Operations Analyst: Card Payment Services (Location Agnostic) at MFS Africa

The Role

The Card Payment Services team is a dynamic, innovative team responsible for the rollout, onboarding and integration of card payment services to the MFS Africa network of connected partners that include mobile network operators, banks, money transfer organizations and merchants.

The Operations Analyst position is a key role that will ensure the smooth delivery of these services on a day-to-day basis. The successful candidate will be involved in activities such as inspecting settlement files, validating data, ensuring relevant parties are informed of payables in a timely manner, and optimizing service delivery processes.

The ideal candidate should be a self-motivated and energetic systems engineer who can think laterally and deploy their technical/operational ability to tackle and resolve unique problems in a clear, analytical manner. Knowledge of the mechanics of VISA/Mastercard payment networks and their settlement processes is a plus.

The Operations Analyst will report to the Program Manager, Card Payment Services, and will be part of the MFS Africa Product team. The position is location agnostic, and can based in any of the locations MFS Africa has presence: Port Louis, Mauritius; Johannesburg, South Africa; London, UK; Accra, Ghana; Kampala, Uganda or Nairobi, Kenya. Applicants should only apply for the position in their country of residence, or where they have the right to work.

The duties and responsibilities of the role will be as follows:

• Support reconciliation and settlement processes on behalf of MFS Africa and its partners

• Devise and validate accounting schemes & processes with an understanding of VISA/Mastercard settlement reports like VSS

• Coordinate with multiple stakeholders during settlement, invoicing/billing activities

• Function as a technical/operational escalation point from MFS Africa’s back-office around technical challenges experienced by MFS Africa’s partners

• Use issue tracking tools to capture, monitor, diagnose and participate in the resolution of challenges experienced by MFS Africa’s partners

• Assist in resolving queries raised by MFS Africa’s partners

• Provide technical and operational support to partners using the MFS Africa card payment services

• Perform any other tasks as reasonably assigned

Requirements

Skills and Competencies

You might be a good fit if you:

• Understand the card payments world

• Are a Self-starter with natural curiosity

• Are Competent in systems engineering approaches & analytical thinking

• Have the ability to learn complex products/solutions in a high-paced environment

• Can multitask and operate comfortably in an environment with shifting priorities

• Are able to work autonomously and independently with high quality output and are willing to take accountability for work produced

• Are comfortable learning new technologies and systems

• Are highly organized, solutions-oriented person with solid problem-solving abilities

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineer or related ICT/Telecoms discipline

• 3 – 5 years of relevant experience

• Experience in cards/payments industry including Visa/Mastercard settlement reports and methods

• Basic understanding of API’s

• Experience of using any card management platform like CAMS, Powercard etc.

• Technical/operational support experience in financial/banking domain

• Knowledge of PCI DSS, EMVCo advantageous

Benefits

• We are highly innovative and were ranked by Fast Company as one of the most innovative companies in the world

• We work at the very cutting edge of fintech in Africa

• We solve relevant problems for Africa and the world. We are building the MFS Africa Hub into a payment infrastructure designed to last 100 years

• We have a culture of care and execution and a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented