About Oze:

Oze means business, and the growth of it. We’re passionate about enabling small businesses and local ownership to grow with technology, particularly in emerging markets. That's why we're starting in Africa. By providing small businesses with the data they need to make decisions, Oze enables investment-readiness and a chance for a local economy to assert itself on a global stage. We are looking for people who are passionate about leveraging technology & designing for impact.

Oze’s Core Values:

1. Small Businesses
2. Collaboration
3. Ownership
4. Quality
5. Trust
6. Growth

Job Brief

The mission is to work directly with the Co-founder/CEO to develop Oze’s strategy, run special projects, attract resources to the company, and execute on the vision of the company.

Responsibilities

• Act as a thought partner and provide operational support to the CEO
  • Provide senior leaders with insight and analysis on the company’s operations.
  • Identify and help to solve core problems or opportunities within business processes.
  • Manage the collection of leadership memos and preparation of the weekly leadership meeting agenda, deck and meeting notes.
  • Provide a contrarian view, push back when data or instincts disagree with the strategy, be a voice asking us to do more.
• Lead special projects that test the water for new strategies and scale up what we already know works.
  • Oversee projects from ideation to implementation to iteration and/or scale.
  • Support prioritization of special projects considering weighing cost and impact.
  • Measure the impact on the business of new initiatives and make recommendations for a path forward.
  • Projects could include the roll out of a new product feature, testing a business model, testing a new growth strategy, opening a new market, developing partnerships, etc.
• Support teams across Oze to drive their outcomes to achieve company-wide and department level objectives and key results.
  • Support the executive team in effectively communicating company strategy to all stakeholders
  • Provide tactical support to implement ideas within teams.
  • Be relentless when it comes to setting and achieving time lines.
  • Be a second-mind and extra set of hands to support data-driven and experiment-driven decisions.
  • Help with coordination on multi-team / multi-market projects
• Be the go-to person for building, maintaining, and using our financial model to make strategic decisions
  • Build, maintain, and refine complex financial models that support strategic decision-making, business planning, and forecasting.
  • Develop detailed financial projections, including revenue, expense, cash flow, and capital planning models, tailored to the company's evolving needs.
  • Conduct scenario analysis and sensitivity testing to assess potential business outcomes and guide executive decision-making.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather input and ensure models accurately reflect key business drivers and assumptions.
  • Continuously update models to reflect actual performance and changing market conditions, providing real-time insights and recommendations to leadership.
  • Present financial analysis and insights to the executive team, board members, and potential investors in a clear and compelling manner.

Who Are You?

• Passion for solving problems that face small business owners in Africa.
• 3+ years of experience in consulting, startup business operations, investment banking, or venture capital.
• A reputation for getting stuff done!
• Self starter who is able to create their own work plan to achieve a goal with minimal supervision.
• Advanced Excel skills with an ability to conduct financial modeling and valuation (DCF, comparables, precedent transactions) for investment analysis or corporate finance purposes.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, shifting priorities, and multiple projects concurrently.
• Superb verbal and oral communication skills and analytical capacity.
• Experience building financial models with minimal data.
• Excited to build a company with ambitions to reshape an economy so that small businesses win.

We are open to candidates in Lagos and Accra, those open to relocating to one of those cities, and remote.