PMO Project Analyst at MFS Africa

Description

• MFS Africa is the leading digital payments hub in Africa, enabling low-cost payments across the continent. The company works in close partnership with mobile network operators and financial institutions to bring simple and relevant payment services to unbanked people. MFS Africa connects over 320 million mobile money users across sub-Saharan Africa through its platform – the MFS Hub. As a B2B company, we enable cross-border payment for mobile money operators, banks, money transfer operators, large corporate and a growing number of SMEs. Our recent partnership with Visa will soon allow us to connect the MFS Hub to Visa.net, effectively connecting African consumers and businesses to the global digital economy. As a technology fintech company, we strive to automate everything we do and run world-class back-office operations spread between Johannesburg, Port-Louis, Accra, Kampala, and Nairobi. We also have a compliance team in Johannesburg, London and Port-Louis and are regulated by the FSC in Mauritius and the FCA in the UK.

The Role

• Network Operations, Project Management Office (PMO) is a dynamic, responsive, and innovative team responsible for the well-being of the MFS Africa network of connected partners (mobile network operators, banks, money transfer organizations, merchants etc.).
• As Project Analyst, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining the PMO tools ensuring that all projects are sustained as well as optimized and continue to expand the fast-growing MFS Africa ecosystem.
• This is a junior role that requires an individual with strong project administration skills, who can think laterally and leverage their analytical and administration skills to support the team and broader organization. In this respect, MFS Africa seeks a self-starter, motivated and energetic Project Analyst for this role. You will be working with the Senior Manager: Network PMO and be part of Network Operations. The candidate should be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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

• Provide project administration support across multiple projects
• General project administration tasks i.e., data capturing, minute taking, where required and updating of project documentation
• Ensure the PMO tools are updated at all times
• Follow-up on outstanding issues
• Provide bi-weekly and monthly reporting on the status of all projects
• Effective communication with project stakeholders
• Compilation of professional project reports for management meetings
• Solicit feedback from support functions in order to ascertain their levels of satisfaction with the members of the PMO

Requirements

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to report on multiple projects
• Ability to multitask in an environment with shifting priorities
• Ability to work autonomously and independently in a highly demanding environment and willing to take accountability for work produced
• Strong administrative skills
• Good organizational skills
• Very organized and methodical

Qualifications and Experience

• Post high school qualification
• 1 - 3 years’ experience in a project administration or project management environment
• Computer literate (MS Office package)
• Knowledge of project life cycle
• Previous experience as a junior project coordinator, specifically coordinating IT projects, as well as a basic working knowledge of the Fintech industry would be highly 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 caring and execution and a very diverse work environment with over 30+ nationalities represented