Chief Commercial Officer via TopHire Africa – Lagos

An undisclosed capital-markets organisation is recruiting a full-time Chief Commercial Officer in Lagos to develop its commercial paper market, attract qualifying issuers and strengthen market participation and revenue performance.

Net monthly salary: ₦2,500,000–₦3,000,000.

Key responsibilities

• Develop strategies that increase commercial paper issuance, market activity and repeat participation.
• Identify corporate issuers seeking short-term financing and support them through the issuance process.
• Maintain relationships with banks, issuing houses, brokers, investors and other capital-market participants.
• Support issuance structures, pricing and commercial terms in collaboration with relevant intermediaries.
• Coordinate compliance, legal, operations and other teams to meet applicable market and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor issuance pipelines, maturities, yields, investor demand and performance indicators.
• Prepare market reports, revenue forecasts and dashboards, identify process bottlenecks and support issuer and investor education.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or a related field.
• At least 10–15 years’ experience in debt capital markets, treasury, investment banking, fixed income or corporate finance.
• Sound knowledge of commercial paper, short-term debt, credit analysis and issuance processes.
• Proven issuer relationship development, transaction execution, negotiation and financial analysis skills.
• Relevant professional qualifications in finance, accounting, treasury or capital markets are an advantage.