Afreximbank - Senior Analyst, Treasury & Markets (Operations & Back Office) Cairo, Egypt

Responsibilities:

• Transaction Planning Processing and Settlement:
  • Carry out settlement action for Securities obligation in the Treasury system. This involves confirming all deals with counterparty payment notices before paying any amounts following up on rate sets with lenders and review rate sets for any deals that need repricing in the system.
  • Ensure that all treasury investments (Money market placements and others) settlement amounts are paid (upon investment value date) and received (upon maturity date).
  • SWIFT confirmations for all deals done in Treasury as soon as the deal is completed (Borrowings Investments and Derivatives).
  • Liaise with Treasury Front Office to ensure that appropriate action is taken on placements in line with liquidity objectives i.e. Liquidation/Roll-overs)
  • Maintain the treasury fool-proof diary for all due obligations. This involves downloading the daily settlement diary from the system and reconciling all deals in the system with original counterparties’ deal confirmations and other relevant source documents.
  • Ensure that processes and procedures for all treasury transactions processing flows are up to date.

• Treasury Sub-Ledger Management:
  • Responsible for the month-end sub-ledger closing activities.
  • Ensure that the Fees for all facilities are paid on time.
  • Ensure that the reconciliation between TMS and Core Banking system is matched

• Treasury Bank Accounts Management
  • Monitor treasury-related payment processing i.e. funding between banks between Nostros
  • Manage Liquidity between nostro accounts for Afreximbank by providing advice to internal stakeholders on the appropriate Bank for payment processing.
  • Provide operational support to Afreximbank’ s subsidiaries including PAPSS settlement.

• Treasury Investigations and Reporting
  • Manage the treasury transaction queries and investigations.
  • Review of daily messages received from counterparties for treasury relevance and directing to specific members of the team for action.

• Other
  • Any other duties that may be assigned to the role holder by Senior Management from time to time.

Requirements: Qualification and Skill

• A first degree in a relevant discipline i.e. accounting financial management economics numerical or other related disciplines and a postgraduate degree in a relevant field. Recognised professional certification in a relevant field may be acceptable in lieu of a post graduate degree.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of the Bank's other working languages is an added advantage (French Arabic and Portuguese); and
• Demonstrate organisational and planning skills.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience working in a treasury settlement function either in a corporate institution but preferably in the financial services industry.
• Previous experience in a treasury environment and good understanding of treasury operations.
• An experience in working with Treasury Management Systems
• Operational experience in a financial department with minimal systems understanding.
• Understand and adhere to the Bank's AML Regulatory and Conduct Compliance policies and procedures notably: Staff Handbook (has code of conduct provisions)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Counter Financing of Terrorism and Counter Proliferation Financing
• Conflicts of Interest and Policies on Staff Involvement in External Engagements/Activities
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption Insider Trading Guidelines

Contractual information:

• Renewable 6-month contract
• Willing and able to relocate to Egypt for the opportunity
• Suitably qualified candidates from all African & Caribbean nationalities are encouraged to apply

Caleb Ebrahim

Recruitment Consultant

Finance Fintech & IT

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