Senior Associate, Regional Treasury

0004 Checkout MENA FZ-LLC; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

0004 Checkout MENA FZ-LLC is seeking a Senior Associate for their Regional Treasury team in Dubai. The candidate will manage critical prudential and market risks, focusing on FX, cash, liquidity, and capital management.

The ideal applicant has a minimum of 5 years of experience in Treasury, particularly in Prudential Treasury and Markets, with a deep understanding of the related regulatory frameworks. The role involves overseeing daily liquidity positions and executing liquidity management strategies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Treasury experience in Prudential Treasury and Treasury Markets.
• Understanding of UAE/MENA regulatory frameworks.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with modeling experience.

Responsibilities

• Monitor daily liquidity positions and manage FX requirements.
• Develop liquidity management strategies and undertake forecasting.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding regulations for merchant funds.

Skills

Treasury experience

Market risk management

Liquidity management

FX trading

Analytical skills

Tools

Bloomberg

FX ALL

Job description

Company Description

Checkout.com – a global payment platform powering billions of transactions for customers and merchants worldwide. We operate across 19 offices spanning six continents, with our headquarters in London. Our team is fast‑moving, performance‑obsessed, and dedicated to building the future of fintech.

Job Description

Seeking an experienced, commercially minded Senior Associate, Regional Treasury (MENA) to manage critical prudential and market risk. The role involves overseeing FX, cash, liquidity, and capital management while driving compliance, supporting product launches, and shaping regional strategy.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyze daily legal entities and regional liquidity positions.
• Develop basic models and execute liquidity management strategies.
• Undertake forecasting and establish controls and funding management frameworks to mitigate liquidity risks.
• Manage the region's day‑to‑day FX requirements.
• Enhance the FX infrastructure by adding trading counterparties and automating flows.
• Drive down FX execution costs.
• Provide key input into the merchant FX pricing process.
• Act as the primary Treasury point of contact for the Commercial team on all FX pricing decisions.
• Ensure strict compliance with safeguarding/segregation requirements for merchant funds.
• Design and utilise daily FX and liquidity MI reports to assess FX P&L and liquidity positions.
• Execute liquidity management and FX hedging strategies, including management of intra‑group funding.
• Document all Treasury policies and procedures.
• Participate in strategic new product, expansion, and regulatory initiatives, assessing funding and liquidity needs.
• Manage Treasury governance, including presenting at the regional Asset Liability Committee (ALCO) and board meetings.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of Treasury experience, primarily in Prudential Treasury and Treasury Markets/Cash Management.
• Deep understanding and hands‑on experience managing Market, Liquidity, FX, and Interest Rate Risks.
• Proven ability to trade FX, use related analytics, and utilise market data and trading systems (e.g., Bloomberg, FX ALL).
• Working knowledge of UAE/MENA regulatory frameworks (banking or Merchant Acquiring) and safeguarding regulations.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills, including basic modeling.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate complex details to senior management and build cross‑functional relationships.
• Experience in managing change, implementing new processes, and demonstrating attention to detail and proactivity.
• Payments industry knowledge is a valuable asset.