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At Optasia we use the latest technologies and tools to build impactful customer experiences, grow our network and provide comprehensive financial access for millions of customers in countries across continental Africa, Asia and beyond.  We are seeking a dynamic Senior Human Resources Business Partner  who has deep experience supporting fast-growing, international business coupled with a strong understanding of startup and scaleup culture.  The ideal person will possess strong commercial acumen, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to translate business strategy into practical people plans that strengthen performance, leadership capability, and organizational effectiveness.  Experience partnering with senior leaders across multiple markets, navigating complexity with confidence, translating data insights into interventions and applying sound judgement to sensitive people matters is essential.  This is not a junior or mid-level role. This is a Senior team role in a growing organization - an opportunity to work in a company where a go-getter spirit and customer orientation are valued as highly as technical excellence.    Detailed overview  Location: Johannesburg, Dubai, Lagos    Candidate Profile  A credible, commercially minded HR leader who can operate as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders while remaining close to execution.  Comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed, multicultural environment where priorities shift quickly and strong judgement is required.  Passionate about building high-performing teams, coaching leaders, and creating people practices that are scalable, data-informed, and employee-centric.    Key Responsibilities  Act as the single point of contact for the employees and leaders in your region.  Act as a strategic partner in your region, identifying the people needs required by the business.    Partner with senior business leaders to shape and execute people strategies that align with company growth priorities, organization design needs, and workforce plans.  Act as a thought leader and coach.  Providing trusted guidance on performance, engagement, talent planning, succession, team effectiveness, change management and complex employee relations matters.  Use people data and business insight to identify trends, diagnose organizational issues, and recommend practical actions that improve retention, productivity and leadership capability.  Support leaders through organizational change, including restructures, operating model changes, role clarity and communication planning.  Collaborate with Talent Acquisition, Rewards, Payroll  and People Operations colleagues to ensure joined-up delivery of core people processes and a consistent employee experience.  Coach and challenge managers to raise the quality of decision-making, leadership behaviours, and people management practices across their functions.  Acts as HR policy and process expert: lead annual people cycles such as performance reviews, talent reviews, promotions, workforce planning, and compensation discussions.  Ensure local practices remain aligned with employment legislation, internal policy, and Optasia's values across relevant markets.  Lead the continuous improvement of People team frameworks, policies, and manager enablement tools to support international scale.    Requirements  8+ years HR experience, including at least 4 years dedicated HR Business Partnering experience in high-growth, international, technology-led or fintech environments across Africa and Asia.  Extensive experience managing complex employee relations c