About Apollo Agriculture:
Apollo Agriculture is a tech-enabled commercial farming platform that helps small-scale farmers maximize their profits. We provide optimized financing, high-quality farm products, and digital advice. Our mission is to ensure that small-scale farmers are able to unlock the economic value of their land, and in turn, boost their incomes while feeding a growing continent. Apollo Agriculture has emerged as Africa’s leading agricultural fintech, growing our revenue 10x since our Series A. We now have our capable teams spread across our offices in Nairobi, Amsterdam and Bangalore, and are helping our farmers increase their profitability 2-3x. Having recently closed our $40M Series B financing, we are focused on expanding geographically, enhancing our products and technology, and continuing to build our world-class team.
About the Role:
Apollo Agriculture is seeking a Senior Associate, Credit Acquisition & Fraud Risk, reporting to the Credit Manager, to join the Credit Team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a technology-led and data-driven company that’s changing the lives of smallholder farmers in Africa, starting in Kenya.
At Apollo, the Credit team plays a crucial role in helping us determine credit worthiness of our customers as well as anticipate risks and opportunities when financing our customers. As a key member of the Credit team, your role will be mainly focused on refining the policies and procedures around acquisition credit and fraud risk, using data-driven analytics and business judgment. More specifically, you will own and maintain the credit approval process, as well as develop and refine data-driven strategies to mitigate exposure to fraudulent borrowing.
The ideal candidate for this position has experience working in credit risk management, proficiency in solving business problems through data analytics, ability to imagine, create and experiment and a passion for impacting the underserved.
Apollo Agriculture does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, color, religion, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. Apollo Agriculture is an equal opportunity/equal access employer fully committed to achieving a diverse workforce.
Apollo Agriculture is committed to providing a safe and productive learning and living community. To achieve that goal, we may conduct background investigations for all final candidates being considered for employment. Background checks may include, but are not limited to, criminal history, national sex offender search and motor vehicle history.
