Trade Finance Manager – Logistics

Role Overview

This Finance Manager role sits inside a fast-growing Supply Chain Alliance operating across Africa, combining logistics, trade finance, commodity management, and risk services. Day to day, you will steer financial strategy—advising on pricing, working capital, and expansion decisions—while directly overseeing trade finance operations, treasury, and compliance across multiple countries. Your work ensures the alliance’s capital is deployed efficiently, risks are actively managed, and the finance function scales to support ambitious growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Shape profitability, pricing, and working capital recommendations to guide business growth and investment decisions across African markets.
• Manage the full trade finance lifecycle—letters of credit, guarantees, documentary collections, and structured trade finance instruments.
• Oversee treasury and cash flow operations, including liquidity planning, funding requirements, and intercompany cash movements.
• Monitor foreign exchange, commodity, and counterparty exposures, and support the design and execution of hedging strategies.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning cycles, delivering profitability and variance analyses to operational leaders.
• Own accounting close, reconciliations, intercompany transactions, and financial reporting in compliance with IFRS and local statutory requirements.
• Drive the development of scalable finance processes, reporting dashboards, and automation across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions.
• Manage internal and external audits, strengthen internal controls, and ensure tax and regulatory adherence in each country of operation.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or Economics; a Master’s, MBA, or professional accounting/finance certification is a strong plus.
• 8–10 years of senior-level finance or accounting experience, specifically within the logistics or supply chain industry.
• Deep practical knowledge of trade finance instruments, IFRS, treasury and cash management, and cross-border taxation.
• Solid understanding of foreign exchange markets, hedging techniques, commodity pricing fundamentals, and supply chain financing structures.
• Proven ability to work with ERP and financial reporting systems, plus advanced proficiency in Excel for analysis and modeling.
• Strong analytical, strategic, and leadership capabilities, with experience managing a finance team and collaborating with commercial and supply chain functions.