Country Manager at Verto
Verto is a global B2B payments solution that helps businesses send money to anyone, anywhere. Using a purposefully built tech infrastructure and payment rails, you can instantly send and receive money in over 200 countries. Today, Verto helps 1000+ customers from startups, SMEs to large corporate companies convert $millions per year.
Using our liquidity and price discovery marketplace solution, new customers can convert between 39 currencies, open bank account or wallets in seconds and make payments on a single platform.Role Overview:
The Country Manager for our Nigeria operations, is a General Manager position within the geography, architecting Verto’s strategic within the geography and translating global vision into local market dominance. This isn't just about oversight; it’s about owning the P&L, engineering high-impact partnerships, and securing the regulatory foundation required to scale.
You are bridging the gap between Nigerian businesses and the global financial stage, empowering them with cross-border products they need to reach the world. By building and leading a high-performing local team, you are transforming Verto from a market participant into the definitive financial infrastructure for the region.
What You'll Be Doing
Architecting and Executing Strategy: Developing the definitive business plan for Nigeria; writing and executing the playbook for corridor expansion and penetration in Nigeria and West Africa.
Owning the P&L and Commercial Growth: Driving the bottom line; managing revenue and margins while aggressively acquiring and working closely with the commercial team in retaining high-value strategic clients.
Navigating Regulatory Diplomacy: Leading the relationship with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and other key bodies; ensuring compliance is an unshakeable competitive advantage and a pillar of our brand trust.
Engineering the Local Ecosystem: Building and cementing deep, functional partnerships with banks, fintechs, PSPs, and marketplaces to turn local connections into scalable growth and commercial engines.
Market Intelligence and Product Outlook: Stay close to the market to understand developments in the wider and local market, and competitor signals that may inform our product and commercial direction.
Localising the Verto DNA: Partnering with our global Compliance, Product, Tech, and Marketing teams to ensure our solutions solve the specific, granular pain points of Nigerian businesses.
Operational Oversight: Overseeing our general operations and team in Nigeria in ensuring adequate alignment to our global way of work and culture.
Championing Operational Excellence: Overseeing the end-to-end customer journey; maintaining world-class SLAs and uptime to ensure a seamless cross-border payment experience.
Positioning the Brand: Representing Verto at industry forums and in the press; carrying the flag of a company as the prime cross border payments company within the geography and a global leader in fintech.
What You Need
8+ Years of Senior Leadership: You have a proven track record in country strategy or general management within fintech, payments, or high-growth financial services.
Commercial Mastery: You’ve successfully scaled businesses in regulated markets and have "battle-tested" P&L and financial management skills.
Deep Local Knowledge: You possess an intuitive understanding of the Nigerian payments, FX, and regulatory landscape.
The "Finisher" Mentality: You don’t just start projects; you push them through to implementation.
Strategic Execution: You have the discipline to turn a high-level vision into daily operational reality.
Cultural Fluency: You understand the nuances of doing business in Nigeria and can navigate senior stakeholder management with executive presence and grace.
Executive Leadership: Presence of mind and strategic thought leadership to lead a dynamic entity as Nigeria.