Money Market Dealer at Co-operative Bank of Kenya

The Role

Specifically, the successful jobholder will be required to:

• Manage daily liquidity positions, including balancing Nostro and central bank accounts.
• Invest surplus funds and source funding via overnight deals, repos, Treasury Bills, and bonds.
• Support funding requirements during liquidity shortfalls.
• Execute money market, fixed income, and repo transactions within approved limits to meet targets.
• Implement Treasury strategies across products and customer segments.
• Monitor market conditions and interest rate movements.
• Prepare treasury blotters, liquidity reports, and provide timely market updates.
• Maintain strong relationships with interbank counterparties to secure competitive rates.
• Keep internal stakeholders informed on prevailing market rates.
• Ensure compliance with central bank regulations, internal policies, AML requirements, and market conduct standards.
• Support Asset Liability Management (ALM) through funding mix optimization and interest rate risk management.
• Contribute to balance sheet optimization initiatives.

Skills, Competencies and Experience

The successful candidate will be required to have the following skills and competencies:

• A Bachelor’s degree in a business-related field with an ACI dealing certification.
• Treasury experience for a period of not less than 3 years.
• Market knowledge of local and international events that will impact the movements of currencies and interest rates.
• Strong analytical skills to understand various pronouncements by Central Bank and Government directives touching on the financial markets.
• Quick decision making and ability to work within a stressful environment with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interpret various sources of data and collate the same into presentations from an economic and financial viewpoint.
• Excellent communication skills both written and spoken and sound knowledge of macro-economic issues.