TEAM LEAD, SETTLEMENTS AT UNITED CAPITAL PLC

About Company:

United Capital Plc is a leading African financial and investment banking Group providing bespoke value-added service to its clients. We are well positioned to play a strategic role in helping African governments and citizens (both individual and corporate) achieve their strategic objectives through our robust suite of financial and investment banking offerings.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Description:

• With the overall supervision of the Group Treasurer, the candidate will work with Head of Settlement for initial execution of Investments
• Execution includes approval processes, documented engagement with businesses and counterparties, deal confirmation, deal slip generation, investment confirmations, investment reconciliations and report generations, etc

Responsibilities

• Back up for Head of Investments
• Ensure proper supervision of Treasury Analyst
• Timely initiation of investments
• Ensure timely settlement of trades
• Ensure accurate computation of interest payments and ensure all interest payments due are paid or received.
• Ensure all requirements are in place before investment initiation (approvals, deal confirmation with business and counterparties)
• Effective management of Investments to maximize returns thereby generating income for the Businesses.
• Daily reconciliation of cash Investments
• Presentation at business meeting.
• Supervise Analyst on ALCO analysis.
• Daily reconciliation of securities. (business assets, collaterals from counterparties)
• Provide weekly status of Investment maturities for effective monitoring of the Investments.
• Accurate periodic reporting of cash and securities Investment positions to Businesses and the group
• Support Fund Managers in realizing their investment and liquidity objectives.
• Generating Group Investment reports that accurately capture Investment positions of each business.
• Ensuring Transaction Documents for all Investments across the entities are in place (Deal slips, Counterparty confirmation letters)
• Initiate Funds Transfer or securities to counterparties for investment and to Businesses as per Requests. This has to be done within TAT.
• Accurate filing/documentation of all transaction documents for easy reference and retrieval
• Ensure all securities are accurately captured in custody reports .
• Ensure custody charges are properly reviewed and paid on time.

Requirements:

• A Business degree from a reputable university
• Possession of a professional qualification will be an added advantage

What Makes You a Great Fit:

• Strong written and oral communication
• Excellent appreciation of trends and advances in investment management.
• Proactivity
• Highly developed business and relationship management skills and demonstrated ability to cultivate productive business networks.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills.
• Ability to multi-task and function effectively under pressure.

Salary

Application Closing Date: 27th August, 2025

Application Instructions:

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