Executive Assistant, Capi
London
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3 days a week in office
Overseas payments for African importers
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Overseas payments for African importers
21-100 employees
Posted today
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3 days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To give businesses in Africa the same price and speed as businesses expect in the US and Europe.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience as an Executive Assistant in a high-performing environment, ideally in a VC-backed start-up
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in both English and French
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion
- Flexibility to work outside of regular business hours when required
- Experience with G.Suite, Calendly, Notion, Slack strongly preferred
- Experience working in / with emerging markets a bonus
- Language requirements: Professional level French and professional level English
- Location: London
- Bonus points if you’ve worked across African markets before, particularly regarding travel
What the job involves
- As Executive Assistant you'll be joining a fast-paced, high-growth team here at Capi; we are all about great talent with no egos - we’re all learning here
- This role begins as maternity cover for our current team EA starting late December
- Once she returns, our London team will have nearly doubled in size, and you’ll be one of two EAs supporting the executive office
- You'll be responsible for managing complex schedules across time zones, organising travel, coordinating meetings, and handling confidential information with discretion
- You'll help build out efficient processes for team travel, as well as supporting connectivity and culture alongside our People Team
- We work across 12 different countries (and growing fast); curiosity and new ideas about how we can better stay connected while building a strong international team culture is helpful for all of us!
- You'll help to organise team events, coordinate international visitors (including visas and vaccinations) as well as management and administration of our London office
- In this role, you'll have the opportunity to streamline operations and enhance productivity of a rapidly growing startup, directly impacting our global mission!
- Manage the diary of our CEO (company co-founder), who travels frequently, including scheduling meetings and arranging the travel (including booking flights, hotels, etc.)
- Draft and manage correspondence and communications, as appropriate (email management)
- Organise team events, helping to uphold and build out our international team culture, including company values
- Process invoices, expense reports, and contracts as necessary
- Support finding new offices and coordinate office moves as necessary as we grow
- Working cross functionally with team members in London, Paris, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Kenya (and more coming!)
- Handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion and professionalism
- In the first 30 days this role will:
- Onboarding and training, deep diving into the role, meeting people, figuring out who is who and understanding how we work and the business
- Take over calendar and diary management for our CEO; learn how he works and our tools and systems in place
- Email management (review and triage)
- Slack deep-dive + scheduling: figuring out the Slack channels that you will be involved in and getting up to speed on what action-items come out of these daily, actioning tasks quickly
- Pick up office management responsibilities such as setting up weekly team lunches, visitor and guest organization and scheduling - being the “face of Capi” for all new-joiners and visitors
- Within 60 days:
- Deep dive into international travel coordination and planning; begin building out processes and efficiencies for this for our CEO and the rest of the London team
- Get stuck in on new tools and what we can use more effectively for time & efficiency management (for leadership team + other managers, or more broadly)
Application process
- Deadline to Apply 31 October 2025 at 00:00 GMT
- Ideal Start date: November/December 2026
Salary benchmarks
Our take
In Africa, goods importers pay as much as 10% to settle their invoices - and wait weeks for the payment to arrive. Capi is setting out to combat this, with its international payments platform built specifically for importers in Africa.
Through the platform, users can pay suppliers in EUR, UDS or GBP. All at competitive rates and with settlement in just 24 hours. This is a significant improvement to the present situation, which makes Capi stand out almost by default.
With strong support from investors, with a 17.2 million euro Series A raise in 2025, Capi is in a good position to broaden its impact in the future, as it strives towards a future where African companies have the same quality of payments as in the US and Europe.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Employee endorsements
Challenging work
"Capi is trying to solve a massive challenge in financial services by supporting African SMEs paying their suppliers, therefore the work is always..."
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2025
$20.4m
SERIES A
Total funding: $20.4m
Company benefits
- 25 days of annual + bank holidays
- 4 weeks of work from anywhere in the world
- Hardware provided - MacBook, monitor etc
- Pension Scheme
- Private health and medical insurance
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
- Regular company socials and offsite retreats
- Weekly team lunches paid by Capi
- WeWork Office - near Old Street (includes pass, free coffee/beer, amenities and kitchen facilities)
Company values
- We go the extra mile for customers - Capi serves businesses in emerging markets: their needs, struggles, and insights drive everything we do. We go the extra mile to understand our customers’ problems, spending time in their warehouses, down at the port, at trade fairs, or drinking tea with them. As we scale, it will become harder to stay close to every entrepreneur we serve, but we will invest in the people and systems to do this.
- Always be curious - We thrive in complexity across cultures and contexts, from supplier hubs in Yiwu to bustling markets in Lomé. There is no “business as usual” and our assumptions won’t guide us - only our curiosity can. This curiosity isn’t just about others - it’s also about ourselves. We build from first principles, question our biases, and aren’t afraid to ask stupid questions. This is what fuels innovation, builds trust, and ensures we’re solving the right problems in the right ways.
- Move fast and don’t break things - We act with urgency, ensuring our customers, partners, and regulators experience high-quality and timely service. When obstacles slow us down, we do what it takes to get back on pace, like getting on a plane or joining a whole-team sprint. We prioritise getting things done over perfection — but in a regulated industry that’s not always possible, so we constrain our speed with prudence and good judgment.
- Build resilience from hard things - We recognise that we are addressing inherently hard problems and that set-backs occur regularly. When they do, we remain calm and solutions focused. When we make mistakes, we own them and learn from them openly. Our mission will take time to achieve and so we support one another to stay resilient, both mentally and physically, ready to face the next challenge together.
- Extraordinary talent, no egos - Our mission is too important (and difficult) to hire anyone but the best performers. We seek people who are default owners and extraordinarily effective. We also believe that how we achieve our mission matters: we leave ego at the door, put team before self, and believe no task is beneath us.
Company HQ
Old Street, London, UK
Leadership
Mitch R.
(Co-Founder & CEO)Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund, former COO/CFO/GC at Taptap Send, and was Regional Director and Evaluation Lead at GiveDirectly.
Phil Efstathiou
(Founding Engineer)Also Founder at Osma, co-founded and was CTO at Alva and was a Software Engineer at Babylon Health and Thriva Health.
Scott Liddle
(Co-Founder)Previously Head of Markets (CRO & CMO) at Taptap Send, Founder at SpareHand and Director of Policy at Rory for London.
People progressing
Previously with ReD Associates, and then Central Growth Lead at Taptap Send; promoted from Commercial Lead to Head of Growth at Capi.
Founding Engineer at Capi, promoted to Head of Product.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Capi
Sophia Guy-White (Head of People & Communications )
- We currently have 50 team members from over 15 different nationalities. As you can imagine, that is a lot of languages spoken! We all love to travel and learn about each other's cultures. The team is currently 60% male and 40% female identifying, with a goal to be 50/50 in the next 12-18 months.
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