Analyst, FX Trading Full Time

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 borderless manner.

The Role:

As an analyst, FX Trading, your primary responsibility will be to support the development of a  trading strategy for all major FLW 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)

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Support the trading of frontier and emerging market currencies.
Closely monitor and manage liquidity across currencies to support the business.
Support the Structuring of treasury deals for large merchants globally.
Support the establishment of pricing rules for new products as required.
Support the development of a risk framework for FX risk.
Produce market updates and analytical content.
Establish strong working partnerships internally and externally with key stakeholders.
Generate analytics on trading activities and report periodically.
Maintain 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.
Continuous evaluation of current processes vis-à-vis best industry practices

Required competency and skillset to be a waver

1 -2 years of experience in banking/treasury/payments/fintech
Minimum of a Bachelors degree in a business or finance related field
Experience & understanding of international payments, banking systems, Crypto on/off ramp
Good understanding of the EM and G10 FX trading operations and local regulations.
Proficiency in Excel and relevant tools
Experience or familiarity with all or some of Emerging Markets, FX, and remittances a plus.
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