Black Pen Recruitment
About the job VP of Commercial Trading (Cryptocurrency/Stablecoin/Fully Remote/Africa)
Our Client is the largest and the first licensed on/off-ramp platform for stablecoins in Africa. They are dedicated to offering innovative solutions in the African stablecoins space. Our client is committed to making stablecoins accessible and understandable for everyone, providing their customers with secure and user-friendly platforms for their financial transactions.
Job Type: Remote | Full-time
Requirements
Cryptocurrency/Stable Coins experience, strongly preferred
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Intellectually curious, with demonstrated track record of being a fast learner
Experience – 8 + years in traditional finance, capital markets and/or digital currencies
Proven traditional or quantitative trading experience from a similar role in digital assets or traditional finance
Execute, manage, and monitor of OTC trading activities
History of building,maintaining and managing high value relationships
Strategic understanding of the prime brokerage business model and the types of clients that might benefit the most
Strategic mindset and detail oriented
Strong sense of risk and controls from trading, credit, exposure, settlement, and treasury operations perspectives.
Clear understanding of operational risks, compliance, and appropriate regulations
Excel at working cross functionally to deliver commercial results
Experience working within various African markets and jurisdictions an added bonus
Personal Attributes
Passion: Candidate should have genuine enthusiasm to work in the digital asset industry
Credible representation: Candidate should be able to serve as an effective ambassador for the organisation
Relationship Building: strong relationship building capability as well as expressing themselves effectively in person and in writing
Leadership: Ability to manage and maintain a high performing team
Ownership: Able to self-manage, take initiative and take ownership of KPIs as set out
Team player: Candidate should be able to coordinate tasks, support and respect others and always be ready to help
Culture fit: Candidate should be a self-starter, with high integrity and role model our clients core values: Diversity, Openness, Africa-First, Boss-up, Customer Centric & Data-driven decision making (DO-ABCD)
Adaptability: Ability to adapt to a fast paced and ever changing environment.
Responsibilities
Define and develop trading risk management framework, processes, and plans
Manage liquidity partners, market makers and associated processes
Monitor and manage total exposures and limits
Efficiently monitor, identify, control, and resolve trading risk related issues
Increase revenue across all product offerings
Track and review trading events and market news, evaluate associated risks and react as necessary
Take responsibility for market risk analyse behavioural patterns and identify abuse
Keep up to date with the competition and the industry
Build and maintain key relationships within the organisations sales regions
Appreciate the changing requirements of our clients clients and consider how they may continue to add value
Provide leadership to Commercial Trading team, guiding, supporting and coaching individuals
Responsible for managing the performance of direct report/s in the Commercial team
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