Field Operations Manager
Posting date : 10/03/2025
Requisition ID : 43154
Field Operations Manager
Job Title: | Field Operations Manager |
Department: | Customer Finance |
Reporting line: | Head of Customer Finance |
Location: Job Grade: | Nairobi Kenya HAY 14 |
About ENGIE BU Africa ENGIE Energy Access
ENGIE Energy Access is a leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa, with a mission to deliver affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions and life-changing services with exceptional customer experience. The company is a result of the integration of Fenix International, ENGIE Mobisol and ENGIE PowerCorner; and develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGo solar home systems are financed through affordable installments from $0.14 per day and the mini-grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities.
With over 1,700 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1 million customers and more than 5 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to remain a leading clean energy company, serving millions of customers across Africa by 2025.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/3055106
Job Purpose
The Customer Finance Team plays a pivotal role in ensuring the overall success of our largely unbanked customers in completing their loans and getting continued access to clean, reliable energy. The team works cross-functionally with our commercial, customer experience, product development and operations on the ground to ensure that we provide all customers with successful responsible onboarding and offer constant support through adequate monitoring and interventions all the way through the lifetime of our customers’ loans.
The Field Operations Manager supports the Head of Customer Finance in the execution of the field strategy. S/he will have regular travel in the field, working extremely closely with the sales agents and the collection champions in effectively carrying out field visits, credit clinics, field teams training, target improvement of customer repayments, reduction of loan cancellation and increase collections. S/he will work with the line manager to ensure operational best practices across the credit cycle are applied.
Responsibilities
- Support the building of the field operational processes, systems, tools, and guidelines governing Credit activities
- Support field agents with follow-up lists and access tools such as MysolGo and other working tools
- Implement and track reactivation strategies for written off accounts
- Ensure all agents are trained on all relevant credit and collections activities
- Drive customers follow ups on all defaulting customers and implement repayment strategies to improve our collections
- Support the line manager on repossession strategies and work towards given targets
- Assess internal and external causes for portfolio deteriorations
- Escalation of all difficult cases pertaining to the customers to the line manager
- Support the coordination and portfolio Health monitoring for field teams.
- Attend periodical meetings to track performance with all regions
- Work independently on defined tasks and similar projects identified jointly with the supervisor to help realize the departments objectives.
- Implementation of Credit clinics and Credit storms
At EEA, we have high expectations for our managers. Each manager plays a key role in creating an exceptional experience not only for our customers but for every person on our team. Our managers help A2E realize our ambitious goals while developing their own leadership skills and facilitating growth for their direct reports.
We believe that great managers:
- Deliver ambitious results: As a high-performing and accountable leader, you create an enabling environment for effective action and bold decision which contribute to successful delivery of results.
- Act with integrity: As an ethical leader you are honest, respectful, objective, and transparent. You create and build upon a foundation of trust and openness.
- Inspire and mentor the team: As an inspirational leader you walk the talk. You empower and coach your team with trust and humility.
- Are accessible: as an accessible leader, you develop and maintain deep connections with stakeholders through approachability and active listening.
- Ensure diversity and inclusion: as an inclusive leader, you ensure diversity and foster a sense of belonging.
Knowledge and Skills
Experience:
- 2-3 years minimum work experience in Collections and recoveries
- Work experience in related areas such as energy access, last-mile product financing, microfinance or digital financial services is a plus
- Strong analytical skills, attention to details and able to assess risk while protecting the interest of customers and the business
- Experience in field support roles will be a plus
- Deep empathy for the customer and commitment to inclusivity, consumer protection and responsible financial services within the context of creating a profitable, scalable enterprise.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills
- Knowledge about market and business risks associated with typical EEA K customers
Qualifications:
- Tertiary qualification in Accountings, Credit, Finance, Economics, or any related field
Language(s):
- English
- Kiswahili
Technology:
Computer literacy, particularly good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and power-point