ANALYST - FINANCIAL SERVICES STRATEGY (Payments)

About Genesis: Unlocking Value

Genesis promises and delivers impact at scale. We work across the whole impact chain, identifying opportunities for outsized change, running diagnostics, creating solutions, and supporting successful implementation. We specialise in the Young World, countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia with young populations and growing workforces, representing an unprecedented concentration of human and economic potential.

About the Payments Service Line

Across Africa, access to financial services is growing, but usage remains limited. This gap reflects a deeper reality: financial inclusion is not achieved by access alone, but by enabling people and businesses to use payments in ways that are affordable, trusted, and embedded in daily life. This is the problem we exist to solve.

At Genesis Analytics, we are all in on strengthening digital public infrastructure, particularly the systems that make payments more secure and give small businesses and families access to the digital economy. We are building a borderless, real-time economy where every individual, business, and government is digitally enabled to participate and thrive.

We work across the ecosystem, partnering with central banks, national switch operators, financial institutions, fintechs, card schemes, and development organizations. Our approach combines deep sector expertise, strong analytical capability, and hands-on implementation experience across Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the broader young world.

Our four complementary workstreams combine strategic insight with hands-on delivery:

• Strategy — We develop data-driven payment and DFS roadmaps that connect national ambitions to practical, market-ready opportunities, designing phased implementation plans aligned with country-specific priorities, institutional capacity, and regional integration goals.
• Research — We generate rigorous data, research, and actionable insights to inform decision-making and measure progress, including market diagnostics, benchmarking, and knowledge products that support evidence-based policy and investment decisions.
• Program Management — When a country sets a bold vision, it's our responsibility to match that ambition with action. We drive the execution of complex payment and DFS initiatives, facilitating multi-stakeholder governance and providing hands-on assistance across all implementation phases.
• Policy and Regulation — We support the design and modernization of policy and regulatory frameworks that enable competition, interoperability, financial inclusion, and consumer protection.

 Our goal is to make every payment inclusive.

Job Description

The Analyst will provide crucial support for the design, implementation, and evaluation of digital payment strategies and initiatives. Positioned as an entry-level or junior team member, the Analyst will apply strong analytical skills to conduct research, analyze data, and support the development of high-quality strategic and policy outputs. The role will also involve assisting with stakeholder engagement and contributing to project deliverables under the guidance of senior team members.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform data management, including cleaning, processing, and structuring large and complex financial, payment, and market datasets.
• Support the development and implementation of financial and market models using Excel
• Create clear, insightful data visualizations, charts, and maps for client reports and presentations.
• Conduct quantitative analysis to provide an evidence base for policy briefs, technical reports, and strategic recommendations on payment systems and digital finance.
• Assist senior consultants with research and analysis for projects related to payments innovation, digital financial services, and regulatory analysis.

Qualifications and Experience Required

Successful candidates are passionate, self-motivated problem-solvers who value integrity, exhibit ethical behaviour, and are analytical thinkers with an excellent academic record.

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in a quantitative field such as Economics, Finance, Statistics, Data Science, or a related discipline.
• 1-3 years of relevant consulting experience (including internships).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for complex data management and analysis.
• High attention to detail and a meticulous approach to data and analysis.
• A strong, demonstrable interest in payments systems, digital finance, and digital financial inclusion.

How To Apply

• Submit your application to each position you are interested in.
• Once applied via our career portal, you will receive a system-generated confirmation email.
• NOTE: The collective size of your uploaded documents cannot exceed 4MB.
• If you do not receive feedback on your application within 3 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful (communication will be with short-listed candidates only).