Finance Writer & Researcher

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

Job Title: Finance Writer and Researcher

Location: Hybrid (Lagos, Nigeria)

Department: Marketing

Reports to: Head of Marketing (Hisa)

About Risevest

Rise is a pan-African investment platform helping people across Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, and Uganda build real wealth. We run one of Africa's most-read personal finance newsletters, a growing content operation across blog, SEO, and social, and a product suite that spans dollar investments, Kenyan and Nigerian stocks, fixed income, and real estate.

As a Certified Great Place to Work, we are driven by a culture of innovation, excellence, and a passion for financial freedom.

About the Role

We're looking for a finance writer and researcher who can do two things at once: make complex financial ideas genuinely interesting, and do the research rigorously enough that experts would respect it. You'll own the MoneyRise newsletter, drive our SEO content calendar, produce social content that earns stops on the scroll, and dig into what our community actually thinks, feels, and worries about when it comes to money.

This role sits at the intersection of journalism, marketing, and financial education and it reports directly to the Head of Marketing (Hisa).

What Youll Do

Editorial & Content Creation

• MoneyRise Newsletter: Research, write, and send our weekly newsletter covering African markets, global economic events, and their implications for everyday investors.
• SEO & Long-Form Blog Content: Produce in-depth articles that rank and educate, including market explainers, investment guides, data-driven pieces, and brand stories tied to Rises product suite and research reports.
• Social Content: Translate financial narratives into Instagram and LinkedIn carousels, Twitter/X threads, and short-form posts that drive traffic and product awareness.

Research Support

• Editorial Research: Dig into primary and secondary sources (CBN releases, NGX data, Bloomberg, macroeconomic reports) and turn raw data into clear, actionable insight.
• Community Research: Regularly pulse the Rise community to understand how users think about money, investing, and the economy by synthesizing feedback from community channels and running structured surveys.
• Insights Integration: Spot recurring user questions and anxieties, feeding those findings back into our editorial and product content to ensure it stays rooted in what real people need.
  

What Were Looking For

• Diploma or Degree in Communications, Journalism, Finance, Economics, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 24 years of experience writing about finance, business, or economics in media, fintech, a newsroom, or a content team.
• Strong research instincts with the ability to find primary sources, read financial releases, and digest complex data.
• Clear, confident writing voice with a demonstrated ability to simplify dense policy statements for a broad audience.
• Familiarity with the Nigerian financial ecosystem (stock markets, monetary policy, and investor behavior).
• Intermediate SEO literacy and comfort working across formats (long-form articles, short newsletters, punchy social captions).

Youll Thrive in This Role If You Have

• Excellent written communication, storytelling, and editing skills.
• Comfort engaging with community feedback and user data to guide editorial strategy.
• A self-directed work ethic with the ability to own a brief from research to publication.
• Experience covering African capital markets beyond Nigeria (Kenya, Ghana, or broader macro) is an added advantage.
• Familiarity with investment products like mutual funds, US stocks, and fixed income.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Engagement Metrics: Growth, open rates, and click-through rates (CTR) for the MoneyRise newsletter.
• SEO Performance: Search rankings, organic traffic volume, and reading time on long-form blog content.
• Social Metrics: Traffic driven to the platform, shares, saves, and awareness generated via social channels.
• Accuracy & Quality: Rigor, clarity, and factual alignment with macroeconomic data across all outputs.

Why Rise?

• Opportunity to drive meaningful impact across a fast-growing pan-African fintech.
• Competitive compensation.
• Flexible work setup (hybrid out of Lagos) and a supportive, mission-driven culture.
• Health insurance, paid time off, pension contributions, parental leave, and learning opportunities.
• Work with a team obsessed with excellence, autonomy, and financial education.

To Apply:

Send us your CV and three links to published work, ideally pieces that show your research process or your range across formats. A brief note on why Rise appeals to you now is welcome but not required.

Rise is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.