Senior Treasury Risk Officer - Investment / Liability Activities at African Development Bank (AfDB)

Posted on Mon 05th Aug, 2013 - hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

African Development Bank (AfDB) established to strengthen dialogue between the Bank and the Government is recruiting to fill the below position:

Position Title: Senior Treasury Risk Officer - Investment / Liability Activities

Grade: PL5
Position N°: NA
Reference: ADB/13/122
Publication date: 05/08/2013
Closing date: 27/08/2013

Objectives
The Treasury Risk Management Division (FFMA3) is responsible for the identification, measurement, monitoring and mitigation of market and credit risks in the Bank’s Treasury operations. In addition to the risk management activities, the Division ensures the timely reporting of the Treasury Department activities. The Division is therefore in charge of building an efficient control framework to ensure adherence to the Bank’s Assets and Liabilities Management (ALM) guidelines and to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Finally, in fulfilling its mission, the Division provides efficient information systems and analytical support tools to the Treasury Department to improve the decision-making process.

Duties and responsibilities
Under the supervision of the Manager of the Treasury Risk Division, the incumbent’s duties and responsibilities will be as follows:

Report on the Bank’s Market Risk

Ensure the timely production of reports monitoring investment and liability activities for staff, management, the Financial Control Department (FFCO) and the Assets and Liability Management Committee (ALCO);
Ensure the timely production of market risk reports which include VaR, PFE and CVA
Performing periodic Backtesting of market risk statistics
Ensure timely production of Credit VaR reports on the treasury portfolio
Reviewing collateral documentation including ISDA/CSA and GMRA agreements for risk management issues
Performing periodic market risk stress tests and Compiling market risk reports to ALCO
Perform P&L calculation, performance attribution, hedge effectiveness for investment portfolio;
Keep abreast of developments in IFRS and their impacts on reporting activities in the financial statements.

Provide support to the Front Office Divisions for transaction and risk analysis

Review the terms of new funding proposals received by counterparties;
Analyse and assist investment officers to evaluate complex investment structures;
Communicate VaR, PFE and CVA figures to the front office and participating in the design and implementation of limits
Ensure that the Bank has the internal capacity to fair value new borrowing transactions proposed by counterparties;
Participate in the design and implementation of decision support tools that improve the efficiency of investment and liability management activities;

Ensure the proper maintenance of the key treasury systems used to monitor investment and liability management activities

Monitor the day to day use of Market Risk and Treasury pricing and monitoring systems and the integrity of market and trade data;
Maintain systems and participate in migrations to new versions to improve the accuracy of security valuations and risk reporting;
Provide feedback on the impact of configurations for Credit VaR calculations and impact on economic capital calculation
Participate in the analysis and calibration of trades in Treasury systems during audit reviews.

Ensure an efficient control framework for treasury investment and liability management activities

Monitor and report on the compliance with guidelines for investment and liability management transactions.

Selection Criteria
Including desirable skills, knowledge and experience

At least a Master's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Banking, Accounting, Economics. Professional qualification in like FRM and PRMIA will be a strong plus;
A minimum of 5 years of relevant professional experience in IFI’s, with a large scope of treasury activities;
Working experience in the implementation of Treasury credit monitoring and portfolio management models and stress testing tools used by IFI’s and/or Multilateral Development Banks;
Solid knowledge and experience with VaR (Value at Risk), PFE (Potential Future Exposure) and CVA (Credit Value Adjustment) pricing
Good knowledge of treasury financial instruments, fixed income securities, derivatives, and risk management, counterparty risk and collateral management practices.
Good mastery of standard computer applications (Microsoft office package), and competence in modelling and quantitative products
Ability to communicate and write effectively in French and/or English, with a working knowledge of the other language;
Good team worker able to communicate complex market risk concepts with strong interpersonal skills.
Familiarity with Bloomberg, Reuters, Summit, Numerix and Credit Manager risk software

Application Closing Date
27th August, 2013

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

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