Treasury Officer

Join Our Mission to Foster Prosperity in Asia

Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the future of Asia and be a catalyst for positive change We are thrilled to offer a unique opportunity to become an important part of the prestigious Asian Development Bank (ADB). At ADB our mission is simple yet powerful: to alleviate poverty and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Organizational Setting and Reporting Relationship

The position of Treasury Officer is assigned to the Treasury Quantitative Analysis Unit (TDOT-QAU) within the Treasury Department (TD). You will be based at our Resident Mission Office in Thailand.

You will report to designated International Staff and Senior Officer.

Your Role

As a Treasury Officer you will be responsible for quantitative and analytical support to funding investments asset and liability management (ALM) and financial policy business teams. The main responsibilities include: (i) supporting innovative and structured debt issuance and investment trades by ensuring timely configuration and processing of static data and market data along with providing functional troubleshooting for deal capturing settlement valuation risk management and Asset and Liability Management (ALM) analytics; (ii) supports Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) operations through effective systems administration and data management; and (iii) participating in business requirements and testing of treasury applications to achieve greater straight-through-processing enhance analytics and improve operational efficiency. Additionally the position will support the implementation of TDs Organization Resilience (OR) strategies.

You will:

A. Delivery of Quality Data and Analysis to Support Innovative and Structured Debt Issuances/Investment

• Configure and maintain market and static data (including bond definition) in the treasury core applications for multiple structures and currencies. This includes following market data conventions and pricing policies to ensure prompt and accurate valuation settlement cashflow event and risk measurement.
• Implement and improve ADB market data management (covering pricing guidelines and market data derivation for fair valuation); comprehend the market data required for pricing risk measurement settlement for new structures new currencies and extended tenors.
• Ensure the data integrity and quality of the reference market data along with automated data reconciliation and verification (through Market Data Middleware). Collaborate directly with the market data vendors on price challenges and ensure quality data is available.
• Participate in automating standardizing and optimizing the sourcing and coverage of market data from external providers (such as Bloomberg and Refinitiv) to different banking application systems.
• Provide support in analyzing and troubleshooting operational pain points promptly. Document business knowledge and lessons learned (including data/validation errors and related trouble shooting resolutions) in a structured manner and shares insights with the team to foster continuous improvement.

B. Treasury Core Applications Functional Analytics and SWIFT Operations Support

• Support treasury core applications (such as Finastra Summit and Numerix OneView) at functional level. Participate in users acceptance testing and regression testing during the application upgrades hotfixes and the deployment of new modules. Undertake user administration role of treasury applications.
• Analyze and troubleshoot issues and propose timely solutions to ensure reduced operational risk and minimum downtime of Treasury operations including settlement payment pre-deal pricing accounting portfolio valuation and post-deal risk analysis.
• Participate in the design development and implementation of treasury core applications such as Finastra Fusion Capital Summit Numerix and other similar vendor solutions at functional levels.
• Participate in the enhancement trouble shooting and maintenance of ALM dashboard reports (including funding cost margin and net carry reports) and financial projection models; provide analytical support for new financial products.
• Support SWIFT operations by processing: (i) SWIFT message reconciliations; (ii) SWIFT message and relationship management application (RMA) with depository correspondent banks worldwide requests; and (iii) quarterly SWIFT user access review.

C. Budget Planning Contract Management and Client Management

• Collaborate with market data vendors (including negotiation procurement and staff training) and ensure timely sourcing of financial data. Contribute to the budget planning of financial data services.
• Help administer contracts for third-party services such as Bloomberg Fenics Refinitv and ICE including provision of existing/new subscriptions payment processing data administrator and reconciliation new service and change of service requests; propose efficiency in invoice processing and contract management.
• Perform role of administrator (e.g. Bloombergs Access Point on Demand Terminal User Profile Set-up FX Go Administrators and exchange products access) and help improve governance around access to transaction products and financial subscription.

D. Business Continuity

• Ensure the business continuity of the Treasury applications by independently handling the activities noted above including market data static data system administration SWIFT operations support and advanced functional troubleshooting.

You will need:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent in finance business administration computer science/information technology accounting or related disciplines preferably with advanced training.
• At least 8 years of relevant professional experience handling market data static data and SWIFT operations within Treasury of a financial institution. Solid understanding of funding investments and ALM.
• Hands-on knowledge of treasury core applications such as Finastra Summit and Numerix OneView solutions. Sound knowledge of treasury operations covering areas such as financial markets derivative instruments market data and trade life cycle.
• In-depth knowledge on sourcing and handling of market data (from external providers such as Bloomberg Refinitiv Fenics and ICE) and market data configurations in treasury core application for pre-deal pricing valuation settlement risks and cashflow event reporting.
• Demonstrated knowledge of SWIFT System including message handling reconciliation relationship management application and security aspect.
• Knowledge of Power BI and Python is an advantage.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Please refer to the link for ADB Competency Framework for Technical Local Staff grade TL5.

Additional Information

This is a re-advertisement. If you have previously applied you do not need to resubmit an application. Applications received in response to previous posting will be considered together with applications received in response to this advertisement.

This opening is a local staff position. It is open only to nationals and residents of Thailand.

This is a fixed term appointment with option to renew for an initial period of three (3) years following Section 3.1 (b) of Administrative Order No. 2.01 (Recruitment and Appointment). This appointment is not convertible to a regular appointment. At the end of the initial period this appointment may be renewed for a period of up to three years or not renewed. There is no limit on the number of renewals. This appointment is open to internal and external applicants.

About Us

Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution headquartered in Manila Philippines and is composed of 69 members 49 of which are from the Asia and Pacific region. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous inclusive resilient and sustainable Asia and the Pacific while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. ADB combines finance knowledge and partnerships to fulfill its expanded vision under our Strategy 2030.

ADB only hires nationals of its 69 members.

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