Vacancy title:
Credit Operations Specialist

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Deadline of this Job:
28 February 2023  

Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Job Title: Credit Operations Specialist – West or Southern Africa 

Department: Global Customer Finance 

Reporting Line: Head of Credit Operations 

Location: Any EEA country of operation in our West Africa (Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, Benin) or Southern

Africa (Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia) regions of operation, with a preference for West Africa;  

This position involves 30% to 50% business travel to other EEA countries of operation as well as occasional travel for department or functional workshops, trainings or meetings. 

About ENGIE Energy Access 

ENGIE Energy Access is one of the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa, with a mission to deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions and life-changing services with exceptional customer experience. The company is a result of the integration of Fenix International, ENGIE Mobisol and ENGIE PowerCorner; and develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGo solar home systems are financed through affordable installments from $0.19 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,700 employees, operations in 9 countries across Africa (Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.5 million customers and more than 8 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to remain the leading clean energy company, serving millions of customers across Africa by 2025.   

www.engie-energyaccess.com 

Job Purpose/Mission 

• With EEA selling the lion’s share of its products on credit to hundreds of thousands of individual customers every year, EEA’s Customer Finance function plays a key role in the success of the business.
• The Global Customer Finance team supports all markets to manage the customer’s financial services journey and the credit cycle to deliver positive commercial outcomes and a positive customer experience. Within the Credit Operations Team of Global CF, we work on the standards, systems, tools and workflows used by our call centers, field teams and back office teams to help support customer repayment.
• The Credit Operations Specialist position is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in advancing EEA’s approach to credit management. You will provide proactive, hands-on and results-oriented support to country teams (especially those in your region of assignment) to support the implementation of credit operations best practices and standards across the business. Along with your work within country teams, you will work in close collaboration with the Global Customer Finance team and other Global teams as needed.

Responsibilities 

• Credit Operations Excellence & Implementation Support.

Support country teams in translating credit operations policy and procedure into day-to-day practices and routines

Provide a direct line of support on development of and management against action plans and project plans for improvement and implementation of credit operations standards

Ensure that country teams actively track and improve compliance and overall quality of performance of credit operations standards and workflows

Collaborate with stakeholders to identify areas for improvement and potential for innovation in our processes, standards, tools, etc.

• Knowledge Sharing & Capacity Development Support.

Provide direct support on training and communication on credit operations standards, tools and best practices to country teams across multiple departments and levels of the business for countries 

Support development and delivery of training content for MySol Academy or other credit-related training initiatives

Document and share best practices and insights from across our network of country operations with country and global teams

Support on planning for future capacity needs, including hiring and development of skills and competencies within existing teams 

• Credit Operations Monitoring, Analysis & Insights.

Track and monitor the operational capacity, standards compliance and performance of our call center and field teams across activities like assessment, onboarding, collections, etc., especially for newly adopted standards and practices  

Support and enable feedback loops, escalation of customer account issues and accountability across functions (i.e. with CX, Sales or Product teams at the country level).  

Ensure that country stakeholders have access to credit operations monitoring tools and this information is used to inform decision making and action plans.  

Where appropriate, provide country teams and Global CF with insights and recommendations coming from analysis of reports and monitoring tools to give important context, inform decisions and action plans.

• Stakeholder Management

Serve as a lead point of contact for countries within your region of assignment and provide exceptional relationship management and stakeholder management for your internal customers

Work with country and global Customer Finance departments to build and maintain a strong credit culture across EEA

Contribute to the overall strategy and priorities of EEA Customer Finance and country-specific strategies (in some cases, leading or guiding this process) related to Credit Operations or broader Customer Finance topics. 

As needed, support gathering of feedback and insights from customers and customer-facing teams via surveys, focus groups, etc. to inform improvements and innovations in our strategy and approaches to credit management.

Provide practical input to country and global credit operations strategy & standards development

Knowledge and skills 

Experience & Aptitudes:

• 3 to 5 years of professional experience in a related field; work experience in Sub-Saharan Africa in the off-grid energy sector is a plus.
• 1 to 2 years of experience in credit-related project management, credit operations, or other areas related to commercial lending and credit portfolio management is desired
• Can-do attitude, with a knack for problem solving and tackling big challenges that require both team collaboration and individual perseverance
• Keen analytical skills; ability to combine hard data and observations on operational realities and translate into actionable insights
• High level of professional curiosity; high level of interest in how to make processes and systems work to their best level
• Strong and confident communicator who is equally capable of asking for support and guidance as well as sharing feedback, information and knowledge with others
• Detail-oriented, with an ability to help others check their work and maintain a high level of quality
• Empathy and stamina in collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders including customers, customer-facing teams, leaders and managers across various business functions and units, and across a variety of cultural contexts
• Familiarity with the nature of our customer base and the challenges faced by our customer-facing teams

Qualifications:

• Diploma or degree preferred. Degree in business, engineering, economics, finance, microfinance or a related subject is desired.
• Certification in a relevant topic (e.g. project management; process mapping & process optimization) is a plus.

Language(s): 

• West African regional specialist: English & French Required
• Southern Africa regional specialist: English Required; Portuguese, Swahili and Local Language Fluency a plus

Technology:

• Proficiency with standard Microsoft Office software packages (especially Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Experience with Tableau or other data visualization tools is a plus
• Experience working with mobile and digital tools for call center or field operations is a plus

We thank all applicants for their interest, however due to the large volume of applications we receive, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, name, sexual identity, orientation or preference, religion, marital status, health, disability, political opinions, union involvement or citizenship. Our differences are our strengths! 

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Postgraduate Degree

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