Technical Payment Specialist (Remote) Nairobi, Kenya
Technical Payment Specialist (Remote) Nairobi, Kenya
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Reference Number: SFBLR53
Job Description:
Our client is a payments organization that focuses on accelerating the development and deployment of instant inclusive digital payment platforms at country and regional levels working and collaborating with governments and private sectors with the specific aim of financially including the millions of unbanked and disproportionately affected Africans thereby including them in the formal economy. They are seeking to hire a Technical Payment Specialist to join their innovative team who are making a significant impact in the reduction of financial exclusion in Africa.
Responsibilities:
- The Technical Payment Specialist will need to have strong expertise in the technological aspects of national and regional payment systems design deployment and regulation of Instant and Inclusive interoperable payment systems an understanding or working knowledge of ISO20022 capacity building of digital financial service providers on integration requirements and participation rules regulation around fintech innovation and open APIs. The perfect candidates will be required to have in-depth understanding of specific key national and regional markets in Africa.
- Under the direct supervision of a Regional Director the Technical Payment Specialist will be responsible for the following key duties and responsibilities:
- Guide on how best to adhere to regulations governing participation and integration into real time payment systems.
- Advise and offer technical inputs in the design of use-cases (P2P P2B G2P and CICO payments) for real time payment systems.
- Document technical input on technological and regulatory specification for Digital Financial service providers integration to real time payment systems and create guides for interoperability integration.
- Develop the project documents to support Instant Payment Systems implementation and pre-project technical advice to National and regional stakeholders.
- Support the Regional Director in ensuring continuous stakeholder management and strong communication with partners such as instant payments infrastructure service providers Governance experts and system integrators.
- Develop training materials and executing training assignments customized for requisite markets.
- Follow-up with partners to ensure training is relevant and appropriate.
- Support the Regional Director(s) in liaising with regulatory authorities and other relevant stakeholders in formulating standards meant to guide digital financial service providers fintech integration and open APIs.
- Provide ideas and support to the Regional Director on how best to support Central Banks fintechs and e-commerce platforms.
- Contribute to knowledge documentation and dissemination across the payment ecosystem through learnings from projects under portfolio.
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- Explore the trends and needs within the payment industry and identify support areas where the organization can play a pivotal role.
Requirements:
- Degree in Information and Communication Technology engineering Banking Business Management or related field is mandatory or Strong subject matter expertise with demonstrated and verifiable experience.
- At least 5 years of experience working with Central Banks payment aggregators fintechs banks and Mobile money operators and / or open payment frameworks.
- Experience working with infrastructure service providers and payment systems at a National or regional level.
- Experience in developing and implementing projects / programs in the payment ecosystem with emphasis on digital payments.
- Experience in policy formulation and design / contribution to national payment strategies is highly desired.
- Experience working with financial service providers and / or financial technology companies on payment integration and digital financial services is desired.
- Experience supporting digital financial service providers with open APIs.
- Fluency in English is required; proficiency in French is an added advantage.
If you wish to apply for the position please send your CV to Scott Fraser at
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Scott Fraser
Recruitment Manager Africa & Global
CA Finance
CA Global will respond to short-listed candidates only. If you have not had any response in two weeks please consider your application unsuccessful however your CV will be kept on our database for any other suitable positions.
Employment Type
Full Time
