Job Responsibilities:
- Oversee the liquidity of the business (Cover and optimise CCP Margin requirements, monitor sources and uses of cash and non-cash margin, review currency funding exposure, liquidity buffers and borrowing needs from Corporate Treasury)
- Manage strategy and execution of the team’s investments in reverse repos and external bank placements.
- Cover for the management of a securities portfolio held for liquidity management purposes.
- Strategize, develop and implement new initiatives to optimize firm’s use of cash and securities margin
- Understand, synthesize and assess all aspects of the team’s revenue and costs (including Capital/default fund contributions, corporate allocations, client pricing and investment returns)
- Develop a deep understanding of Central Clearing Counterparty (CCP) and inter-affiliate margin call process and methodology
- Develop and leverage subject matter expertise in CCP rules, risk management practices (i.e., portfolio margining, collateral eligibility) and operational flows
- Build and maintain relationships with key business stakeholders, CCPs and various investment sales teams and desks
- Partner with Product Development and Technology to develop a range of in-flight process improvement initiatives including automation.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Economics or a related field.
- 3+ years of relevant Treasury, Liquidity Management, Collateral Optimisation, Clearing or Fixed Income experience
- Expert quantitative, analytical and technical skills (Bloomberg, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Demonstrate track record of driving change in a technical role
- Willingness to learn, absorb and synthesize new information and concepts.
- Ability to drive automation and simplify processes
- Superior time management and multi-tasking skills to juggle live transactions, daily tasks and projects
- Strong communication skills and an ability to build and leverage cross-functional relationships
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
- Basic programming and data analytics skills (in particular Python and Alteryx, Tableau)