Fresh Jobs at ARM Hold Co.

Job Summary

• The position holder will be tasked with managing proprietary funds through active trading of equities and fixed income instruments to generate superior risk-adjusted returns . This role requires integrity, strong market intuition, disciplined execution, and in-depth knowledge of market dynamics, supported by data-driven decision-making

Job Details

Securities Trading: 

• Identify high-probability trading opportunities and execute strategies including directional trades, arbitrage, mean reversion, and yield optimization.
• Execute calculated positions in both Equities and Fixed Income instruments in line with the firm’s investment policies as regards the proprietary trading (prop) book
• Generate and submit a daily P&L report and position breakdown to the Managing Director/Executive Director Investments
• Manage open positions in real-time, ensuring alignment with portfolio limits and market developments.
• Target a minimum annual return of 20% on the proprietary portfolio with consistent monthly/quarterly performance reviews.

Collaboration & Reporting

• Maintain regular and transparent communication with back-office teams including risk, compliance, operations, and financial control teams to ensure smooth trade execution, settlement, and reconciliation.
• Actively contribute to weekly trading review sessions and strategic planning meetings.
• Actively participate and report on activities in monthly investment risk committee meetings 
• Deliver insightful market commentary and articulate the rationale behind executed trades to relevant stakeholders

Market Intelligence and Research: 

• Stay updated on news and macroeconomic trends, fiscal and monetary policy changes, regulatory updates, and company-specific news in the capital market
• Collaborate with the research team to integrate market insights into trading strategies.
• Communicate intelligence guiding positions clearly when required.
• Continuously back-test and refine trading models and risk assumptions.

Compliance

• Adhere strictly to the investment policy document and internal risk controls e.g. position limits and stop loss provision.
• Ensure compliance with SEC, NGX, FMDQ, and other regulatory requirements.
• Monitor liquidity, credit, and counterparty risks and escalate any breaches immediately.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Mathematics, or related field.
• Authorised dealing clerk of the NGX
• CFA or progress toward CFA Charter is an advantage.
• Minimum 5 years of active trading experience in the Nigerian capital market (buy-side or sell-side).
• Strong analytical skills and familiarity with trading platforms, technical analysis tools, and Bloomberg/Reuters terminals.
• Deep understanding of NGX, FMDQ, CBN policies, and Nigerian market instruments.

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Job Summary

• Responsible for leading the Microfinance Bank’s finance function, delivery of financial management and financial operations reporting capabilities that allow the organization to achieve optimal business outcomes and regulatory compliance

Job Details

• Balance Sheet Management: Identify, recommend, and implement optimal balance sheet structure for ARM Microfinance Bank, in compliance with internal balance sheet ratios, and regulatory requirements, and monitor effectiveness of balance sheet management strategies.
• Transactional Accounting: Designs and manages the organization’s chart of accounts, as well as frameworks, and guidelines, on accounting operations.
• Financial Reporting: Interpret and translate financial statements and information to drive strategic and successful business decisions and growth. Communicates interpretations to organization’s board, and executive management to drive decision-making. Tax Management and compliance: Design and implement taxation framework, standards, and guidelines for the Bank, in line with current and projected statutory provisions on taxation, and ensures the organization is in complete adherence to best practices in tax management. Budgeting and Forecasting: Drive the Bank’s budgeting and forecasting efforts with the aim of providing the organization with a comprehensive financial plan for achieving its financial and operational goals. This role is also responsible for providing unique insights and advisory on market factors, industry trends, revenue and cost drivers that could impact budget performance
• Cost Management: Lead cost management for the bank, through the deployment of waste elimination efforts, and the implementation of activity-based costing measures. Risk and Compliance Management: Ensures adherence of the bank to internal and regulatory provisions, ratios, accounting processes, records, and reporting standards for Microfinance Banks in Nigeria. .
• Corporate Performance Management: Responsible for driving the implementation and continuous improvement of management information systems that allow for online, real-time monitoring and management of the organization’s performance Stakeholder Management: Builds valued relationships with stakeholders at the strategic level, and assembles coalitions, to support long term business development.

Requirements

Knowledge Requirements 

• Professional Accounting Standards (Level 4/4)
• Transactional Accounting and Closing Processes (Level 4/4)
• Financial Reporting and Compliance (Level 3/4) Cost Management (Level 4/4) Budgeting,
• Planning and Forecasting (Level 4/4)
• Financial Analysis (Level 4/4) Management Reporting (Level 4/4)
• Treasury Policies and Risk Management (Level 3/4)
• Tax Planning (Level 3/4) Strategy (Level 3/4) Coaching and Mentoring (Level 2/4)
• Driving Performance (Level 3/4)

Skill Requirement

Time Management

•  Interpersonal Skills Analytical Ability Meeting Management Report Writing Emotional Intelligence Strong Communication Skills  Strong Negotiation and Conflict Resolution Strategy

Personal Abilities 

• Confidentiality Objectivity Attention to Detail Integrity Emphatic

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Job Summary

• The Product Manager identifies customers’ needs and business objectives that the Microfinance Bank’s digital banking products or features will fulfill, articulates what success looks like for the products, and rallies a team to turn the vision into a reality.

Job Details

• Defining product strategy, vision, and roadmap in line with the overall company strategy and align stakeholders around the product vision.
• Engaging closely with users, understanding, and representing their needs in the product strategy on an ongoing basis.
• Understanding the target market and gathering qualitative and quantitative insights about the market, emerging trends, opportunities, and positioning the product for competitive advantage.
• Driving product adoption, active customers, transaction volume and profitability.
• Facilitating and fostering valuable partnerships to optimize existing offerings or unlock new opportunities to drive growth and transform customer experience.
• Managing and prioritizing product backlogs to facilitate the flow of work, align with current customer needs and delivers tangible business value in the short iterations.
• Work in collaboration with cross functional team across the ARM group and partners to identify opportunities for improving consumer experience, innovation and revenue growth.
• Being up to date on fraud and cybersecurity threats facing the business and collaborating with the risk management, internal control and information security teams to build in security and control features into the product.
• Being up to date on the CBN regulations for Microfinance bank and ensuring the product facilitates compliance

Requirements

Behavioural

• Time Management
• Interpersonal Skills
• Strong Communication Skills
• Good multitasking capabilities
• Confidentiality
• Attention to Detail.
• Integrity
• Meticulous
• Analytical & Problem-Solving Skills
• Report Writing
• Stakeholder & Relationship Management Skills
• Innovative and creative mindset
• Self-starter with entrepreneurial vision and critical thinking

Technical

• Agile product management hands on experience and knowledge.
• Digital Banking (lending, savings, payments etc) product design and product development expertise.
• Experience driving business and revenue growth through business development and product partnership.
• Product marketing and go to market strategies for accelerated product growth
• Product analytics and using insights for product decisions.
• Proven experience working in cross functional teams and collaborating with peers and managers across multiple teams

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS

• Launch of innovative retail digital banking products
• Number of customers onboarded, active customers and retention rate.
• Monthly transaction volume and recurring revenue
• NPS