Junior/Senior Dealer – Risk Treasury Job in First Bank 2026 | Application Guide

 


Junior/Senior Dealer – Risk Treasury | Nigeria | Job ID 1809

Are you an experienced Treasury professional looking for your next career opportunity in Nigeria? A Junior/Senior Dealer – Risk Treasury position is currently available for qualified candidates with relevant experience in liquidity management, money markets, fixed-income portfolios, and treasury operations.

This opportunity is suitable for professionals who have strong analytical skills, understand financial markets, and can effectively manage liquidity and treasury-related activities within established risk and regulatory frameworks.

Job Title: Junior/Senior Dealer – Risk Treasury

Location: Nigeria
Job Identification: 1809
Posting Date: August 26, 2026
Application Deadline: September 8, 2026, 5:00 PM
Experience: 1–5 years for Junior Dealer; 5–10 years for Senior Dealer

Junior Dealer – Key Responsibilities

The Junior Dealer will support the Treasury team in monitoring liquidity, executing routine transactions, maintaining accurate records, and providing market information.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Preparing daily cash-flow forecasts for local currency (LCY) and foreign currency (FCY) positions and highlighting funding gaps to the Senior Dealer.

  • Updating and circulating daily liquidity-position reports to management.

  • Tracking inflows, outflows, coupon receipts, maturities, and CRR debits.

  • Executing routine money-market transactions, including placements, takings, and repos, under appropriate supervision.

  • Capturing Treasury transactions accurately and promptly in the relevant system.

  • Reconciling positions and coordinating with Middle and Back Office teams to resolve outstanding breaks.

  • Maintaining schedules for FVOCI and AMC portfolio maturities and coupon payments.

  • Monitoring market prices and yields and reporting significant movements.

  • Supporting reinvestment activities through indicative pricing and market-level information.

  • Maintaining LCY and FCY deposit-pricing sheets and providing rate indications to branches and business units.

Senior Dealer – Key Responsibilities

The Senior Dealer will take a more strategic role in liquidity management, funding, market transactions, and investment portfolio management.

Responsibilities include:

  • Leading daily liquidity management and cash-flow forecasting for LCY and FCY positions.

  • Executing interbank placements, repos, borrowings, and FX swaps to optimize funding costs.

  • Monitoring intraday liquidity positions and anticipating potential funding gaps.

  • Maintaining appropriate liquidity buffers while minimizing idle balances.

  • Identifying inefficiencies and opportunities to improve the use of available liquidity.

  • Managing daily funding and liquidity gaps within approved placement and funding limits.

  • Identifying and utilizing legitimate market arbitrage opportunities.

  • Implementing and monitoring transfer-pricing rates across products and currencies.

  • Reviewing and approving deposit-pricing concessions within delegated authority.

  • Escalating out-of-policy requests to the Head of Risk Treasury.

  • Managing FVOCI (AFS) and AMC (HTM) portfolios, including Treasury Bills, OMO Bills, and bonds.

  • Recommending appropriate buy/sell strategies, duration positioning, and reinvestment of coupon and maturity proceeds.

Job Requirements

Education

Candidates should possess a First Degree or equivalent qualification in any discipline, preferably in a business-related field.

Professional qualifications such as CFA, LFA, or ICAP will be an added advantage.

Experience

  • Junior Dealer: 1–5 years of relevant Treasury experience.

  • Senior Dealer: 5–10 years of relevant Treasury experience.

Candidates should demonstrate knowledge of liquidity management, money-market instruments, fixed-income securities, Treasury operations, and financial-market activities.

How to Apply

Qualified and interested candidates are encouraged to review the requirements carefully and submit their application the bank's official website before the stated deadline.

Application Deadline: September 8, 2026, at 5:00 PM.

This Junior/Senior Dealer – Risk Treasury opportunity offers professionals with relevant Treasury experience the chance to develop their careers while contributing to liquidity management, market operations, funding activities, and investment portfolio management in Nigeria.