Multigate is seeking a high-performing Sales Manager to lead our field Sales Associates, drive strategic customer acquisition, and deliver revenue growth across key markets. The ideal candidate has strong leadership experience combined with hands-on sales expertise and is passionate about coaching high-energy field teams to achieve ambitious business goals.
Mission for this Role
To lead and drive on-ground FX sales efforts in Nigeria, onboarding SMEs and Corporates into Multigate’s cross-border FX payment solutions. The FX Sales Lead is responsible for achieving significant client acquisition and transaction volumes ($10m–$15m per month), while building and motivating a team of sales reps and leveraging deep transactional banking relationships to drive sustainable revenue growth.
Key Outcomes (What Success Looks Like)
- Transaction Volume Growth: Onboard clients to reach $20m–$30m monthly FX volumes within 6months; achieve ≥15% quarterly growth.
- Client Acquisition & Portfolio Building: Acquire minimum 10 new SME/corporate clients per quarter; build a portfolio of 40–50 active clients within the first year.
- Relationship & Network Leverage: Deliver 10+ qualified warm introductions per month from personal/professional networks.
- Team Leadership: Build, coach, and manage 5–10 sales reps; achieve ≥80% team quota attainment; run weekly sales calls and pipeline reviews.
- Pipeline & Reporting Discipline: Maintain 3x pipeline coverage; submit accurate weekly reports with <5% variance.
- Cross-Functional Execution: Onboard clients within ≤10 business days; provide structured feedback on pricing, competition, and client needs monthly.
Competencies (Must-Have Skills & Behaviors)
- Transactional Banking Acumen: Deep knowledge of FX payment flows, compliance, and transactional banking.
- Network Strength: Strong SME & corporate importer relationships in Nigeria.
- Solution-Selling Ability: Skilled at mapping FX pain points to Multigate’s offering.
- Leadership & Coaching: Ability to build, inspire, and manage a sales team.
- Negotiation & Closing: Proven track record of deal structuring and closing.
- Pipeline Management: Disciplined CRM usage and forecasting accuracy.
- Execution Orientation: Gets results, not excuses.
- Resilientless: Does not give
Cultural Alignment (Values Fit)
- Customer Obsession: prioritizes client value and trust.
- Excellence in Action: sets and achieves high standards.
- Agility & Innovation: adapts quickly to changing FX/regulatory environment.
- Trust & Accountability: transparent, reliable, delivers what is promised.
- Empowerment & Ownership: takes charge of sales outcomes and team results.
Critical Experience
- 7+ years in FX sales, treasury, or transactional banking.
- Proven success in onboarding SMEs and corporates for cross-border solutions.
- Existing senior-level relationships in importer-heavy industries (e.g. FMCG, Manufacturing, Trade , Telcos, etc..).
- Prior experience leading and motivating sales teams.
- Track record of delivering $20m+ monthly FX flow through corporate/SME portfolios.
Key Metrics to Track
- FX transaction volume per month ($).
- Number of new SME/corporate clients onboarded per quarter.
- Active client portfolio size.
- Team quota attainment (%).
- Onboarding SLA compliance.
- Upsell/cross-sell penetration rate
Benefits
Competitive base salary with commission and performance-related incentives.
What We Do
At Multigate, we are driven by a singular purpose: to build trust in Africa's trade infrastructure. We empower businesses to trade globally with confidence by automating treasury operations and simplifying their cross-border trade payments.
Founded in 2017, Multigate is a licensed treasury management and cross-border infrastructure provider with operational bases in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Nigeria and a strong presence across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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To be Africa's trusted trade infrastructure, unlocking potential and driving prosperity.
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We empower businesses by providing innovative treasury and cross-border trade solutions that break boundaries and drive growth across Africa.