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    "description": "<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">About Cellulant:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https://cellulant.io/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Cellulant</span></a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> is Africa’s leading payments company, providing seamless, secure and innovative solutions that empower businesses, banks, and global brands to thrive in a fast-changing global economy. </span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\"><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34)\">With a presence in over </span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: bold\">24 countries and 200+ payment methods</span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34)\">, including cards, bank transfers</span><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 46)\">, and mobile money</span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34)\">, our </span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: bold\">single API payment platform, Tingg</span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34)\">, simplifies collections, disbursements, and reconciliations. It processes over </span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-weight: bold\">4.5 million transactions daily </span><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34)\">for market leaders </span><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 46)\">across</span><br><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 46)\">sectors such as</span><br><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 46)\">Airlines, Telecoms, E-commerce, Ride-Hailing, Retail, and Remittances. </span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34)\">By simplifying how people pay and get paid, we drive trust, commerce and scale – and connect companies to their ambitions</span><br></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><br></span><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Our Story:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Across Africa, payments are more than transactions. They are gateways to prosperity, connecting people, businesses and communities to opportunities and growth.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">From enabling a logistics company in Lusaka to pay suppliers across borders, to enabling a hospitality brand in Lagos to scale effortlessly, to supporting an airline in Nairobi to reconcile payments from multiple platforms, Cellulant is the bridge that makes it all possible. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Through trusted technology and customer-centric innovation, we build connections that inspire progress, strengthen economies and transform payments into a tool for progress.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Since our founding in 2003, we've continuously adapted and grown, leveraging our experiences to simplify payments for businesses. We are driven by an unshakable belief that seamless people-centred payments are the key to unlocking prosperity. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Today, Cellulant powers online and offline payment processing, allowing businesses to collect payments, send payouts, and accelerate business growth.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Our Mission: </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To deliver seamless, secure and innovative payment solutions for businesses. </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Our Vision:</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> </span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">To create a connected world where businesses move money as easily as they share ideas.</span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Role Overview: </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">As Principal : Treasury Operations, you will oversee daily back-office treasury operations across multiple African regions with diverse economic and regulatory environments. You will ensure smooth and timely execution of all treasury-related activities, linking back-office operations with regional teams and external financial institutions.</span></p>\n<p><br><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-weight: bold\">What You'll do:</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Settlement Management &amp; Reconciliation</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Liaise with Merchants Operations team to obtain daily settlement amounts, ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and processed on time.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Upload manual settlements as per settlement files, verify transactions, and ensure bank charges are correctly applied.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Ensure timely liquidation and reconciliation of funds from alternative payment methods, mobile money platforms, and aggregators.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Support settlements across the group, coordinating with internal teams and external financial institutions to ensure accurate merchant transaction settlement.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"> Liquidity &amp; Cash Flow Management</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Update and maintain daily cash position files, ensuring all cash balances and outstanding settlements are accurately captured.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Monitor and manage daily liquidity requirements to ensure sufficient funds for operations and merchant settlements across multiple regions.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Assist in developing and maintaining merchant liquidity forecasts to meet obligations.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Execute operational foreign exchange transactions required for settlements and liquidity management.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Optimize cash flow management, ensuring efficient use of funds without holding excessive idle cash.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Prepare reports supporting cash flow forecasting and financial planning.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\"> Treasury Operations &amp; Execution</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Manage back-office treasury functions, including fund transfers, bank account management, and transaction reconciliation.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Implement and maintain processes to ensure accuracy and compliance in treasury operations.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 12pt\">Implement and maintain processes to ensure accuracy and compliance in treasury activities, including participating in operational automation projects (e.g., settlements, reconciliations, and fund transfers)</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(34, 34, 34); 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As our Principal: Treasury Operations, you are the critical bridge between our regional execution teams and global banking partners. You aren't just managing transactions; you are safeguarding our liquidity, minimizing financial risk, and ensuring that our cross-border operations remain seamless and resilient. Your oversight guarantees the financial stability that enables our business to scale with confidence.</p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(53, 152, 219); font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">Why Work for Us?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">At Cellulant, we are more than a payments company: we are bridge-builders. We believe that by simplifying the way people pay and get paid, we are connecting companies to their ambitions, people to opportunities, and Africa to the global economy. Our work goes beyond payments—it’s about what people, businesses, and communities can do when the movement of money becomes more dependable, seamless, and secure. </span></p>\n<p><br></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt\">Some exciting things about us...</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">We have an extensive footprint: </span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">We have an office presence in 10 countries, and our products serve 24 countries across Africa, with a global workforce of about 300 employees. </span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">We believe innovation is at the heart of Fintech:</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> Thousands of market leaders and top enterprises trust our technology to power their payments. Our customers are in various sectors, including financial services, travel and hospitality, telecom, e-commerce, remittance companies, SaaS, and the gig economy. </span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">We support a diverse and inclusive workforce:</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> We focus on the growth and development of our employees through well-developed, individualised career paths, ensuring you reach your full potential in a supportive and delivery-oriented environment. </span></span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Inter, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold\">We put our employees first:</span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"> <span>At Cellulant, your contribution is rewarded competitively. We use clear career levels and role titles, and benchmark our base pay against data and a well-established internal process. 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