Job Purpose
The purpose of the combined Product Control, Treasury Middle Office role and Assets Liabilities management is to ensure the integrity and accuracy of financial reporting related to trading activities while effectively managing liquidity and compliance with regulatory guidelines.
It is a critical role in implementation of the Treasury unit’s strategy for optimal balance sheet management. This position serves as a critical link between the front office and back office, facilitating seamless communication and collaboration to optimize operational efficiency, risk management, and regulatory adherence. By integrating product control and treasury functions, the role aims to enhance the bank's financial performance, support strategic decision-making, and uphold the highest standards of financial integrity.
The Assets Liabilities managerial role encompasses critical functions that bridge trading activities with financial reporting and risk management. This position ensures the accuracy of financial data, effective liquidity management, and compliance with regulatory standards.
Responsibilities
Liquidity management
- Prudent day to day and intraday management of the Bank’s liquidity position including compliance with local regulatory requirements and intraday liquidity requirements.
- Responsible for all cashflow management (inflows & outflows) and investigate unmatched unaccounted flows.
- Manage nostro accounts including funding requirements
- Prepare reports with Balance sheet insights – inputs into the ALCO Secretariat.
Oversight of the Middle Office operations
- Set the tone and culture of the unit in accordance with the Bank’s values
- Maintain up to date policies and procedures and internal control mechanisms to ensure compliance with both internal and regulatory limits.
Core contributor to the Bank’s strategy monitoring
- Monitor Treasury’s performance against set strategic objectives and advise remedial propositions for Balance sheet optimization.
Financial and Regulatory reporting
- Review financial reports from the Treasury system and core banking systems to enable decision making and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines.
- P&L Reporting: Review daily, weekly, and monthly profit and loss (P&L) reports for various trading desks. Ensure accuracy and provide explanations for discrepancies.
- Review reports from Treasury, Finance and Risk departments and spearhead monthly reconciliation engagements with Unit Heads.
- Reconcile front office and back-office records for consistency and accuracy.
- Flag items at risk with recommended actions for balance sheet optimization to Head of Treasury and CFO.
- Responsible for Central Bank reports relating to liquidity, maturity profiling and daily forex positions.
Performance reporting
- Analytical support in individual and segment performance key drivers within the Treasury department.
- Compile and circulate segment / customer reporting to the Business
- Manager Assets & Liabilities Management is the de-facto ALCO Secretariat with support from the Analyst Middle Office; in addition to providing key inputs to MRCC and Board papers.
- Collaborate with MIS in driving Revenue Assurance to minimize income leakages.
Any exceptions should be escalated to the CFO for remedial fixes.
- Daily reporting on key performance insights from balance sheet movements, transactional volumes, customer touch points and channels to drive real time decision making. This covers cash flow forecasts, funding gaps and risk exposures.
Product Control
- Validate the pricing and valuation of financial products, ensuring methodologies align with market standards and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure recognition, measurement of instruments complies with IFRS.
Risk & Controls monitoring
- Ensure adherence to internal policies and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and maintain controls to mitigate operational risks and enhance efficiency.
- Ensure independent oversight on a proactive basis, of the principal risk types outcome on the Treasury department.
- Check performance of Traders’ compliance with both trading limits and revaluation gains/ losses at transaction level.
Audit support
- Key audit contact point for the Treasury department.
- Facilitate internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation and explanations related to overall financial reporting and controls.
Project Management
- Spearhead project implementation for both Treasury and Finance process improvements and key in user acceptance testing for system related improvements.
Stakeholder management
- Liaise with Treasury Front and Back Offices traders, Risk, and Finance teams to communicate P&L results, address queries, and provide insights into trading performance.
Support to achieve financial budgets through
- Management of interest rate mismatch and risk positions to maximize returns.
- Accountable for accurate reporting of financial instruments in the P&L and Balance sheet in accordance with the IFRS
- Escalate and daily breaches of trading limits and gains / losses above a calibrated threshold.
- Compliance with stipulated regulatory guidelines issued by the Central Bank on Treasury related output with a zero tolerance for penalties / show cause letters.
- Drive implementation of corrective actions where system glitches may arise and collaboratively with IT push for timely resolution