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Support the ALM manager in

• Oversight of the Middle Office operations

• Set the tone and culture of the unit in accordance with Bank’s values

• Maintain up to date policies and procedures and internal control mechanisms to ensure compliance with both internal and regulatory limits.

• Internal control

• Build infrastructure, internal controls for the Bank Treasury and ensure adherence to internal policies and procedures, dealing mandates, regulatory requirements to avoid penalties and any reputational issues.

Financial and regulatory reporting

• Prepare financial reports from the Treasury system and core banking systems to enable decision making and ensuring compliance with regulatory guidelines.

• P&L Reporting: Prepare and analyze 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 recommend actions for balance sheet optimisation to the Assets & Liabilities Manager.

• Prepare Central Bank reports relating to liquidity, maturity profiling and daily FX 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

• Prepare ALCO, Board, MRCC inputs for management decision making

• 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

• Support the Assets & Liabilities Manager as an 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

• Support 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.

• 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.