Treasury Middle Officer Analyst
2025-05-13T13:47:37+00:00
Family Bank Ltd
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FULL_TIME
Nairobi
Nairobi
00100
Kenya
Banking
Accounting & Finance
2025-05-16T17:00:00+00:00
Kenya
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Key Responsibilities:
- Independently monitor and oversee all Treasury-related risk limits including exposure limits, stop-loss limits,
- Value at Risk (VaR), counterparty exposure, rate tolerance, trader limits, and other policy-defined thresholds.
- Promptly escalate and report limit breaches and exceptions to the Market Risk Manager, with appropriate root cause analysis and recommendations.
- Monitor and review all deal amendments, cancellations, and rebooking in real-time to detect unusual patterns or unauthorized activity; escalate any suspicious behavior or potential indicators of fraud in accordance with the bank's escalation protocols.
- Perform independent oversight of Treasury positions and ensure accurate aggregation of exposures across books, desks, and counterparties.
- Monitor intraday and end-of-day risk exposures, highlighting significant changes or emerging risks.
- Independently verify deal pricing and rate application across FX, interest rate, and money market instruments.
- Validate mark-to-market and mark-to-model valuations for traded instruments and ensure pricing sources are independent and reliable.
- Prepare and distribute daily reports on Treasury activity, including P&L summaries, deal volumes, breaches, and exception tracking.
- Reconcile the global blotter and validate that FX position movements reconcile to opening balances.
- Ensure accuracy and completeness of market data inputs, deal capture, and trade lifecycle events within the Treasury system.
- Review the risk profile and control requirements for new Treasury products prior to launch, ensuring alignment with the bank's risk appetite.
- Participate in the validation and periodic review of valuation and risk models used within Treasury.
- Liaise regularly with Front Office, Risk, Finance, and Operations to ensure a coordinated approach to Treasury control and reporting.
- Assist in testing system enhancements, upgrades, or new Treasury platforms from a control and risk perspective.
- HR Department Doc.
- Provide input into process improvement initiatives to enhance automation, reduce manual work, and mitigate operational risk.
- Ensure Treasury trading and -investment activities are conducted in accordance with internal policies, regulatory frameworks, and global best practices.
- Assist in preparing for internal and external audits, and support implementation of audit recommendations related to Treasury controls.
- Respond to ad hoc data and risk analysis requests from senior management, regulators, or other control functions.
- Contribute to strategic Treasury initiatives, such as system upgrades, risk framework enhancements, and policy revisions.
- Carry out any additional responsibilities assigned by the Market Risk Manager or Chief Risk Officer.
The Person:
- The ideal candidate must possess the following:
Qualifications/Experience:
- A bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline such as Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Professional certifications such as FRM (Financial Risk Manager), CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), ACI Dealing Certificate, CPA, ACCA, or Financial Risk & Regulation (FRR) are highly desirable and will be considered an added advantage.
- Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the banking sector, with direct exposure to Treasury operations, market risk, or Treasury product control.
- Strong proficiency in data analysis and report generation, with the ability to derive actionable insights and
- present recommendations clearly
Independently monitor and oversee all Treasury-related risk limits including exposure limits, stop-loss limits, Value at Risk (VaR), counterparty exposure, rate tolerance, trader limits, and other policy-defined thresholds. Promptly escalate and report limit breaches and exceptions to the Market Risk Manager, with appropriate root cause analysis and recommendations. Monitor and review all deal amendments, cancellations, and rebooking in real-time to detect unusual patterns or unauthorized activity; escalate any suspicious behavior or potential indicators of fraud in accordance with the bank's escalation protocols. Perform independent oversight of Treasury positions and ensure accurate aggregation of exposures across books, desks, and counterparties. Monitor intraday and end-of-day risk exposures, highlighting significant changes or emerging risks. Independently verify deal pricing and rate application across FX, interest rate, and money market instruments. Validate mark-to-market and mark-to-model valuations for traded instruments and ensure pricing sources are independent and reliable. Prepare and distribute daily reports on Treasury activity, including P&L summaries, deal volumes, breaches, and exception tracking. Reconcile the global blotter and validate that FX position movements reconcile to opening balances. Ensure accuracy and completeness of market data inputs, deal capture, and trade lifecycle events within the Treasury system. Review the risk profile and control requirements for new Treasury products prior to launch, ensuring alignment with the bank's risk appetite. Participate in the validation and periodic review of valuation and risk models used within Treasury. Liaise regularly with Front Office, Risk, Finance, and Operations to ensure a coordinated approach to Treasury control and reporting. Assist in testing system enhancements, upgrades, or new Treasury platforms from a control and risk perspective. HR Department Doc. Provide input into process improvement initiatives to enhance automation, reduce manual work, and mitigate operational risk. Ensure Treasury trading and -investment activities are conducted in accordance with internal policies, regulatory frameworks, and global best practices. Assist in preparing for internal and external audits, and support implementation of audit recommendations related to Treasury controls. Respond to ad hoc data and risk analysis requests from senior management, regulators, or other control functions. Contribute to strategic Treasury initiatives, such as system upgrades, risk framework enhancements, and policy revisions. Carry out any additional responsibilities assigned by the Market Risk Manager or Chief Risk Officer.
A bachelor's degree in quantitative discipline such as Finance, Economics, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field. Professional certifications such as FRM (Financial Risk Manager), CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), ACI Dealing Certificate, CPA, ACCA, or Financial Risk & Regulation (FRR) are highly desirable and will be considered an added advantage. Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience in the banking sector, with direct exposure to Treasury operations, market risk, or Treasury product control. Strong proficiency in data analysis and report generation, with the ability to derive actionable insights and present recommendations clearly
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