Manager – Treasury & Africa FX

Job Description
One of our clients is seeking a Manager – Treasury & Africa FX to build and manage a dedicated FX trading and treasury capability with a primary focus on West African currencies. This role is exclusively FX-focused and is responsible for currency-market intelligence, price discovery, quotation comparison, negotiation, execution, derivatives and FX risk management.
Key Responsibilities
Monitor group FX exposures and expected cash flows across relevant entities, countries and currencies.
Maintain active daily relationships with banks, FX bureaus and other approved market participants across West Africa.
Obtain and compare multiple executable FX quotations and negotiate pricing and settlement terms.
Execute approved spot FX transactions through banks and authorised counterparties.
Understand, price and execute approved forwards, NDFs and other FX derivatives.
Analyse local cash-market, offshore and derivative pricing to identify lawful and operationally executable opportunities.
Integrate FX considerations into physical commodity trade economics, working capital and profitability.
Optimise FX timing, counterparty selection, currency netting, natural hedges, payment routing and cash positioning.
Maintain approved counterparty relationships and monitor pricing quality, limits and settlement performance.
Monitor open positions, hedges and maturities within approved risk limits.
Measure and report FX performance, execution improvements, hedging outcomes and FX P&L.
Ensure all transactions comply with applicable exchange-control, AML/KYC, sanctions, tax and company requirements.
Support the development of FX and treasury data architecture alongside CTRM, accounting and treasury systems.
Provide concise management reporting on exposures, market opportunities, risks and upcoming currency requirements.
What We’re Looking For
5–10 years of relevant experience in FX dealing, treasury, currency markets, banking, brokerage or institutional FX.
Strong practical knowledge of spot FX, forwards, NDFs, forward points/carry, settlement, liquidity and counterparty risk.
Experience with emerging or frontier-market currencies is highly desirable.
Africa or less-liquid currency-market experience is a significant advantage.
Experience working with banks, brokers, local market participants and institutional FX providers.
Strong commercial understanding of how FX markets interact with physical commodity trading, working capital and real cash flows.
Strong Excel and data-analysis skills.
Exposure to treasury/CTRM systems, APIs or market-data tools is an advantage.
High integrity and strong risk-control orientation.
Ability to challenge market quotes, distinguish executable opportunities from theoretical pricing and communicate effectively with senior management.
India-based candidates preferred, with flexibility to work across Africa/Geneva market hours and travel when required.
What Success Looks Like
The successful candidate will establish a disciplined FX dealing rhythm, including systematic quotation gathering, active price comparison and negotiation, reliable exposure visibility, disciplined use of spot/forwards/NDFs and transparent FX P&L. The role will create measurable value through improved execution, negotiation, timing, netting, hedging and treasury optimisation while operating within approved risk and compliance controls.
Important: This is not an unrestricted proprietary FX trading role. Any market positioning must operate within formally approved mandates, position limits, loss limits and counterparty limits.

Work arrangement
Yes