About AZA Finance
AZA Finance Internship Program
AZA Finance, originally BitPesa, is a global fintech company that promotes economic growth in Africa. It provides comprehensive foreign exchange, payment, settlement, and treasury services across major African and G20 currencies. Founded in 2013, AZA Finance has facilitated over $2 billion in global transactions for SMEs, organizations, and firms from 115+ countries. In 2021, Fast Company acknowledged its mission to boost frontier economies by naming AZA Finance one of the Global Top 10 Most Innovative Companies.
Summary
- Company: AZA Finance
- Job Title: Sales Intern (Douala – Lagos)
- Job Type: Full Time
- Qualifications: HND/BSC
- Location: Lagos – Nigeria and Douala – Cameroon
- Deadline: Not Specified
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Description
- AZA Finance is an established provider of currency trading and cross-border payment solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. By leveraging cutting edge technology in our flagship products, AZA Finance significantly lowers the cost and increases the speed of business payments to, from and across frontier markets.
- Our digital products provide both wholesale currency purchase and retail settlement via a robust API solution while our Web-Based platform provides over the counter B2B services to organisations with wholesale currency needs. Our partners utilise our hybrid financial infrastructure and deep local knowledge to manage liquidity and send payments to dozens of bank networks, mobile money operators and payments aggregators across Africa.
- Licensed by the UK’s FCA and the Bank of Spain, AZA Finance is a market-maker in every major African currency. AZA Finance was founded in 2013 and now has offices in Nairobi, Lagos, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Kampala, Accra, Durban, Johannesburg, and Dakar.
Introduction
The AZA Finance internship program is a year-long professional learning experience that offers meaningful and real world exposure to students, especially 3rd year university students taking a gap year, final year students and newly qualified graduates in their field of study or career interest. This is an opportunity for students and fresh graduates to gain hands-on experience in the fintech industry.
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The Internship
- As a Sales Lead Qualifier (Intern), you’ll help qualify leads from our ideal client profile in the target markets assigned to you. learn how we solve problems across departments to support the company’s growth in an incredibly competitive global market.
- Being a huge part of the Revenue division, the Sales department works closely with cross functional teams such as Trading, Account management, Product, Legal, Compliance, Onboarding, Customer success, Finance, Operations and more. With this unique, holistic perspective, interns are able to see how all aspects of the organisation interact with each other, getting a comprehensive overview of our business.
- During the programme, you’ll work on prospecting different verticals that need our products by targeting the decision makers and booking meetings for the sales leads in order to close them. You’ll collect and input all lead information on salesforce, follow a prospecting sales funnel and use accurate data for all leads captured to help with reporting. You’ll also work closely with the sales leads to get more information about our operations as well as provide feedback from your engagements. You will be required to be very professional in dealing with clients and escalating issues, questions or concerns from clients to your line manager.
- This is a full-time position within our Sales department, however as part of your training you will benefit from our Rotational Development Program, where you will spend some time learning from leaders in other departments of the company. The position is open to candidates in Lagos (Nigeria) and Douala (Cameroon) and good written and verbal communication skills in the English and French language is a requirement.
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AZA Finance Internship Program
Our internship program offers:
- On-the-job training.
- Opportunities to identify transferable skills.
- Confidence building.
- The assignment of challenging projects and tasks.
- Projects that complement academic programs and/or career interests.
- Broad exposure to the organisation.
- Adequate, reliable, and regular supervision and mentoring.
- The opportunity to establish a professional network.
- Industry relevance.
- Real life experience.
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Responsibilities
- Work closely with cross-functional teams to help drive revenue.
- Identify, engage and qualify leads from target markets.
- Convert MQLs (Marketing Qualified Lead) in a timely manner.
- Support the sales team with projects or sales activities in the assigned territory.
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Requirements
- Candidates who have either graduated in the last year, are enrolled in a relevant area of study or currently on track to graduate in 2025 are eligible.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in the English and French language.
- Good use of CRM tool and G Suite.
- You must be Interested in closing and revenue generation.
- You must have a keen interest in sales lead generation.
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AZA Finance Internship Program
Benefits
- Great career development opportunities in a fast-growing Fintech Company.
- Ownership: All team members are empowered to bring ideas and make a difference in a dynamic and casual work environment.
- 24 days statutory paid annual leave in addition to local public holidays – in compliance with your local labour laws, plus an extra day off for birthdays and days off for Christmas/New Year break.
- Company funded private medical insurance: dental, medical, and optical services coverage based on your jurisdiction.
- Mentorship & buddy program.
- Complimentary breakfast, snacks & drinks.
- Team building and happy hours events.
- Employee mental health support.
- Employee referral program.
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Deadline
Not Specified
Method of Application
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