Treasury and Markets Manager (PAPSS Settlements)

The role is to help the Bank to achieve its mission “stimulating a consistent expansion and diversification of African trade so as to rapidly increase Africa’s share of global trade, while operating as a first class, profit oriented, socially responsible financial institution and a centre of excellence in African trade matters”. The role will support the Treasurer with the PAPSS Settlement Back Office Settlement Activities. The role will work within an expanding team with a strong demand for team resources.

The nature and scope of this role is to support the Treasurer’s function that deals with the PAPSS settlement initiative. The incumbent will support the Treasurer and take a supervisory lead role in ensuring that the PAPSS Settlement Process is effectively and efficiently run. The role will also support the Treasurer in developing a solid best-in-class treasury PAPSS function which is a go-to all PAPSS settlement activities. The role will further support the Treasurer in crafting and executing a treasury PAPSS Settlement Operational Strategy that reduces the PAPSS Participants’ Hers tat risk and ensures that each Participants’ financial obligations are made good as they fall due at the end-of-day.

• Treasury PAPSS Settlement Management
  
• Treasury PAPSS Activities Analysis
  
• Treasury PAPSS Reconciliations and Investigations
  
• Treasury PAPSS Settlement Data Ownership and Custody
  
• Treasury PAPSS Reporting, Team Management and Communication
  

Requirements

• A first degree in a relevant discipline i.e. accounting, financial management, economics, numerical or other related disciplines and a postgraduate degree in a relevant field. Recognised professional certification in a relevant field may be acceptable in lieu of a post graduate degree;
  
• Masters degree in area of Finance, Economics, Accountancy or MBA with a specialisation in Finance or Mathematical Sciences with a speciality in Financial Mathematics;
  
• Recognised Professional Qualification in Treasury Settlements will be a strong added advantage;
  
• A minimum of 15 years of experience working in a treasury settlement function either in a corporate institution, but preferably in the financial services industry;
  
• Solid grounding in financial systems database methodologies and financial modelling;
  
• Solid experience in working with Treasury Management Systems and/or inter-company netting processes;
  
• Operational experience in a financial department with significant systems exposure;
  
• Previous experience in a treasury environment and solid understanding of treasury operations;
  
• People and project management;
  
• Knowledge of treasury, debt capital markets, financial instruments and structures;
  
• Advanced Excel skills and computer literacy (e.g. SQL, Crystal Reports);
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English. Knowledge of the Bank's other working languages is an added advantage (French, Arabic and Portuguese); and
  
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, including ability to organize and manage human resources from varied cultural backgrounds to attain goals.