Head of FX & Cross-Border Payments at a High-growth Financial Technology Firm - Veridion Advisory Partners

Veridion Advisory Partners – Our client is a high-growth financial technology company specializing in cross-border payments infrastructure, foreign exchange (FX) execution, and international business banking solutions.

They are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head of FX & Cross-Border Payments

Location: Ikoyi, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Head of FX & Cross-Border Payments will assume full strategic, commercial, and risk governance responsibility for the organization’s FX trading and international settlement portfolio.
• This is a capital-intensive leadership mandate requiring disciplined liquidity management, transaction execution authority, corridor profitability strategy, and institutional-grade compliance oversight.
• The role carries direct P&L accountability and executive reporting responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Architect and execute a scalable FX and cross-border payments growth strategy.
• Maintain full divisional P&L responsibility, ensuring sustainable revenue expansion and disciplined margin optimization.
• Design pricing architecture aligned with volatility-adjusted spread performance.
• Allocate multi-currency liquidity with capital efficiency discipline.
• Structure and negotiate Tier-1 correspondent banking and liquidity partnerships.
• Expand high-yield FX corridors based on quantified demand modeling.
• Implement formal risk thresholds covering market, counterparty, and liquidity exposure.
• Institutionalize regulatory compliance standards consistent with CBN and international frameworks.
• Deliver structured board-level reporting on transaction velocity, corridor profitability, liquidity ratios, and risk exposure metrics.

Requirements

• Applicants must provide verifiable documentation of having personally executed, originated, or directly controlled no less than:
• USD $100 million in FX or cross-border transaction volume in each individual year for at least five (5) consecutive years.
• This refers exclusively to transaction volume directly attributable to the candidate’s own execution authority and pricing or liquidity decisions.
• Cumulative team totals, indirect oversight, or divisional attribution without direct transactional authority will not satisfy this requirement.
• A clean regulatory record is mandatory.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Economics, Banking, or related field.
• MBA or equivalent postgraduate qualification preferred.
• Treasury, financial markets, or risk management certification advantageous.

Experience:
Candidates must demonstrate:

• Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in FX trading, treasury management, or cross-border payments within regulated financial institutions or fintech environments.
• Minimum of 5 years in senior leadership with direct financial accountability.

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to produce measurable strategic execution within the first 90 days.
• Capacity to operate effectively within volatile currency environments.
• Strong professional integrity and capital governance discipline.
• Willingness to undergo transaction verification and regulatory background review.

Skills:

• Institutional-level knowledge of global FX markets and derivatives instruments.
• Advanced liquidity risk management capability.
• Strong quantitative modeling and volatility-adjusted pricing expertise.
• Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks governing cross-border capital flows.
• High-level strategic and capital allocation judgment.

Salary
N5,000,000 - N8,000,000 monthly. 

Application Closing Date
25th February, 2026.