Lead, Commercial Paper

VFD Group — Lead, Commercial Paper

Location: Lagos Employment Type: Full-time

Job Purpose

• To lead the growth and management of the organization's commercial paper market activities by attracting eligible corporate issuers, facilitating the issuance and trading of commercial paper, strengthening distribution channels, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory and market requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement strategies to grow commercial paper issuance and participation on the organization's platform.

• Find and engage eligible corporate issuers seeking short-term financing through commercial paper.

• Build relationships with issuing houses, investment banks, commercial banks, brokers, institutional investors, and other market participants.

• Guide prospective issuers through the commercial paper issuance process, working with relevant intermediaries and internal teams.

• Support the development of competitive issuance structures, pricing approaches, and commercial terms.

• Identify opportunities to increase investor demand, market activity, and repeat issuance.

• Coordinate with legal, compliance, operations, and other relevant teams to ensure that transactions meet applicable regulatory requirements and market rules.

• Monitor issuance pipelines, maturities, market yields, investor demand, and other relevant commercial paper indicators.

• Develop commercial paper market reports, revenue forecasts, and performance dashboards for management.

• Identify bottlenecks in issuance and trading and recommend improvements to processes and market infrastructure.

• Support investor education and issuer awareness initiatives on commercial paper as a financing instrument.

• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Value and volume of commercial paper issued through the market.

• Number of new and repeat issuers onboarded.

• Growth in active investors and participating intermediaries.

• Revenue generated from commercial paper activities.

• Issuance pipeline conversion and transaction turnaround time.

• Compliance with applicable market and regulatory requirements.

• Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

• Relevant professional qualifications in finance, accounting, treasury, or capital markets are an advantage.

• At least 7years of experience in debt capital markets, treasury, investment banking, fixed-income markets, or corporate finance.

• Strong understanding of commercial paper, short-term debt instruments, credit analysis, and issuance processes.

• Demonstrated ability to develop issuer relationships and execute commercial transactions.

• Strong negotiation, financial analysis, and stakeholder management skills.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.