As an Associate Treasury Officer, you will (i) manage the daily cash flow positions of assigned currencies across portfolios to determine the investment horizon for available funds; (ii) implement investment transactions in money market and foreign exchange; (iii) help implement currency realignment and rebalancing exercises; and (iv) provide advanced technical support in the implementation of Asset and Liability Management (ALM) policies and financial resource mobilization exercises; (iv) act as a full back-up staff for Treasury Officers in our Manila Headquarters (HQ) for business continuity purpose.

You will:

Cash Planning

• Oversee the planning and management of daily cash flow positions.
• Monitor maturing investments for money market placement, renewal, or withdrawal.
• Ensure the update on cash flows.

Investment Transaction Execution

• Implement investment transactions in money market and foreign exchange, in the best interests of ADB and together with ALM policies and established guidelines and procedures.
• Provide technical support to portfolio manager in charge of collateral management.
• Validate correctness of market data inputs from Reuters and Bloomberg based on assigned portfolios.
• Stay informed about local regulatory requirements associated with assigned portfolios.
• Oversee currency purchase requirements for loan disbursements, administration expenses and loan service payments.
• Support the setup and preparation for processing of new investment instruments.
• Ensure integrity of trade data.

ALM and Financial Policies

• Participate in interdepartmental committees relating to funding requirements and other ALM issues.
• Work with other units to facilitate information gathering and monitoring of TD’s overall funding, investment, and cash management operations.
• Provide technical support for and implement currency realignments, fund transfers, and financial resource mobilization exercises.

Coordination

• Communicate with other units and departments to address issues in respect of transactions implemented.
• Work with portfolio managers, middle- and back- office staff, counterparty banks and other financial institutions.

Counterparty Risk Management

• Ensure compliance of counterparty limits with relevant risk reports.
• Stay informed about market developments and news to anticipate ratings actions that may help investment counterparts.

Systems Development

• Help develop front-office systems.
• Participate in reviewing established procedures and initiating changes to enhance operational efficiency.
• Support the implementation and documentation of new business processes.

Business Continuity Program

• Participate in business continuity planning exercises and update documentation requirements (test scripts, updated contact details of counterparty institutions, depository banks and custodians).
• Work with external auditors and other staff during annual attestation exercises.
• Prepare as a back-up staff for Treasury Officers in HQ

Others

• Support and provide backup coverage to other members of the trading assistants’ team.
• Perform ad hoc tasks as may be assigned and reflected in your work plan.

Qualifications

You will need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or other related fields preferably with advanced training
• At least 5 years relevant experience in international fixed income investment operations with trading background using Bloomberg and Reuters Dealing 3000
• Experience of ADB and similar multilateral development bank’s investment operations in money market, foreign exchange, securities lending and repo markets
• Solid knowledge of fixed income investment instruments in major markets and related clearing systems, international bond market and foreign exchange market practices, and international payment systems and practices
• Analytical proficiency and numerical ability
• Ability to evaluate data, draw conclusions and conduct comprehensive financial analysis
• Proficiency in computer software commonly used at ADB and multilateral development banks, and specialized Treasury-related software
• Experience with relevant Treasury and ADB-wide policies, procedures, guidelines and reporting formats.
• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Technical Local staff grade TL4.