Senior Manager, Credit & Analytics

About the role

M-KOPA Solar is hiring a full-time Senior Manager, Credit & Analytics in Nairobi. The role oversees credit performance and aligns credit, sales and finance, advising directly the Managing Director, General Manager and the Kenya leadership team. It involves regular field visits to the places where loans are repaid.

Key responsibilities

• Run weekly, monthly and quarterly credit reporting, lead the portfolio review with fraud and collections input, and lead responses when performance slips
• Represent credit on regulatory matters and lead credit bureau decisions
• Pricing payment plans so sales can grow while credit stays healthy, testing credit assumptions behind new plans and forecasting unit economics
• Own BI delivery for Kenya, set data quality and metric standards, partner with data and engineering teams and coach the team

Required profile

• Seasoned record in credit risk and portfolio performance, ideally in consumer lending or PAYGO in emerging markets
• Proven experience leading BI or analytics delivery and directing analysts and managers
• A quantitative degree is preferred; a postgraduate qualification or designation such as CFA, ACCA, CPA or FRM is a welcome bonus

Required skills

• Building models and insights from multi-source data with code-based tools and BI platforms
• Designing experiments and turning results into recommendations senior leaders act on

The application is handled through the recruiting partner, Corporate Staffing Services.