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Chief Commercial Officer
About this role
The role is Chief Commercial Officer at TopHire Africa in Lagos, a full-time position. The role focuses on leading growth and management of commercial paper market activities, attracting eligible issuers, facilitating issuance and trading, and ensuring regulatory and market compliance. The employer provides HR consulting and recruitment services and is involved in talent recruitment and training. The position targets experienced professionals in debt capital markets or related fields who can manage issuer relationships and market activity. The job emphasizes development of market strategies, reports, and stakeholder engagement to grow commercial paper issuance on the platform.
What you would do
- Guide issuers through the commercial paper issuance process with internal teams and intermediaries
- Identify and engage eligible corporate issuers seeking short-term financing
- Monitor issuance pipelines, maturities, yields, investor demand, and other market indicators
- Coordinate with legal, compliance, operations and other teams to ensure regulatory compliance
- Build relationships with issuing houses, investment banks, banks, brokers, and institutional investors
- Support investor education and issuer awareness initiatives on commercial paper
- Develop market reports, revenue forecasts, and management dashboards
- Develop issuance structures, pricing approaches, and commercial terms
- Implement strategies to grow commercial paper issuance and platform participation
- Identify process bottlenecks and recommend improvements to market infrastructure
What they are asking for
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration or related discipline
- Strong negotiation, financial analysis and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to develop issuer relationships and execute commercial transactions
- Strong understanding of commercial paper, short-term debt instruments, credit analysis and issuance processes
- Relevant professional qualifications in finance, accounting, treasury or capital markets are an advantage
- 10–15 years of experience in debt capital markets, treasury, investment banking, fixed-income markets or corporate finance
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