Senior Analyst: Executive & Business Operations

Cellulant is looking for a high calibre professional to join the Office of the CEO in a high-exposure role with a Chief of Staff–style remit. You will work closely with the CEO and Executive Committee on the decisions, priorities and cross-functional challenges that shape a pan-African fintech operating across multiple markets. This opportunity is designed for someone who has developed strong analytical and commercial discipline in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, transaction services or another demanding environment-and now wants to move closer to enterprise leadership and execution. It will be particularly relevant to African diaspora professionals considering a move to the continent, and to MBA or other postgraduate candidates completing their studies who bring meaningful professional experience and want their next chapter to have direct African impact.

What You’ll do:

Shape and run the Executive Committee’s operating rhythm: identify the decisions and issues requiring executive attention, design focused agendas, challenge the quality of pre-reads, capture decisions and drive actions through to closure.

Develop and quality-assure Executive Committee, Board and investor materials, turning financial, commercial and operational information into a coherent enterprise narrative while supporting Finance’s ownership of investor relations.

Maintain an integrated view of the CEO’s priorities, company objectives and critical cross-functional initiatives; test progress, identify slippage or dependencies early and coordinate resolution with the accountable executive.

Undertake structured analysis and rapid problem-solving on questions commissioned by the CEO, synthesising competing perspectives and incomplete information into clear options, recommendations and decision briefs.

Lead selected strategic projects and time-bound interventions from the CEO’s office, establishing the workplan, bringing the right leaders together, maintaining momentum and enabling delivery without displacing functional ownership.

Act as a trusted filter and force multiplier for the CEO: anticipate information needs, distinguish decisions from updates, ensure issues arrive with context and options, and protect executive attention for matters requiring CEO judgement.

Support the corporate governance cycle through forward planning, Board preparation, executive rehearsals, accurate records of commitments and disciplined follow-through on Board and investor actions.

Represent the CEO’s office in selected forums and working sessions, clarify intent, connect related work across functions and escalate material choices or risks within a clearly agreed mandate.

Maintain a reliable enterprise view of performance, priorities, risks and key decisions, and use it to support leadership reporting, organisational communication and periodic strategy reviews.

What we are looking for:

A bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, engineering, data or another analytically rigorous discipline, supported by a strong academic record. A relevant master’s degree or MBA, or progress towards CFA, ACCA or ACA, is advantageous but not essential.

Experience: Typically three to six years’ relevant experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, business operations, transaction services, a CEO/Chief of Staff office or a high-growth technology or fintech environment. Exceptional candidates completing a relevant postgraduate programme may be considered where they bring strong pre-study experience, substantive internships or demonstrable evidence of comparable capability.

A strong analytical foundation, with demonstrated capability in structuring complex information into clear, board-ready materials.

A track record of operating credibly with senior stakeholders, built through exposure to fast-paced, high-rigour environments such as management consulting, investment banking, or a similarly demanding corporate setting.

Sound commercial and financial literacy, sufficient to engage confidently with investor-facing and Board-level content.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the judgement to synthesise competing inputs into a single, clear recommendation.

The discretion and professional maturity to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.

The ability to work independently once direction is set, exercising judgement on when to resolve an issue directly and when to escalate.

Why this role matters?

Owns: the quality and timeliness of analysis, decision support and materials produced through the CEO’s office; the ExCo operating cadence; the integrated tracking of CEO and ExCo commitments; and the coordination of selected CEO-sponsored initiatives.

Influences: the content and direction of investor relations (owned by Finance), and the delivery of cross-functional initiatives (owned by the relevant functional leader). This role does not carry independent accountability for investor relations outcomes, financial results, or the performance of any function.