Junior Front Office Treasury Officer

Ameropa, founded in 1948, is a Swiss, privately owned international agri-business focused on producing, originating, and marketing fertilizers and grains. As part of the global supply chain, Ameropa contributes to feeding communities around the world. The company’s headquarters are in Binningen, Switzerland, near Basel, with regional offices across all five continents. Ameropa invests globally in assets that support its core business activities and long-term growth.

Team members join a diverse, international environment with a clear mission and strong industry presence.

We are seeking a Junior Treasury Officer to support our group treasury activities, with a strong focus on front-office operations, foreign exchange, short-term investments, and liquidity optimisation. This is an opportunity for a motivated professional with less than 5 years of experience who already has a sound foundation in treasury or financial markets and is keen to deepen their market understanding, judgement, and intuition through active involvement in front-office activities.

The role is primarily focused on front-office and market-facing activities, combining increasing day-to-day ownership with guidance from experienced Treasury colleagues. The successful candidate will contribute actively to FX, investments, funding, market analysis, reporting, and transaction follow-up. Cash-management responsibilities remain limited to backup coverage when required.

• Support and progressively take ownership of daily FX activities, including exposure monitoring, market analysis, deal preparation, trade entry, confirmations, settlement follow-up, and internal reporting, within established limits and controls
• Monitor and interpret FX rates, interest rates, bank quotes, macroeconomic developments, and market trends, highlighting relevant observations for the Treasury team
• Support short-term investment activities, including obtaining and comparing bank quotes, preparing recommendations, recording transactions, monitoring maturities, and producing related reporting
• Support funding transactions and assess available liquidity, investment, and borrowing alternatives, presenting clear comparisons to senior Treasury colleagues
• Analyse pricing and performance to contribute to the optimisation of FX execution, investment returns, funding costs, and liquidity utilisation
• Provide backup support for daily cash positioning and liquidity monitoring when required, ensuring continuity of core treasury operations
• Provide backup support for cash flow forecasting and short-term liquidity planning when required, primarily to support FX, investment, and funding decisions
• Prepare market summaries, pricing comparisons, and front-office reports, connecting market movements with potential implications for FX, investments, and funding
• Interact directly with banks and trading counter parties to request quotes and follow up on execution, confirmations, documentation, and settlement under established procedures
• Ensure that FX, investment, and funding transactions are accurately recorded in the Treasury Management System (Kyriba)
• Perform transaction checks, investigate confirmation, settlement, and maturity discrepancies, and
  ** escalate
  * * material issues when required
• Support improvements, automation, and standardisation of front-office processes, controls, and reporting
• Follow internal treasury policies, counter party limits, controls, and approval procedures
• Support treasury projects, testing activities, and system enhancements as required

• Master’s degree in finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field
• Relevant professional experience in treasury, banking, financial markets, or a related…