AVP, Trading at Flutterwave

Flutterwave is a payment infrastructure company and our mission is to simplify payments for endless possibilities. We believe that our customers are our lifeline and are at the center of everything we do. Flutterwave was founded in 2016 by a team of ex-bankers, entrepreneurs and engineers. We decided to provide the award-winning technology core needed to provide businesses all around the world a powerful, reliable and intelligent payments gateway. Flutterwave provides the easiest and most reliable payments solution for businesses anywhere in the world. Flutterwave has grown to become one of the fastest growing payments companies in the world. Since inception Flutterwave has processed close to $2 billion in payments and 25 million transactions across over 33 African countries where it currently operates. It has attracted significant investment from experienced Fintech investors such as Ycombinator Continuity Fund (investors in Stripe), Greycroft (investors in Braintree and Venmo), Greenvisor Capital, Omidyar Network, and Glynn Capital amongst others. In 2017 Flutterwave was named Africa’s best fintech company at the Apps Africa Innovation Awards.

The role:

Flutterwave is looking for a Trader, whose primary responsibility will be to build and develop a trading strategy for all FLW major currencies in Africa. Additionally, deal structuring would be involved to service our concierge merchants, as well as pricing for our products (i.e. remittance and others).

What Your Day-to-Day Activities Will Be Like 

• Develop a strategy for building and scaling a trading desk for EM for G10 currencies, closely managing liquidity across major positions.


• Develop and implement an hedging strategy across major markets


• Structure treasury deals for large merchants across the globes,


• Establish pricing rules for remittance products and new products as required.


• Develop a risk management policy to cover FX and liquidity risks


• Produce newsletters and think piece for merchants


• Establish strong working partnerships externally with key banking partners, LPs & internal stakeholders


• Ensure standard daily and periodic reporting and maintain process documentation for all relevant reports including funding and certain liquidity metrics.


• Support new bank onboarding & FX trading activities as needed.


• Produce financial analysis and market trends reports on FX and liquidity


• Maintains 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 related to and required by one’s duties.


• Continuous evaluation of current processes vis-à-vis best industry practices

 Stakeholders Engagement

• Continuous and effective engagement of relevant stakeholders in achieving operational efficiency and revenues growth.

Required competency and skill set to be a Waver

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field


• 10+ years of experience in FX trading


• Experience & understanding of international payments, banking systems, Crypto and Defi workflow platforms.


• Good understanding of the EM and G10 FX trading operations and local regulations.


• Advanced proficiency in Excel, SQL and relevant tools


• Experience or familiarity with all or some of Emerging Markets, FX, and remittances a


• 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


• Authorization to work in the country without sponsorship

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