Optasia

Full-stack Engineer

• Involved with analysis, design, development, and maintenance of the microloan provisioning platform
• Handle millions of loan transactions daily
• Focus on efficiency, performance, and quality in software development
• Work with a technology stack including Spring, JMS, REST Web Services, Hazelcast, Postgres, Kafka, Elastic, Docker Swarm, Red Hat Linux
• Be eager to learn and contribute to the product

Senior Software Engineer, Fintech

Director

• Lead the business analysis and campaign management team and report to the COO
• Responsible for detailed revenue financial analyses and business modelling, budgeting, rolling forecasting and development of long term 3-5 years business models in alignment with Finance
• Monitor revenue performance and analyse versus budget and forecasts
• Ensure operational performance meets technical and data criteria to secure service revenues and recoveries
• Implement analytical approaches and methodologies for financial service monitoring and service segments (enhancements, channels, campaigning, etc.)
• Interpret analytical results and KPIs and translate into initiatives and recommendations for revenue/business improvements
• Present reports to management for decision making and strategic planning
• Compare financial performances of all services and establish KPIs/benchmarks
• Manage and report operational KPIs and OKRs on a Monthly, Quarterly and Annual basis
• Collect and analyze external market data to provide benchmarks and business insights
• Continuously monitor services’ financial performances and identify risks and underperformances early
• Monitor data integrity and initiate data-validation sessions to optimize profiling/scoring models
• Provide data analyses and KPIs on subscriber behavior and initiatives to influence and improve adoptions through campaigns and customer journey reviews
• Provide business insights and roadmaps to senior management around financial modelling, forecasts and profitability and develop internal processes for Exco monthly reports
• Evaluate business cases to support new investment and strategic decisions
• Automate and standardize metrics, KPIs and reporting to ensure a single source of truth while empowering managers and users

Director, Business Analysis

Recruitment

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for assigned roles, including sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer coordination
• Draft and publish job descriptions and job postings across various platforms
• Schedule and coordinate interviews with candidates and hiring managers
• Liaise with hiring managers to understand role requirements and ensure alignment throughout the recruitment process
• Conduct candidate interviews (phone/video/onsite) as part of the selection process
• Collaborate with external recruitment agencies when needed to build strong candidate pipelines
• Build and maintain recruitment metrics, reporting on hiring progress and performance
• Support employer branding initiatives, including career fairs, campus recruitment, and networking events
• Support ad-hoc Global People Operations projects and office-related tasks

Talent Acquisition Associate, Fintech

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Participate in all accounting functions and month-end closing processes in cooperation with our statutory accountants
• Record financial transactions in SAP and ensure reconciliation with the statutory accounts and intercompany balances
• Overview of taxes and other statutory submissions in cooperation with outsourced tax consultants
• Manage the cash flow of the local company and ensure timely collections and timely vendor payments
• Handle intercompany invoicing and ensure a smooth cash flow process
• Support in the controlling process of group subsidiaries and in the monthly group invoicing processes
• Participate in the preparation of financial statements and support the audit process through the preparation of reports and deliverables
• Assist in special (ad hoc) projects as assigned and provide actionable insights
• Coordinate with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that all required procedures will be properly performed
• Other tasks assigned by the manager

Financial Accountant, Fintech

Project Manager

• Coordinates closely a deliverable’s execution, while taking responsibility for planning the management of scope and schedule
• Monitors and controls each sub-team’s deliverables
• Manages planned and unplanned changes, risks and issues to ensure rapid delivery and greater predictability
• Coordinates stakeholders’ involvement to keep them apprised of progress and address their needs, both internal as with the client, mainly MNO’s
• Shifts in priorities from senior leadership by ensuring members retain focus to handle changes with minimal disruption to productivity
• Performs reporting as needed.

Project Coordinator, Fintech

Security Engineer

• Lead the design, implementation, and optimization of complex systems and networks for scalability, security, and performance
• Take ownership of system architecture decisions, guiding long-term infrastructure strategy and roadmaps
• Act as a technical authority during critical incidents: diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production issues under pressure
• Drive automation across infrastructure to eliminate manual tasks and improve reliability
• Establish and enforce system hardening, compliance standards, and security best practices (NIST, CIS, OWASP)
• Mentor and support junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of technical excellence
• Partner with stakeholders to align infrastructure capabilities with business requirements
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies that enhance system performance and resilience
• Responsible for effective provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware and software and related infrastructure
• Participate in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure
• Ensure system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, enabling staff, volunteers, and Partners

Senior Systems and Security Engineer, Fintech

QA Engineer

• Work closely with software development team to validate products, verify defect resolutions, and record defects
• Review requirements, specifications, and technical design documents and provide timely feedback
• Develop structured test plans and test cases for comprehensive testing
• Execute manual (white box, black box) and automated tests including smoke, sanity, and regression
• Identify, document, and track bugs and report on test results
• Automate test cases to improve testing efficiency
• Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with clients and investigate live environment issues alongside clients
• Collaborate with Project Delivery and Account Managers to ensure timely, quality releases

Quality Assurance Engineer, Fintech

• Prepare and maintain accurate journal entries, management accounts, and tax filings
• Reconcile financial positions and transactions with banks, mobile network operators, and technology partners
• Ensure proper application of direct and indirect taxes, including VAT, withholding tax, and corporate tax
• Manage foreign exchange acquisition and optimize FX exposure to support efficient fund repatriation to headquarters
• Coordinate intercompany transactions and accounts with the group finance team
• Ensure full compliance with Ghanaian financial regulations, tax laws, and fintech-specific reporting requirements
• Lead financial planning and analysis to support business growth and risk mitigation
• Participate in group reporting processes, including consolidation, variance analysis, and KPI tracking
• Support audit processes, both internal and external, and maintain robust internal controls
• Liaise with local banks, regulators, and auditors to ensure smooth financial operations
• Collaborate with headquarters finance and treasury teams to align cash flow, reporting, and strategic initiatives

Finance Manager, Fintech

• Coordinate and manage reconciliation of MFS services across company territories ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Oversee invoicing process for MFS services, ensuring timely and accurate billing to clients and partners
• Ensure compliance with financial services regulations across serviced territories and assess regulatory changes
• Coordinate with internal teams (finance, legal, operations) and external stakeholders (clients, partners, auditors)
• Prepare and present financial reports (monthly, quarterly, annual) to the MFS Finance Director and senior management
• Identify and mitigate financial risks related to MFS operations and implement internal controls
• Assist in budgeting and financial forecasting for the MFS department and provide variance analysis
• Monitor liquidity levels to ensure the company can meet financial obligations
• Maintain thorough and organized documentation of all financial activities and decisions related to MFS services

Financial Operations Manager, Fintech

Solutions Engineer

• Work closely with clients, product management and software development teams to deliver solutions
• Transform business requirements into technology solutions using Optasia’s in-house platform
• Collaborate with clients’ various stakeholders to align IT solutions with business objectives
• Create technical artifacts such as use cases, flow diagrams, integration requirements and solution documentation
• Collaborate with internal teams (Engineering, Quality Assurance, Product Management, Business and Operations) to deliver innovative solutions
• Evaluate and prototype APIs for third-party integrations
• Work closely with Software Architecture team by identifying needs and opportunities for feature additions in Optasia platform
• Provide technical consultancy to the sales team, including giving demonstrations and assisting on RFP responses
• Demonstrate high level of technical knowledge, product understanding and communication skills

Solution Architect, Fintech

Support Engineer

• Optasia is a B2B2X financial technology platform providing scoring, decisioning, disbursement and collection across 30 countries
• Ensure highest level of system availability and performance as part of the Technical 1st-Level Support team
• Day-to-day monitoring of system, network, application and service alerts; provide first-level support on rotating shifts (24/7)
• Respond to alerts: verify, determine cause, resolve or escalate as necessary
• Record all incidents and alerts into an incident log per defined standards
• Perform health checks and quality checks to verify operational excellence
• Serve as liaison between support groups during outages and coordinate with third-party vendors
• Work with case management tools and monitoring tools; multitask and prioritise work appropriately