Manager, Treasury Middle Office at SBM Bank

JOB PURPOSE

The overall responsibility of Treasury middle office manager is to support the treasury team on liquidity and risk management activities including ALM and balance sheet modelling by assisting in optimum asset allocation, balance sheet optimization and costing of the balance sheet, creating and maintaining cash forecast models, assisting with management of foreign currency risk and supporting investment activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Work with finance to create and update key cash forecast models used by treasury team to support liquidity and decision making, tracking actuals versus forecasted results
• Create and maintain FX cash flow hedging forecasts, and analyze cash flow and balance sheet hedge programs
• Assist treasury in managing investments, including money markets and  bank deposits,
• Assist with treasury month end close process liaising with finance and treasury operations to ensure treasury data is accounted for accurately in treasury management system and the General Ledger.
• Maintaining treasury reports, procedures, processes and controls with an eye towards continuous improvement
• Investigation and analysis of treasury data issues on reconciliation balances – Transaction Processing vs General Ledger Reconciliation
• Engage market risk and treasury on exposure details / variance analysis / limit compliance
• Prepare, analyze and report daily T+1 Profit and Loss including value added commentary as required by traders and other stakeholders for daily Profit & Loss and business reporting requirements
• Liaise with branches, finance and back office to resolve trade and Profit &Loss exceptions/ ‘breaks’
• Monitor off market rates transactions
• Assist in clearance of branches/ traders overall positions
• Support ad-hoc treasury projects
• Support monthly ALCO process
• Be first point of call for ad hoc queries from traders and branches in regards to Treasury balance sheet items, positions and  Profit and loss
• Key point of contact for all internal and external queries relating to treasury operations.
• Identify areas of improvements and recommend corrective actions to IT or Project team
• Continually review and improve procedures assuring high level of control and accounting is maintained as well as improve efficiency
• Ensuring that the integrity of the operating environment meets audit and regulatory standards and assist in internal and external audit activities
• Ensure procedural documentation is kept up to date.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

Direct Reports to this Position:

• None 

Customers of this Position:

• Traders/Dealers/Treasurer
• Treasury Operations
• Information Technology
• Branches
• Market risk
• Finance

KEY QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCES

Knowledge; Skills and Experience required for this Role

Knowledge:

• Prior experience in Treasury Markets infrastructure, including trading systems, end to end processes relating to trade booking and deal flows, risk, finance and product control.
• Extensive knowledge of financial instruments and products including an understanding of bank regulation, accounting, valuation techniques and risk measurement

Job Experience: 

• 10+ years of experience working in a financial institution with a bias in treasury middle office or market risk.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Finance/Accounting or business related field.
• CPA (K).

Competencies required for this Role:

• Expert in use of Microsoft Office applications (excel, power point, word)
• A strong mathematical background for in-depth analysis
• Experienced problem solver with an ability to rapidly assimilate complex information across a variety of financial disciplines
• Strong interpersonal skills to liaise and meet the traders/ stakeholders demands
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across business units taking ownership and delivering results
• Ability to handle multiple initiatives simultaneously with continuous attention to detail in a fast-paced environment 
• Strong communication skills, oral and written, with ability to converse with a wide variety of people across functions.
• High energy, self-starter with a flexible and pragmatic attitude