Payroll Lending Manager 脙垄脗聙脗聯 Public Sector

About this role

Strivo Labs is hiring a Payroll Lending Manager for the Public Sector to grow and manage the public-sector payroll lending portfolio from Lagos. The role involves building government MDA partnerships, driving loan origination and disbursement, and overseeing deductions, remittance, risk and regulatory compliance. The successful candidate will have strong public-sector stakeholder experience and be willing to travel nationwide.

What you would do

• Build and manage relationships with government MDAs, payroll administrators, employers, corporates and SMEs to establish salary deduction and check-off arrangements.
• Drive loan origination, disbursement volumes, and portfolio growth across public- and private-sector segments within targets and risk appetite.
• Identify and develop new MDA mandates and employer partnerships to expand the payroll lending pipeline.
• Coordinate with government payroll platforms and HR/payroll teams to validate employment status, salary, deduction consent and ongoing remittance.
• Monitor deduction and remittance performance and address issues such as non-remittance, partial remittance or deduction stoppages.
• Manage repayment transitions and move affected accounts to direct collection arrangements where required.

What they are asking for

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration or related field.
• 6 to 10 years of experience in consumer or retail lending with exposure to public-sector, payroll, or check-off lending.
• Proven ability to manage a lending portfolio, drive growth and perform credit assessment.
• Established working relationships with government payroll platforms such as IPPIS, SIFMIS or state equivalents (strongly preferred).
• Willingness and ability to travel extensively across Nigeria.
• Professional certifications in credit, risk, banking or finance are an advantage.

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