Treasury Trainee Officer (1 year contract)

Summary

Responsible for managing the balance sheet AFS portfolio and Treasury daily monitoring of the CACIB Singapore branch within the authorized limits and delegated trader mandate, i.e. the CA-CIB Global Liquidity Policies and the risk parameters and designated currency and product limits. Also responsible for liaising with the CA-CIB Sales Network, to provide the whole customer base with a superior service and expertise within the parameters of the overall business strategy of CA-CIB and other agreed policies.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Business Planning

• Ensure the sound and cautious management of CACIB Singapore’s liquidity
• Managing the short-term liquidity ratio and prudential ratio of CACIB Singapore Branch
• Participating to the collection of liquidity from clients, define price of liquidity in close coordination with sales
• Be aware of all economic and financial data likely to affect the market and on market changes and developments.
• Provide product pricing for both Treasury products as well as specific client transactions. Pricing must ensure that the Bank is adequately compensated for the level of principal risk and the amount of balance sheet it dedicates to specific transactions.
• Input all executed trades directly into the Front Office System

Daily duties & Administrative Responsibilities

• Price and execute all client transactions in the market sector for which responsible.
• Timely record and enter all transactions into front office systems in line with applicable procedures in effect.
• Provide best efforts in a timely fashion to resolve all trade breaks as reported by Back Office.

Management and Reporting

• Report to the Head of Treasury Singapore on the progress of the business and specific issues.

Risk

• Ensure adherence with regard to position and risk limits, market and counterparty risk.
• Adhering to given risk limits at all times
• Managing and hedging the overall risk of the credit portfolio on an intra and inter day basis

Counterparties and clients

• Represent the firm with external and internal organizations (e.g., industry or product committees, and regulatory or governing bodies).
• Ensure adherence to KYC procedures and policies

Communication

• Contribute to discussion with the other members of Treasury teams as requested and as appropriate to review business strategy and exchange any other pertinent information.
• Maintain open and constructive contact with the Global Sales Division and metiers (Commercial Banking, SFI, …)
• At any time, communicate to the management and concerned functions in case of problems.
• Work closely with back office and middle office to ensure accurate and efficient processing of trades

Key Internal Contacts

• Treasury Product Line
• Global Markets Division (GMD)
• Market Activity Monitoring (MAM) / Market Risk
• Back office/ Middle office
• IT
• Finance

Key External Contacts

• Regulators
• Counterparties
• Clients where so request by sales desk
• Brokers

Systems Used

Internal: Outlook, Office, Intranet, Kondor Plus, Blofi, Liquid, GCE,S2i

External: Reuters, Internet

Legal and Regulatory Responsibilities

• Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory and internal Compliance requirements, including, but not limited to, the Singapore, Compliance manual and Compliance policies and procedures as issued from time to time; Financial Security requirements, including, but not limited to, the prevention of Financial Crime and Fraud including reporting obligations to the Money Laundering Reporting Officer.
• Comply with Local regulatory ratios. Maintain appropriate knowledge to ensure to be fully qualified to undertake the role. Complete all mandatory training as required to attain and maintain competence.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree holder, with strong academic background in Mathematics or Science, with 1 to 2 years of full-time working experience. Prior exposure to in financial products, derivatives or related trading/ risk management activities will be an advantage. ALM and Treasury experience in dealing and management of bank’s balance sheets will be an advantage.

Requirements:

• Proactive
• Team Oriented
• Excellent Communication Skills
• Ability to think quickly, make decisions using good judgement and prioritize in busy trading situations
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• In-depth knowledge of the overall market
• IT literate preferably VBA/Power BI savvy
• Thorough knowledge of financial derivatives including market liquidity (ability to enter or exit a position) and volatility (magnitude / speed of price change), pricing and trading/hedging strategies.
• Strong numeracy, analysis and spreadsheet skills.