The Role
The Strategy and Corporate Development Manager analyzes financial data and market trends to drive strategic decisions in M&A, product launches, and market entry.
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About PayJoy
PayJoy is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success. Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system. Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and credit cards, customers gain access to a modern quality of life. PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and provide safety acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served over 17 million customers as of 2025 while achieving solid profitability for sustainable growth.
This role
The Strategy and Corporate Development Manager is responsible for diving deep into financial data, market trends, and business performance to deliver insights that guide key decisions, such as new market entries, product launches, and Mergers & Adquisitions investments.
Key Responsabilities
- Conduct detailed financial modeling, valuation analysis, and scenario planning to support projects related to strategic initiatives and potential investments globally.
- Lead efforts to gather and analyze data from across sources - including internal performance data, market research, competitor benchmarks, expert interviews, customer surveys, etc.
- Synthesize insights from multiple data sources into clear, actionable recommendations on highest-value strategic growth opportunities
- Assist in evaluating M&A and investment opportunities, including preparing deal models and coordinating due diligence efforts across functional teams.
- Build presentation materials for internal strategy discussions, board updates, investor presentations, and executive decision-making.
- Partner cross-functionally with teams across finance, product, operations, and sales, and across multiple geographies.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field.
- Experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, or a related analytical role.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with high attention to detail; capable of distilling complex analyses into clear and actionable insights.
- Comfortable engaging with senior audiences; able to craft compelling narratives (backed by robust data and financial analysis) to drive alignment and buy-in for recommendations.
- Advanced Excel modeling skills and extensive experience in company valuation
Benefits
- 100% Company-funded Health and dental and vision discount plan for employees and immediate family members.
- Life insurance.
- Phone finance, Headphone, home office equipment and fitness perks.
- 30 days of Christmas bonus
- 20 days paid Vacation
- 50% Vacation premium
- 13% Saving funds
- $2,000 MXN monthly grocery coupons
- $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk
- $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk
PayJoy is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
PayJoy Principles
Finance for the next billion * Ownership * Break Through Walls * Live Communication * Transparency & Directness * Focus on Scale * Work-Life Balance * Embrace Diversity * Speed * Active Listening
Top Skills
AI
Data Science
Financial Modeling
Machine Learning
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The Company
What We Do
PayJoy's mission is to deliver access to credit to the next billion people in emerging markets worldwide. Our unique mobile security technology gives customers the ability to afford their first smartphone on credit, using the phone itself as collateral, and then provides further access to credit to help weather life's unexpected financial surprises and climb the ladder of economic well-being.
Founded in 2015, today PayJoy has reached millions of customers in a dozen countries around the globe, including Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, and South Africa, and is on a strong growth path with support from major industry partners to bring credit to the next billion emerging consumers.
