Group Head, Treasury & Financial Institutions at an Industrial Group via Bridgemead – Lagos

An industrial group operating across steel manufacturing, mining and energy is recruiting a full-time Group Head, Treasury & Financial Institutions in Victoria Island, Lagos, through Bridgemead Limited. Reporting to the Group Executive Director, Finance, the role leads treasury strategy, liquidity, banking relationships and financial risk management.

Key responsibilities

• Lead group treasury policy, governance, operating procedures and long-term strategy.
• Manage group liquidity, daily cash positioning, working capital, intercompany funding and cash-flow forecasts.
• Optimise debt, funding plans, capital structure and treasury resources across subsidiaries.
• Monitor foreign-exchange exposures, develop hedging responses and comply with CBN requirements.
• Negotiate banking and financial-institution relationships, including credit, overdraft, guarantees and trade-finance facilities.
• Evaluate opportunities for development-finance and multilateral funding with relevant institutions.
• Oversee trade finance, treasury investments, banking systems, reconciliations and internal controls.
• Monitor liquidity, interest-rate, commodity, currency and counterparty risks and advise executive management.
• Partner with finance, procurement, operations and subsidiary leaders on funding priorities and major projects.
• Lead and develop the treasury team and provide regular leadership reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related discipline; a master’s degree or MBA is an advantage.
• A professional qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CFA, CTP or ACT is mandatory.
• Twelve to eighteen years of treasury, corporate-banking or financial-risk experience, including at least five years in senior treasury leadership.
• Experience in large industrial, manufacturing, mining, energy, oil and gas or financial institutions.
• Expertise in liquidity, foreign exchange, trade finance, corporate banking, debt and treasury risk.
• Practical knowledge of multi-currency operations, CBN/FMDQ rules and treasury systems such as Kyriba, SAP TRM or FIS Quantum.
• Experience with development-finance institutions is an advantage.
• Strong analytical, financial, strategic leadership and stakeholder-management skills.