• Internal Auditor
• Product Designer
• Product Intern
• Software Engineering Intern, Nigeria- Remote
• Software Engineering Manager,Nigeria- Remote
• Credit and Analytics Lead, Nigeria
• Backend Software Engineer, Nigeria – Remote

Internal Auditor

• Nigeria
• Full Time
• Mid Level

Job Overview

This role will be tasked with ensuring  Internal Audit, Risk Management, Assurance,  and standardization of the functions of the Company; as well as developing processes to ensure adherence to policy, prudent reporting requirements, cost management and internal controls. 

Responsibilities

• Develop departmental policies, procedures, and systems where necessary.
• Develop internal control and audit procedures while ensuring compliance with established internal control procedures. 
• Carry out audits, reviews, and investigations of processes and activities toward risk identification and management.
• Collaborate with functional teams and departments across the company in order to ensure adherence to company policies, processes, statutory compliance and reporting requirements.
• Track resolution of all audits, control recommendations and ensure compliance within agreed timelines.
• Monitor and manage the resolution of all open issues in the Internal Audit Report, External Auditor’s Management Letters, and Regulatory Examiners Report.
• Carry out regular inspections of all processes, policies, and procedures with a view to ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and best practices as may be prescribed from time to time.
• Carry out routine inspection of company records and transactions and develop review methodology for compliance and assurance purposes.
• Carry out staff training geared towards team sensitization and improving company-wide compliance.
• Prepare and present annual plans and reports to Management and the Board of Directors.
• Provide Management with the support required for audit assurance. 

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years experience in an audit position within a regulated Financial Institution;
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or Finance;
• CISA or CFSA certification would be an added advantage;
• Knowledge of risk, compliance, and audit standards applicable to regulated financial institutions.
• Working knowledge of regulations and standards applicable to regulated financial institutions in Nigeria.
• Experience  with accounting, operating, and financial services software;
• You are highly entrepreneurial. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise. You’ve started and/or contributed to projects you’re passionate about.
• You are a great collaborator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• 28 days of paid vacation days, 30 days of sick leave, bereavement leave
• Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity leave and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one-time home office set-up budget
• $500 Annual professional development budget 
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance
• Team meals and social events (virtual and In-person)
• Where we work: Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally

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Product Designer

Job Overview

We are seeking a Product Designer who will have a major impact on shaping the future of our financial products and services for the next billion users in Africa and beyond. You will work closely with our Design, Product, and Engineering teams in Africa as well as with our India and the United States teams. You must be passionate about user experience, design systems, and prototyping in order to deliver a world-class mobile banking experience for millions of customers across the world. While you love all aspects of design you also enjoy getting to know your teammates locally and abroad. If you have a portfolio you are proud of, please send it our way—we’d love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Iteratively design, prototype, and test new releases of the Branch app. Develop requirements based on feedback from our customers and internal teams across our global offices.
• Drive user research initiatives in our various markets. Translate these insights into design concepts and product strategies.
• Play a key role in forming the product roadmap for our consumer experiences, specifically those interactions with the Branch app, website, and notifications.
• Support ad-hoc design needs as they arise, such as design for internal tools.

Qualifications

• You have 3 to 5 years of experience in Product Design, User Research, and/or Interaction Design with a demonstrated ability to design world-class, delightful consumer experiences. 
• Knowledge of best practices in mobile design for Android is a plus. 
• Knowledge of Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or other applicable products.
• You have expertise across the full range of product design skills, from conducting user research to building high-fidelity mockups.
• You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions. You are a great collaborator and teacher. Effective written communication skills are especially important.
• You are resourceful. You know how to do more with less, and you’ve worked on lean teams that have had a big impact. You are not afraid of big challenges, and you do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• 28 days of paid vacation days, 30 days of sick leave, bereavement leave
• Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity leave and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one-time home office set-up budget
• $500 Annual professional development budget 
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance
• Team meals and social events (virtual and In-person)
• Where we work: Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally

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Product Intern

Job Overview

Branch launched in Nigeria in early 2017 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. We are looking for a talented intern to join us and be part of this journey. As a product intern, you will work closely with our global product and engineering team (distributed across three continents) to strengthen the capabilities of our existing product and build out new products for Branch. Example projects include: Building new functionality for our Credit, Wallet, and Investment products; improving the reliability of our core payments and banking systems; researching new product ideas, and bringing them to market.

As a company, we are passionate about our customers, fearless in the face of barriers, and driven by data. As a product team, we value bottom-up innovation and decentralized decision-making. We believe the best ideas can come from anyone in the company, and we are working hard to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to propose solutions to the challenges we face. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a fast-moving, innovative, and customer-focused setting.

Responsibilities

• Participate and assist in the lifecycle of development for key areas of the Branch product. This encompasses everything from researching new features and creating detailed specs to assisting the product manager in maintaining the team’s workflow and shipping deliverables on time.
• Work closely with our engineering and operational teams to triage bugs and define requirements.
• Evaluate and manage partnerships with third-party vendors to help Branch achieve our product roadmap.
• Draw insights from user research, experiments, and industry trends to set the team strategy and prioritize projects that sustainably grow our customer base and drive the adoption of new products.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated the ability to manage projects, bring clarity to ambiguous questions, and chart a path forward.
• Top-notch analytical abilities. You can measure initiatives quantitatively and draw actionable insights to guide decisions.
• You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions. You are a great collaborator and teacher. Effective written communication skills and the ability to work with remote teams are essential.
• You are eager to learn new skills, solve complex problems, and work closely with diverse teams, including Design and Engineering.
• You are resourceful. You know how to do more with less, and you’ve worked on lean teams that have had a large impact. You are not afraid of big challenges, and you do whatever it takes to get the job done.

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced, and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive stipend as compensation
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Possible job offer depending on your performance during the internship

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Software Engineering Intern, Nigeria- Remote

About the role

Branch launched in Nigeria in early 2017 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. We are expanding our product portfolio and user base in all our markets including Nigeria, and are more than ever dependent on reliable products and services to achieve our goals. We are looking for talented interns to join us and be part of this journey.

As a software engineering intern, you will work closely with experienced engineers at Branch and make significant contributions to our products and code base for 4-6 months. You will brainstorm, design, code, debug, and ship features serving our millions of customers while picking up skills necessary for your career.

Here are some things you’ll do

• Contribute to building functionalities for existing and new product lines and platforms such as Credit, Wallet, Payments, KYC, Data Platforms, etc.
• Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms.

Minimum Requirements

• Have some experience building Backend or Android applications that are more than just toy projects. Applications that have real users or an open source project would be a great plus.
• You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, and data storage.
• Know your way through various flavors of Unix and commonly used command line utilities

Preferred Requirements

• Proficiency in at least one mainstream language like Python, Ruby, Java, etc.
• You are highly entrepreneurial. You take the initiative to solve problems before they arise. You’ve started and/or contributed to projects you’re passionate about.
• You are a great collaborator and communicator. You know that startups are a team sport. You listen to others, speak your mind, and ask the right questions.
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world, and learning. 

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive stipend as compensation
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Possible job offer depending on your performance during the internship

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Software Engineering Manager,Nigeria- Remote

About the role

Branch launched in Nigeria in early 2017 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a small group of engineers that are working on both our core platform and technology as well as new Africa-focused product initiatives. We are looking to you to contribute to growing the team, fostering a strong engineering culture, and jointly with others driving the product & technical vision for Branch. Our technology team works closely with all other parts of our business, and you will be working closely with other stakeholders across the globe to help us achieve our goals.

As a company, we are passionate about our customers, fearless in the face of barriers, and driven by data. As an engineering team, we value bottom-up innovation and decentralized decision-making: We believe the best ideas can come from anyone in the company, and we are working hard to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to propose solutions to the challenges we face. As a Lead in our Engineering team, you will help the team achieve their goals through servant-style leadership and removing roadblocks. Similarly, you will help the team achieve the right balance between engineering excellence and shipping and iterating solutions quickly.

Here are some things you’ll do

• You will help build a culture of collaboration that embodies our values and helps us achieve our goals as a distributed team.
• Work with other stakeholders to recruit, grow, and empower a team of driven engineers who have high expectations around ownership, impact, and technical excellence
• Collaborating with your team, you will craft a thoughtful, long-term technical strategy that anticipates future needs while being pragmatic about what’s needed today.
• You will be a hands-on technical contributor and mentor for your team, one who is not afraid to roll up their sleeves and do actual technical work when appropriate.
• You will work with other engineering managers and functional leads to set direction and ambitious goals for your team, Engineering, and Branch as a whole.

Minimum Requirements

• 2+ years of engineering management experience, preferably in an established technology firm or a product-focused high-growth startup.
• Experience handling performance reviews, and must have handled at least 1 performance review cycle independently.

Preferred Requirements

• Significant experience (4+ years) as a software engineer, ideally across organizations, industries, and technology stacks.
• A record of mentorship and helping others in their career growth.
• Experience and excitement for recruiting, combined with a thoughtful approach to team growth.

Benefits of Joining

• Mission-driven, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• 28 days of paid vacation days, 30 days of sick leave, and bereavement leave.
• Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity leave and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one-time home office set-up budget
• $500 Annual professional development budget
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Weekly team meals and social events (virtual and in-person)
• Where we work: Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally

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Credit and Analytics Lead, Nigeria

About the role

Branch launched in Nigeria in early 2017 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. As a company, we are passionate about our customers, fearless in the face of barriers, and driven by data.

In this role, you will help to solve analytical problems across the organization and grow profitability by proposing product and strategy changes. You will make data-driven decisions to optimize performance in various areas across the product, growth, and operations strategy. As the lead, you will help the team achieve their goals through servant-style leadership, removing roadblocks, and clear communication.

Here are some things you’ll do

• Monitor performance and drive changes in credit policy of our Nigeria portfolio to optimize profitability and reach growth targets
• Collaborate with data science, product, marketing, collections, and engineering to propose experiments and policy changes
• Conduct ad-hoc analysis to identify underlying explanations for changes in portfolio performance, develop data-driven solutions, and evaluate expected portfolio impacts
• Propose data-driven product changes to improve customer experience and company profitability. Partner with product and engineering teams to implement your solution into production
• Develop statistical models to assist in pricing and user segmentation for capital markets transactions and financial data analysis

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Fluent in SQL and Excel. Proficiency in R/Python, or similar statistical analysis tool, is a plus
• Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving skills
• Enthusiasm for working across cultures, functions, and time zones

Preferred Requirements

• Previous experience in analytics and/or quantitative modeling, using large datasets
• Experience in analyzing, visualizing, and communicating impactful insights to management, investors, and/or auditors

Benefits of Joining

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave 
• Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension Benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team

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Backend Software Engineer, Nigeria – Remote

About the role

Branch launched in Nigeria in 2017 and has seen rapid adoption and growth. In 2021, we plan to grow our engineering team in Nigeria significantly. As part of this team, you will work closely with our global engineering team (distributed across three continents) to strengthen the capabilities of our existing product and build out new products for Branch. Example projects include: Building new functionality for our Credit and Wallet products; helping improve the reliability of our core payments and banking systems; architecting data pipelines and machine learning models for credit underwriting; and more.

As a company, we are passionate about our customers, fearless in the face of barriers, and driven by data. As an engineering team, we value bottom-up innovation and decentralized decision-making. We believe the best ideas can come from anyone in the company, and we are working hard to create an environment where everyone feels empowered to propose solutions to the challenges we face. We are looking for individuals who thrive in a fast-moving, innovative, and customer-focused setting.

Here are some things you’ll do

• Build out backend functionality for existing and new product lines such as Credit, Wallet, Bill Pay, and others.
• Integrate with various third-party systems, including payment systems, identity providers, and messaging platforms.
• Scale our backend services and pipelines to ever-growing levels of traffic and complexity.
• Help build flexible and easy-to-use tools used by our operations teams to handle customer inquiries and other business processes.

Minimum Requirements

• You have strong experience (2+ years) of building backend software for web-based or mobile products.
• You are an excellent collaborator and communicator. You listen to others and seek to understand, but aren’t afraid to speak your mind and debate in a respectful manner when you disagree. 
• You are excited by the prospect of working in a distributed team and company, working with teammates from all over the world.

Preferred Requirements

• You have a solid foundation in computer science fundamentals, distributed systems, data storage, and agile development methodologies.
• You are pragmatic and combine a strong understanding of technology and product needs to arrive at the best solution for a given problem.
• You are highly entrepreneurial and thrive in taking ownership of your own impact. You proactively identify problems and propose solutions. 

Benefits of Joining

• Work in a mission-driven, global, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment
• Competitive salary and equity package
• A collaborative and flat company culture
• Remote first, with the option to work in-person occasionally
• Fully paid life and health insurance benefit with Axa Mansard (Platinum plan)
• Work-life balance is not a myth, we offer a generous paid leave policy comprising; 28 days annual leave, 30 days sick leave, bereavement leave 
• Fully paid parental leave – 6 months maternity and 3 months paternity leave
• Pension Benefit 
• Monthly WFH stipend alongside a one time home office set-up budget
• We believe learning should never stop and so we provide a $500 stipend annually towards learning and development irrespective of role, title or tenure
• Discretionary trips to our offices across the globe, with global travel medical insurance 
• Team meals and social events (Hybrid for now)
• Flexible working hours
• Opportunity to work and interact with a global team

We’re looking for more than just qualifications — so if you’re unsure that you meet the criteria, please do not hesitate to apply!

Branch International is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company does not and will not discriminate in employment on any basis prohibited by applicable law.

Location

This is a remote role. We are open to working with you provided you are able to work within the West African Time (WAT) zone.

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