Treasury & Financial Institutions Group Head

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement the Group's treasury strategy, policies, governance framework, and operating procedures.
• Oversee daily liquidity management, cash positioning, working capital, intercompany funding, and rolling cash flow forecasts across all subsidiaries.
• Lead treasury initiatives to optimize cash utilization, capital structure, debt management, and funding requirements.
• Identify, monitor, and manage foreign exchange exposures, executing appropriate hedging strategies and ensuring compliance with CBN regulations.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships with commercial banks, investment banks, development finance institutions (DFIs), and other financial partners.
• Negotiate and manage credit facilities, revolving facilities, overdrafts, trade finance instruments, letters of credit, bank guarantees, and other financing arrangements.
• Oversee trade finance operations to ensure uninterrupted procurement and supply chain activities across the Group.
• Manage treasury-related financial risks, including liquidity, interest rate, commodity price, currency, and counterparty risks, while providing regular risk reports to executive management.
• Manage short-term investment portfolios and optimize surplus cash within approved investment guidelines.
• Oversee treasury systems, banking platforms, internal controls, reconciliations, and treasury reporting to ensure operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with Finance, Procurement, Operations, and subsidiary leadership to support strategic financing, capital projects, and business expansion.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the Group Treasury team while driving continuous improvement and treasury best practices across the organization.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related discipline.
• MBA or a Master's degree is an added advantage.
• Professional qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, CFA, CTP, or ACT are mandatory.
• Minimum of 12–18 years of progressive treasury, corporate banking, or financial risk management experience, including at least 5 years in a senior treasury leadership role.
• Proven experience within large manufacturing, mining, energy, oil & gas, industrial organizations, or leading financial institutions.
• Strong expertise in treasury management, liquidity planning, FX management, trade finance, corporate banking, debt management, and treasury risk management.
• Hands-on experience with Treasury Management Systems (TMS), multi-currency operations, and CBN/FMDQ regulatory frameworks.
• Experience working with development finance institutions such as AfDB, IFC, BOI, Afreximbank, or similar institutions will be an advantage.
• Treasury Strategy & Liquidity Management.
• Foreign Exchange & Hedging.
• Trade Finance & Corporate Banking.
• Treasury Risk Management.
• Cash Flow Forecasting & Capital Management.
• Banking & Financial Institution Relationship Management.
• Financial Analysis & Commercial Acumen.
• Leadership & Stakeholder Management.