The Role
Supports foreign exchange operations, market monitoring, trade execution, international payments, settlement, client service, compliance, reconciliations, invoicing, and financial administration. The role prepares market updates, processes transactions, maintains audit-ready records, supports onboarding, applies AML, KYC, FICA, and exchange-control requirements, and liaises with banks, clients, traders, and internal teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Support day-to-day foreign exchange, financial markets, client service and operations in a financial services environment. The role
covers FX operations, market updates, trade execution support, international payments, client service, compliance, reconciliations
and back-office settlement.
Requirements
Key responsibilities:
- Monitor local and international FX markets and prepare daily rates and market updates for clients and internal teams.
- Do basic research on currencies, economic indicators and factors that move rates, and escalate unusual movements or trading
- points to the manager or trader.
- Support FX trade execution within approved mandates, capture trades accurately, and monitor them through to settlement.
- Process international payments, liaise with banking partners on confirmations, and investigate failed or delayed settlements.
- Handle client and stakeholder queries, onboarding support and service levels.
- Apply exchange-control, FICA, AML and KYC requirements, keep compliance records, and escalate concerns.
- Prepare invoices and statements, follow up debtors, and complete operational and financial reconciliations.
- Keep SOPs, transaction records and audit-ready documentation up to date, and support office administration where required.
Requirements
- Experience in foreign exchange, banking, financial services, international payments, treasury, trade operations, or client service in
- a financial environment.
- Financial administration and reconciliations.
- Strong Microsoft Office and Excel. Advanced Excel is beneficial.
- Understanding of FICA, AML, KYC and exchange-control requirements is advantageous.
- Trade capture, settlement, cash management and client onboarding are beneficial.
- Exposure to Bloomberg, Reuters or similar market platforms is advantageous.
- Relevant financial-services qualification or regulatory training is advantageous.
Skills Required
- Experience in foreign exchange, banking, financial services, international payments, treasury, trade operations, or financial-environment client service
- Financial administration and reconciliations
- Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills
- Advanced Excel
- Understanding of FICA, AML, KYC, and exchange-control requirements
- Trade capture, settlement, cash management, and client onboarding experience
- Exposure to Bloomberg, Reuters, or similar market platforms
- Relevant financial-services qualification or regulatory training
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The Company
What We Do
Sabenza IT is a niche recruitment company specializing in Information Technology, SAP, Finance, and Engineering roles, with over 23 years of experience.
