Regional Treasury Operations Specialist - Francophone Markets
LemFi is a fintech company reshaping how immigrants move money globally. It offers international money transfers, multi-currency wallets, request money, and eSIM products, serving immigrants sending money back home to family across more than 30 countries.
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About LemFi
LemFi provides international payment products designed to help immigrants thrive financially. Its core offering is international money transfer, allowing customers to send money to more than 30+ countries, often with low or zero transfer fees and competitive exchange rates, with transfers usually arriving within minutes. The company also offers multi-currency wallets, a request money feature for sending payment requests or sharing payment links, and an eSIM product for connectivity while traveling. LemFi primarily serves immigrants and global migrants who need reliable, low-cost ways to send money to loved ones back home via bank accounts, mobile money, and other channels. The company has over 1,000,000 customers and a team of 200+ people globally, and has been featured in the news for raising $33 million in funding, partnering with Visa on cross-border payments, and working with ClearBank for agency banking services.
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About the Role
You'll own the end-to-end execution of liquidity workflows and partner operations across Francophone corridors, reporting to the Head of Trading & Treasury. This is high-impact individual contributor work combining analytical rigor with operational ownership. You'll ensure liquidity is optimised, trades are executed accurately, and regional operations run seamlessly in a fast-paced, cross-border environment. You won't just report on performance — you'll drive it daily, forecasting demand, executing positions, managing partner relationships, and closing the loop on every discrepancy.
Requirements
- Proven experience in Treasury Operations, FX, or within fintech and remittance environments
- Experience with XOF/XAF regions is a strong advantage
- Native-level bilingual proficiency in French and English
- Strong analytical capability with experience in forecasting, liquidity management and data-driven decision making
- Comfortable using treasury tools and building or improving models
- Solid understanding of cross-border payments, settlement cycles and reconciliation processes
- Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy
- Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with internal teams and external partners
- Experience in West African or Central African corridor operations (nice to have)
- Familiarity with specific treasury platforms such as Murex or FIS (nice to have)
- Background in payments fintech or remittance companies (nice to have)
Responsibilities
- Own daily and weekly liquidity forecasting across regional wallets and accounts
- Ensure funding levels are optimised to meet transaction demand while adhering to exposure limits
- Support and execute regional trading activity in coordination with the Liquidity Manager
- Manage currency positions within defined parameters while maintaining clear communication with the Treasury team
- Act as the primary point of contact for regional partners and aggregators
- Identify opportunities to improve partner performance and processes
- Take full ownership of the reconciliation lifecycle
- Track funds across the settlement chain and resolve discrepancies
- Ensure accurate reporting to Finance and Group teams
- Serve as the regional subject matter expert on settlement trends, partner performance and operational risks