AVP, Trading at Flutterwave

Flutterwave was founded on the principle that every African must be able to participate and thrive in the global economy. To achieve this objective, we have built a trusted payment infrastructure that allows consumers and businesses (African and International) make and receive payments in a convenient border-less manner.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: AVP, Trading

Location: Remote, (Hybrid)
Department: Global Operation
Employment Type: Full-Time

The Role

• We are looking for a Trader, whose primary responsibility will be to build and develop a trading strategy for all FLW major currencies in Africa & Europe. Additionally, deal structuring would be involved to service our concierge merchants, as well as pricing for our products (i.e. remittance and others).

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be Like 

• Develop a strategy for building and scaling a trading desk for EM for G10 currencies, closely managing liquidity across major positions.
• Develop and implement an hedging strategy across major markets
• Structure treasury deals for large merchants across the globes,
• Establish pricing rules for remittance products and new products as required.
• Develop a risk management policy to cover FX and liquidity risks
• Produce newsletters and think piece for merchants
• Establish strong working partnerships externally with key banking partners, LPs & internal stakeholders
• Ensure standard daily and periodic reporting and maintain process documentation for all relevant reports including funding and certain liquidity metrics.
• Support new bank onboarding & FX trading activities as needed.
• Produce financial analysis and market trends reports on FX and liquidity
• Maintains knowledge of financial markets and regulatory updates
• Ensures compliance with all banking laws, rules, regulations, and prescribed policies/practices/procedures necessary to reduce risk and uphold ethical standards related to and required by one’s duties.
• Continuous evaluation of current processes vis-à-vis best industry practices

 Stakeholders Engagement

• Continuous and effective engagement of relevant stakeholders in achieving operational efficiency and revenues growth.

Required Competency and SkillSets to be a Waver

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field
• 10+ years of experience in FX trading
• Experience & understanding of international payments, banking systems, Crypto and Defi workflow platforms.
• Good understanding of the EM and G10 FX trading operations and local regulations.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL and relevant tools
• Experience or familiarity with all or some of Emerging Markets, FX, and remittances a
• Excellent Financial analytical, strategic planning and execution skills
• High-Level attention to details
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet set deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation skills and communication skills.
• Work goal-oriented based on minimum supervision
• High sense of responsibility, accountability, integrity, and ethical standards
• Authorization to work in the country without sponsorship

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.