Zepz
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2021
💳 Fintech
👥 B2C
💰 $165M Debt Financing - Zepz on 2025-03
Fintech • B2C
Zepz is a fintech company that operates digital remittance brands (notably WorldRemit and Sendwave) offering fast, secure, mobile-first cross-border money transfer services for consumers. The company emphasizes fair, fast and flexible payments, a world-class customer experience, and global reach — enabling app-based transfers to over 130 countries, with reported volumes of about $10 billion transferred and 50 million customer transactions in 2020 across more than 5,000 corridors. Zepz positions itself as customer-focused and growth-oriented, with hundreds of employees and multiple international offices supporting consumer remittances primarily to regions such as Africa and Asia.
Regional Manager – Business Development, Francophone
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🗣️🇫🇷 French Required
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Zepz
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2021
💳 Fintech
👥 B2C
💰 $165M Debt Financing - Zepz on 2025-03
Fintech • B2C
Zepz is a fintech company that operates digital remittance brands (notably WorldRemit and Sendwave) offering fast, secure, mobile-first cross-border money transfer services for consumers. The company emphasizes fair, fast and flexible payments, a world-class customer experience, and global reach — enabling app-based transfers to over 130 countries, with reported volumes of about $10 billion transferred and 50 million customer transactions in 2020 across more than 5,000 corridors. Zepz positions itself as customer-focused and growth-oriented, with hundreds of employees and multiple international offices supporting consumer remittances primarily to regions such as Africa and Asia.
📋 Description
• Drive Zepz’s expansion, commercial optimization, and strategic footprint across West and Central Africa, focusing on the UEMOA/XOF and CEMAC/XAF zones • Identify, assess, and execute new market entry strategies across the XOF and XAF regions • Lead end-to-end launches of new receive corridors while mitigating operational and compliance risks • Originate, negotiate, and close high-value partnerships with Tier-1 Banks, Payment Aggregators, and Mobile Money Operators • Develop bespoke deal structures optimizing liquidity, treasury flows, and FX wholesale pricing within regulatory boundaries • Review and optimize commercial agreements to improve margins, reduce payout costs, and increase transaction volume • Collaborate with Treasury and FX Wholesale teams on competitive FX rates, pegged currencies, and capital flight restrictions • Represent Zepz to regional central banks, ministries of finance, and local financial intelligence units • Build relationships with C-suite executives at commercial banks, forex exchanges, and payment aggregators • Prepare data-driven business cases covering ROI, capital requirements, competition, and risks • Monitor corridor performance, transaction trends, and competitive pricing to proactively adjust strategies
🎯 Requirements
• Minimum 7–10 years of experience in Business Development or Partnerships focused on Remittance, Cross-Border Payments, or FX Wholesale in West and Central Africa • Proven experience operating within the XOF (UEMOA) and XAF (CEMAC) monetary zones • Deep understanding of regional regulatory, liquidity, and compliance nuances • Ability to work with high autonomy and minimal supervision across a large geographic region • Strategic and commercial acumen, including understanding treasury, float, and clearing mechanics • Exceptional business case writing ability • Strong analytical skills for identifying corridor bottlenecks, evaluating partner performance, and forecasting growth • Demonstrated success in complex, multi-party commercial negotiations with financial institutions • Fluency in English and French, written and spoken • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field • Genuine curiosity about AI and its application to work • Practical professional experience using AI tools • Strong AI literacy, including prompting and critical evaluation of AI-generated output • Awareness of ethical and responsible AI use, particularly regarding sensitive data, customer experience, and compliance • Experience using Claude is nice-to-have but not essential
🏖️ Benefits
• Remote-first flexibility to work in the employing country wherever you feel most focused and productive • Unlimited annual leave • Great healthcare benefits • Employee discounts • Tailored, location-specific perks designed to support your whole life • High-trust culture with support and an environment to excel
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