Head of Treasury Job in Kenya

Our client, a Commercial bank is looking to fill the role of Head of Treasury.

Role Responsibilities
  • Understand and interpret quarterly economic capital results jointly with CFO
  • Ensuring short-term liquidity of the bank
  • Ensure that the Bank meets all external and internal liquidity requirements and that proper contingency plans are in place to address excess and deficient liquidity incidences in line with the Bank’s Policies and Procedures
  • Implementation of Globally acceptable standards of risk, control, systems and processes
  • Responsible for Treasury Budget
  • Planning and analysis of economic capital and risk taking trends
  • Treasury reporting and analysis (treasury committee, capital committee and ALCOs)
  • Control the funds transfer pricing process
  • Oversee of all aspects of planning including the funding plan and capital plan
  • Product control (i.e. taking charge of mapping each product with regard to its underlying liquidity, behavior characteristics and pipeline risk)
  • Ensure the Treasury business is in line with compliance guidelines and regulatory requirements
  • Developing products for wholesale banking clients and market them jointly with wholesale relationship management group
  • Work with Head of Risk and EXCO to assess effectiveness of hedging strategy
  • Build and enhance the framework for returns and capital allocation both in the planning process and assure the bank retains flexibility to re-allocate capital during the year to the most value creating opportunities
  • Monitor the units budget and ensure that the financial targets are achieved
  • Ensure cooperation with banking units
  • Participate in formulating and executing wholesale banking strategy
Requirements
  • 10+ years of professional experience in banking treasury
  • Has significant understanding of treasury and financial markets including underlying drivers of balance sheet liquidity and drivers of capital, product behavior, risk, treasury financial planning & reporting and regulatory requirements
  • Sound understanding of risk including a keen awareness of compliance discipline
  • Proven leadership skills and excellent analytical skills
  • Holder of University Degree, preferably in the field of finance, financial engineering or mathematics
  • A Master’s degree will be an added advantage
  • Preferable qualified accountant
  • Demonstrate skills/know how in dealing, financial analysis and knowledge of financial markets.

Interested and qualified applicants should send their applications and CV’s stating their CURRENT AND EXPECTED SALARY to executivesearch@humantalentrecruit.com not later than 15th November 2015.