirs.

This includes our family-friendly policies, commitment to employee mental and physical well-being, and flexible working practices. Our aim is for every employee to be able to shape their own career, whilst helping shape the future of M-KOPA as we grow together.

About this role

At M-KOPA, Finance is more than just about debits and credits! It's about understanding the stories behind the numbers and applying that knowledge to guide the business in making informed strategic decisions about the future. Finance is at the core of the organisation, working with every part of the business and helping it to positively improve the lives of millions of customers every day.

Careers in Finance at M-KOPA span business partnering, technical accounting, investor reporting, tax, payroll, procurement, treasury, pricing, financial planning and analysis and systems, and data analysis. We encourage everyone within Finance to seek out the career path that is right for them and ensures they achieve their full potential. In fact, many of us on the team have done just that, broadening our experiences and growing our careers at M-KOPA.

We're looking for a Director of Debt Capital to report into Chief Financial Officer
This role can be based in the UK, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa - role will be remote with some international travel. Working within the following time zone (UTC -1 / UTC+3).

We're excited about you

because you have experience with

Have 8+ years or equivalent experience in Capital Management, Corporate Finance, Debt Capital.

Have experience in strategic finance, special purpose vehicle and debt management.

Have experience helping achieve topline growth

Comfortable operating without a plan and manage a culture of creativity, risk-taking, experimentation and learning.

Have experience setting up strategy and action plans with measurement frameworks.

Have experience leading and implementing growth projects independently and with across the organisation.

Great at collaboration and communicative in a changing environment where collaboration and understanding people is required. You have enthusiasm for making colleagues successful throughout the company.

Work with internal partners in a remote work environment

Have a Bachelor's Degree in a related subject area. Advanced Degree

You Will Manage our Existing Debt Facilities and own the whole lifecycle

Managing debt funder relationships

Reporting covenants and other reporting requirements related to debt facilities

Managing repayment schedules

Leading on any restructurings required.

Responding to auditor requests on debt facilities

Providing regular input into FP&A team on aspects related to debt

You'll Guide Asset-Liability/Capital Adequacy Management across the organisation

Maintaining the appropriate balance of Assets to Liabilities

Setting and maintain the right mix of debt instruments (on vs off-balance sheet, local v hard currency, secured v unsecured etc)

Monitoring and stress test capital risk, liquidity risk, funding risk, interest rate risk, forex risk (as it relates to funding), refinancing risk against ALCO Committee defined risk tolerances.

Preparing material for ALCO Committee and management related to financial asset and liability management

Whats In It For You

Great compensation package

Bonus

Remote working #LI-Remote

Equity

How to Apply

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