Khazna was founded in 2019 with a mission to improve the financial well-being of 20M+ underbanked Egyptians, who have little access to formal financial services by providing access to convenient, effective and secure smartphone based financial services. We are consistently on the lookout for rock stars to help us solve for financial inclusion

Who are we looking for?

Khazna is looking for a strategic partner to the CEO and operate as an extension of the CEO, a key partner that will help reaching maximum effectiveness, someone that will own strategic ad hoc initiatives across the organization, and work closely with the CEO and Leadership Team to identify opportunities that drive business impact at the center of a high-growth, intense, fast moving, mission-driven startup. Guiding, listening and participating in the conversations of the executive team as they guide Khazna through the next chapter, and help the leadership operate at very high standards.

What You'll Do?

• Support the CEO by preparing, organizing, and running events and meetings of the executive team, leadership team, and company-wide presentations, upgrading them to be the most effective and productive
• Collaborate with Leadership Team members to determine and prioritize business strategies through research and analysis of options.
• Help and prioritize the task-list and own some of the tasks that would fall to the CEO
• Represent the CEO in meetings where he cannot attend, and report back with notes, observations, opinions, and recommendations
• Lead and drive key strategic initiatives and priorities across the entire org on behalf of the Leadership Team
• Establish and implement an organizational wide operating model and cadence that ensures each department’s ability to deliver on their strategic priorities and facilitates effective communication, cross-functional collaboration, and decision making
• Own and lead key meetings and sessions such as weekly Leadership Team Meetings, Business and Operations Reviews, quarterly business reviews, updates for the Board of Directors, etc.
• Gap filling - step in to support initiatives or temporarily own functions that are slipping through the cracks
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CEO and when needed, act as the CEO’s delegate in key business meetings and decisions to represent his voice
   

What We're Looking For:

• 5-7 years experience in Strategy, Business Operations, Management Consulting, and/or as Chief of Staff to a CEO in a high-growth tech company, fintech preferred
• Deep familiarity with business strategy, and an ability to apply it in a startup context
• Must embrace ambiguity and demonstrate the ability to clarify the path forward for the Leadership Team and augment the CEO’s directives
• Executing with excellence with the ability to lead large numbers and a variety of tasks and communicating status updates or roadblocks encountered.  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to represent and showcase complex business or technical concepts with the CEO, Leadership Team, and more broadly with employees
• Detail oriented with strong analytical problem-solving skills
• High level of agility and perseverance, 
• Ability to strike the appropriate balance between being a strategic thinker who sees the big picture and diving into details