Chief Commercial Officer

TopHire Africa is a timeless and innovative HR-Consulting Service provider that's geared towards delivering recruitment and training of qualitative verified talent. We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Chief Commercial Officer

Location: Lagos

Employment Type: Full-time Job Purpose To lead the growth and management commercial paper market activities by attracting eligible corporate issuers, facilitating the issuance and trading of commercial paper, strengthening distribution channels, and ensuring compliance with applicable regulatory and market requirements.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement strategies to grow commercial paper issuance and participation on platform. Find and engage eligible corporate issuers seeking short-term financing through commercial paper. Build relationships with issuing houses, investment banks, commercial banks, brokers, institutional investors, and other market participants. Guide prospective issuers through the commercial paper issuance process, working with relevant intermediaries and internal teams. Support the development of competitive issuance structures, pricing approaches, and commercial terms. Identify opportunities to increase investor demand, market activity, and repeat issuance. Coordinate with legal, compliance, operations, and other relevant teams to ensure that transactions meet applicable regulatory requirements and market rules. Monitor issuance pipelines, maturities, market yields, investor demand, and other relevant commercial paper indicators. Develop commercial paper market reports, revenue forecasts, and performance dashboards for management. Identify bottlenecks in issuance and trading and recommend improvements to processes and market infrastructure. Support investor education and issuer awareness initiatives on commercial paper as a financing instrument.

Qualifications and Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related discipline. Relevant professional qualifications in finance, accounting, treasury, or capital markets are an advantage. At least 10–15 years of experience in debt capital markets, treasury, investment banking, fixed-income markets, or corporate finance. Strong understanding of commercial paper, short-term debt instruments, credit analysis, and issuance processes. Demonstrated ability to develop issuer relationships and execute commercial transactions. Strong negotiation, financial analysis, and stakeholder management skills. Salary N2,500,000 - N3,000,000 monthly (net).