Portfolio Manager

Job Description

 JOB PURPOSE (summary)

 Portfolio Manager: 

 Will be responsible for supporting on the overall BBOXX portfolio initiatives aimed at maximizing utilization rates and reducing defaults. The role is both analytical (i.e., analyzing customer behavior and causes of non-payment) and operational (i.e., developing and implementing policies and processes to improve performance).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifying, analyzing, and interpreting trends in key portfolio metrics (i.e., utilization rate, default rates) to understand root causes of problems, and propose solutions.
• Acquiring data from primary and secondary sources, analyzing it using statistical techniques and providing reports with actionable insights.
• Own new customers segment within Bboxx portfolio and support on implementing initiatives to ensure their quality for example, campaigns to encourage sales agents to sign up quality customers.
• Running experiments (i.e., pilot) to test new processes and effectively measure impact.
• Portfolio Performance Analysis: Monitor and assess the performance of the portfolio per product, and financial metrics Segment the customer based on product usage patterns, demographics, and other relevant factors to tailor our offerings and maximize customer satisfaction and suggest recommendations to senior management team.
• Risk Management: Identify and manage potential risks that could impact the portfolio’s performance, such as changes in weather-related variations, and system failures.
• Reporting and Communication: Prepare regular reports on portfolio performance, financial projections, and key performance indicators for internal stakeholders and senior management (Manage opt out & write offs)
• Conducting in-depth financial analysis and portfolio performance evaluation of sales agents and shops (technicians) and suggest ways to improve their productivity on a regular basis.
• ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
•  University degree in a quantitative field, for example Engineering, Statistics or Applied Mathematics.
• work experience as a portfolio manager or in a similar role
• Strong knowledge of Excel, and preferably statistical software

Fluent in English

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• This role will be particularly suitable for an intellectually curious, analytically minded person with 4+ years experience in project management.

GENERAL BEHAVIORAL (KEY SKILLS REQUIRED) 

• Excellent communication
• Strong motivational skills
• Good at planning and organization
• Polite, tactful, and friendly attitude
• Ability to multitask with excellent problem-solving skills

Personal traits and skills:

• Analytical and quantitative skill: you think through problems in a structured way: assessing them quantitatively wherever possible, breaking them down into their component parts, and tackling the highest impact problems first.
• Intellectual curiosity: you are driven to solve problems and analyze them from multiple angles before being satisfied.
• Self-motivation: you actively figure out what needs to be done and propose the plan yourself without needing to be told what to do. When you spot problems, you bring the relevant people together to brainstorm solutions, rather than waiting for someone else to fix the problem.
• Presentation skills and influence: you can translate complex numbers into language that makes sense to any audience and can persuade others to see your point of view. You make compelling Power Point presentations, and present convincingly in-person to senior audiences.
• Project management: you excel at taking an idea from concept to reality. You plan carefully, think through risks and contingencies, prioritize tasks based on impact and critical path, measure your results, and can manage members of your project team through to completion of the project.
• Change management: You can deal effectively with transformation of an existing process by ensuring buy-in from different stakeholders.

Qualified Candidates may apply via the following email:careers.rwanda@bboxx.co.uk not later than 18 july 2025