Senior FX & Treasury Manager, Capi

• 6+ years of professional experience, incl. previous FX trading experience
• Evidence of high-performance background
• Evidence of ability to work at high pace / in a start-up environment
• Ability to work autonomously and solves problems from first principles
• Comfort in handling large datasets in excel / gsheets
• Willingness to travel at least 1x / month, including to Africa

Desirable

• This role will lead our work on daily FX trading, FX sales, and treasury management. We trade primarily between XOF/XAF and EUR/USD, and will be adding other African and G10 currencies soon, as well as CNY. This is a chance to sit at the heart of the revenue engine of a fast-growing Series A start-up.
• In this role you will need to be resourceful and draw on your network across Africa, as well as your understanding of global and regional affairs.
• You will work cross-functionally with Commercial, Ops, Compliance and Product, to ensure scalable processes and reliable delight for our FX partners.
• You will build processes and a team from scratch, helping us to move hundreds of millions of dollars each year
• Carry out and supervise daily trading activities between African and G10 currencies, ensuring take-rate is on target
• Manage liquidity by maintaining contact with our collection partners and local banks
• Optimise treasury management to ensure reliable settlement to partners and efficient use of working capital
• Gather and analyse market rates and broader market intel
• Proactively manage risk exposure to currencies and financial institutions
• Source, pitch, sign and onboard international FX partners (remittance companies, payment aggregators, banks, brokers, corporates, NGOs, etc.)
• Assist compliance team with compliance aspects of our FX trading function, eg ongoing transaction monitoring, local bank requests
• Over time, build and manage a team

• Start date: June or July 2025 - we realize that people may have a notice period and we will adjust accordingly