People Business Partner

Who we are

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial platform, helping 20 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, cross-border, and business management tools each month.

As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, we power most of the country’s point-of-sale (POS) transactions. Through our subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes over $250 billion in digital payment transaction value annually.

Job Purpose

As People Business Partner, Kenya, you will act as the dedicated People Business Partner (PBP) for Moniepoint Kenya. This is a hands-on, builder role - ideal for a strategic, experienced People Business Partner or early-stage People leader who wants real ownership. You will take the strong foundations already in place and evolve them to support a fast-moving, regulated fintech business. This role partners with Moniepoint's Kenya CEO to design and implement people initiatives that strengthen performance, engagement, and organizational capability.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with Moniepoint Kenya CEO to operationalize people plans, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and talent priorities.
• Manage day-to-day employee lifecycle matters in partnership with People Operations and Employee Relations.
• Coach line managers on performance management, feedback, and team engagement.
• Analyze people metrics (attrition, engagement, performance) to identify local trends and propose solutions.
• Support organizational design, workforce planning, and change initiatives.
• Collaborate with COEs (Talent Management, Total Rewards, Learning, ER) to deliver enterprise programs into Moniepoint Kenya.
• Act as a culture champion, driving inclusion and accountability through daily interactions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resource Management or related field
• 10+ years HR experience, including 5+ years in HRBP or advisory role.
• Proven capability working as a People Business Partner in a fast moving organization.
• Sound understanding of Kenyan labour laws and regulations.
• Analytical mindset with ability to interpret data trends.
• Registered member with the Institute of Human Resource Management (IHRM)
• CHRP-K certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in fintech, banking, or digital environments.
• Exposure to organization-wide HR transformation or scaling initiatives.

About You

• You’re a strategic operator who balances business acumen with people insight.
• You see patterns in data, behaviors, and structure — and use them to shape decisions that build capability and performance at scale.
• You’re confident in influencing senior leaders, framing complex people issues in business terms, and driving clarity where ambiguity exists.
• You collaborate fluidly across COEs, ensuring that enterprise initiatives translate into meaningful impact on the ground.
• You’re known for your sound judgment, calm under pressure, and ability to hold leaders accountable while strengthening trust.
• Above all, you elevate the people function — turning strategy into measurable outcomes that advance both culture and commercial success.

What Success Looks Like

• You are recognized as a strategic partner by the senior leadership team, you shape the long-term organizational and talent strategy.
• You have designed and implemented business unit-specific people strategies that demonstrably contribute to achieving core business objectives (e.g., market expansion, product innovation, operational efficiency).
• Your influence extends to shaping company-wide HR policy and program design, providing crucial business context and feedback to Centers of Excellence (COEs).
• You have successfully led the end-to-end deployment of multiple COE-led strategic initiatives across organizations, ensuring high-quality execution, sustained adoption, and demonstrable positive impact on key people metrics.
• Your proactive people risk mitigation and strategic workforce planning result in a highly stable, engaged, and optimally structured talent base that is ahead of the curve in meeting future business needs.