Head, Treasury Markets Nigeria at Standard Chartered Bank

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head, Treasury Markets Nigeria

Ref No: 2400002175
Location: Victoria Island, Lagos
Job: Treasury
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Permanent

Role Responsibilities
Strategy:

• Show creativity when proposing solutions to specific funding problems, engineering solutions and 'thinking outside of the box'
• Maintain strategic capability to meet stressed liquidity conditions if and when required
• Achieve Financial Budgets through:
  • Management of interest rate mismatch and risk positions to maximize returns (through P&L and MTM)
  • Sourcing diversified low cost funds
  • Managing operating costs

Business:

• Lead the way in the Asset and Liability Management committee (ALCO) forum through active participation, providing ALCO members with timely balance sheet analysis and market information, ensuring other ALCO members are always engaged in an up-to-date Balance Sheet strategy that compliments the bank's revenues aspirations.
• Propose, negotiate and regularly advise on the Funds Transfer Pricing Policy for the Bank, in a consistent manner and in compliance with the Group policies, taking into account local market dynamics
• Support ALCO in decisions relating to Capital requirements and management, proposing investment strategies, and market research
• Support development of active risk weighted assets (RWA) management and adherence to cluster targets
• Proactively manage international account standards (IAS) related issues ensuring full compliance, as well as identifying arising risks and opportunities and ensure full documentation for all hedges
• Proven ability in managing change, especially when imposed by the external environment (regulatory)
• Support and develop the payment systems and ensure the Bank's liquidity supports the capability of meeting customer payment needs
• Liaise with support services and the back office on behalf of the team to maintain the provision of high quality services to traders
• Ensure that full advantage is taken by traders of the available technology support
• Represent the Treasury market (T-M) business in projects involving the implementation of major changes in the systems technology area
• Support Financial Markets businesses by:
  • Providing funding support and competitive rates to trading and sales teams
  • Liquidity support to Group branches (London, Singapore etc) in line with Group ALCO expectation
  • Assist and coordinate with the other T-M units in the region
  • Assist in building compliance culture within the country by ensuring full compliance in T-M
• Ensure full understanding of other businesses' strategies, providing support with regards to funding and pricing requirements
• Network on behalf of the T-M business with internal customers, external market counterparties, and other Standard Chartered Bank centers, in order to solicit customer feedback, gain market intelligence, benchmark trading techniques, and enhance the Bank's profile in the market

Processes:

• Take overall responsibilities for the Investment Manager, Liquidity Manager and T-M support functions, ensuring they function as a team

People & Talent:
Manage the Human Resources for the Segment by:

• Succession Planning
• Create opportunities for each team member to develop required skills, e.g. trading skills and risk appetite, and technical knowledge, through a process of coaching, appraisal, identification and taking action of training needs, with appropriate follow up to ensure that new learning is put to effective use
• Ensure the relevant experienced staff are performing to their maximum potential and are fully engaged
• Develop a performance culture within the team, through agreeing performance targets with each team member, monitoring and regularly reporting performance against target, acknowledging good performance and ensuring that it is appropriately rewarded.
• Remain vigilant to the needs of the individuals and setting goals, which are consistent with Group standards.

Risk Management:

• Ensure Statutory (both Group and local regulations) liquidity requirements and internal group limits are adhered to
• Manage daily liquidity ensuring adherence to all internal and external limits
• Ensure that all lending and investment decisions are made within Treasury-Risk and Credit limits
• Ensure Money Laundering Prevention:
  • Ensure money laundering prevention requirements and procedures are communicated and clarified to T-M staff
  • Ensure the procedure of suspicious transactions monitoring within T-M is communicated
  • Report any issues related to money laundering prevention arising within the unit to Business MLPO
  • Vet and assist in the investigation of suspicious transaction reports originating from unit staff

Governance:

• Ensure that all compliance and local regulatory requirements are met and reported as appropriate
• Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group's Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
• Lead the Nigeria Treasury Markets team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.] *
• CBN prescribed responsibilities and Rationale for allocation.

Key Stakeholders:
External:

• Financial Markets Desk Heads and Dealers operating within the country
• Regional Head of Treasury-Risk and Treasury-Risk staffs in AME
• Country ALCO members
• Financial Markets Operations staff
• Head of CCIB and RMs in country
• Head of CPBB, and his key managers
• Heads of TM in the region
• Heads of TM in Group hubs

External:

• Central Bank of Nigeria and other Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO)
• Treasurers and Dealers of other local banks and financial institutions
• Money Brokers
• Financial Markets Dealers Association

Other Responsibilities:

• Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in Nigeria Treasury Markets Team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats).

Our Ideal Candidate
Education:

• MBA /CPA with excellent conceptual and practical knowledge of financial markets
• Minimum of 10 years post qualification experience out of which 8 years have been spent in treasury related function.

Training:

• Ideally an experienced commercial banker with a thorough understanding of the operating environment dynamics, banking products and management structures of a large and successful commercial bank
• Extensive Financial Markets and Risk Management knowledge, with a thorough understanding of Fixed Income and Money Markets
• Track record of profit generation and discipline in managing large market risk exposures
• Strong network of personal contacts is essential for competent performance in this role – with CBN, Banks and other SROs
• Strong interpersonal skills and high levels of maturity to manage interaction with different Business Units in the Bank especially in the matrix organization structure/Global lines of business
• Strong analytical and communication skills to communicate with Business Heads, ALCO and Regional and Groups Stakeholders and gain support for execution of strategy
• Strong achievement orientation and an ability to work under pressure.
• Ability to articulate market views and translate into trading strategies.
• Membership - FMDA
• Certifications - ACI
• Languages - English

Role Specific Competencies:

• Market Knowledge
• Governance Oversight and control
• Financial Products and Markets
• Knowledge of organization 
• Governance, Regulation and Risk Management – Corporate governance
• Business Markets
• Treasury Markets
• Analytical Thinking 

Application Closing Date
8th March, 2024.