Chief Operating Officer
We are currently recruiting on behalf of our partner in the fintech and payments sector, helping them find highly skilled professionals to support their growth and success. Through our tailored recruitment process, we aim to connect top talent with opportunities that align with both their career aspirations and our partner’s business needs.
Role Overview
The Chief Operating Officer (COO) – Fintech will own the performance of the fintech business unit, overseeing payment operations, driving revenue growth, maintaining service reliability and ensuring the business operates within regulatory requirements. This is a senior leadership role reporting directly to the Managing Director/CEO.
Location: Ikeja, Lagos
Work mode: Onsite
Salary: ₦1.5M monthly
What You’ll Do
- Lead the day-to-day running of the fintech business unit and own its commercial performance and operating budget.
- Oversee transaction processing, settlement and reconciliation across all channels.
- Drive merchant acquisition and retention, and grow transaction volume within approved risk limits.
- Build the processes, systems and controls the business depends on as it scales, and ensure compliance with CBN regulations and PCI DSS.
- Supervise departmental heads and coordinate across product, technology, compliance, risk and commercial teams so the unit operates as one.
Who You Are
- Senior operations or business leader with experience inside a fintech, payments company or digital bank.
- You understand how payments actually work — transaction flows, settlement and the systems behind them.
- Strong grasp of CBN regulatory requirements for payment and digital financial services, and the controls that keep a business compliant.
- Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and owning a P&L or business unit.
- You have built or rebuilt processes rather than only run them, and are comfortable working hands-on in a fast-growing business.
Why Join Them?
- Own an entire business unit rather than a single function.
- Work directly with the Managing Director on how the business grows.
- ● Shape the operating foundation of a fintech in a fast-moving market.
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