Job Vacancies at Phillips Outsourcing

Description

Our client, a leading indigenous oil and gas trading and logistic firm incorporated in Nigeria and engaged in the business of lubricant manufacturing and marketing, refined petroleum products trading and supply chain management is looking to recruit a highly skilled Senior Trade Operations Analyst who will be responsible for managing the clearance, settlement, and reconciliation of trades and positions on behalf of the organisation's trade desks to achieve the overall corporate vision.

JOB DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Developing a thorough understanding of the business operations and industry environment in order to make recommendations.
• Analyzing the economic impact of new legislation or regulations on the business and industry.
• Coordinating with customs, ship brokers and freight forwarders to ensure that shipments comply with government regulations.
• Coordinating with insurance brokers to ensure that the business is adequately covered against major losses and liabilities.
• Analyzing data from multiple sources to predict changes in consumer demand for products or services.
• Consulting with clients about current trade issues affecting businesses.
• Preparing reports on market trends, trade statistics, and other relevant information about the industry or geographic area of focus.
• Negotiating contracts with suppliers and clients to set terms for shipping, pricing, and other business arrangements this will be subject to your line manager’s approval.
• Develop solutions to increase efficiency and reduce costs associated with international trade transactions.
• Studying stock market activity, executing trades, monitoring and analyzing trade activities.
• Analyzing and interpreting market data.
• Studying trends in supply, demand, and pricing in order to make informed decisions about business operations.
• Liaising with external vendors and stakeholders.
• Operate high-volume post-trade processes such as trade processing, matching, and settlements; corporate actions processing; and options and futures crossing on exchanges.
• Operate pre-trade processes such as trading system controls, parameterization, and pricing readiness.
• Improve trading P&L by analyzing fees and system inefficiencies. Optimize cost of carry-through inventory management and timely settlement of trades.
• Build and own dashboards to monitor trader positions, market-making activities, and post-trade processes.
• Initiate and run automatization projects, where you will collaborate with Developers and program in Python and PostgreSQL.
• Facilitate relationships and act as single point of contact for operations with Prime Brokers, Exchanges and Counterparties

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience in operations, trade support or related experience is advantageous
• 10 years’ experience in the oil & gas sector is advantageous
• Ambitious and self-motivated, with the ability to use own initiative
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills; including effective troubleshooting in a fast paced, time critical environment
• Strong communication (verbal and written), and excellent organizational skills are essential
• Able to work in an accurate and structured way with an engineering mindset
• Strong analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills
• Driven to constantly improve and optimize with a passion to automate
• Able to work under pressure and multi-task with accuracy
• Fluent in English
• Strong affinity with financial markets
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

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Description

Our client is a financial services digital platform company that delivers secure and innovative digital solutions to address complex financial needs. We are looking for an individual with strong communication, time management, and problem-solving skills to join our product management team. The role entails working with cross-functional teams to design, build, launch and deploy our treasury and cash management,

multi-bank connectivity and foreign currency conversion solutions, which deliver the company’s vision and strategy. The candidate will be required to manage the entire life cycle of the product as well as oversee the product and positioning strategies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
• Create buy-in for the product vision internally and with key external partners.
• Scope and prioritise activities based on business and customer impact.
• Work closely with engineering teams to deliver features with quick time-to-market and optimal resources.
• Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, identify and fill product gaps and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve the customer experience, and drive growth.
• Act as a product evangelist to build awareness and understanding of the product.
• Engage with banking partners and clients to enhance the working relationship between these parties and Multigate.
• Assist with special projects as assigned by your line manager.

Required Skills/ Competencies

• Effective communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Analytical skills
• Product management skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Project management skills
• Research skills
• Strategic thinker with the ability to motivate and drive tactical execution.
• Experience in collaborating with sales, technology, operation, service, risk, compliance and legal teams and command strong influencing skills
• Ability to influence stakeholders with diverse points of view and build alignment
• Strong understanding of product development using Agile / Scrum – Certified Scrum Product Owner a plus
• Has an obsession over product quality, specifically an intuition for good user flows and user experiences
• Has experience building platform and/or API products

Requirements

Key Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years working experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner
• Experience working in Financial services, Payments, Fintech or other related industries is a must
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging protocols (MT/MX messages), ISO 20022 standards, and financial messaging systems.
• Experience managing product integration and implementation projects for clients