Job Opportunities Front Office and Market Risk Manager Treasury

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Front Office and Market Risk Manager Treasury - Your future role

The Front office and Market risk manager is a position within Group Treasury. This position is responsible for the identification measurement and mitigation of all market risks. These risks include foreign exchange (FX) interest rate (IR) financing and M&A opportunities. The managers scope spans across the Groups global industrial operations. The role holder governs the hedging framework. The role holder structures the financing both short-term and long-term of the group. The role holder is also responsible for all ad-hoc activities related to M&A and special corporate transactions. Ensures compliance with IFRS 9 hedge accounting requirements and provides strategic risk advisory to the Head of Treasury and the CFO.

You will be based in Vernier and report to the Head of Treasury and Risk Management.

Your main responsibilities:

FX & Market Risk Management

Define and maintain the Group FX risk management policy including hedge ratios tenor limits and approved instrument types (forwards options cross-currency swaps)

Oversee the end-to-end hedging process: exposure identification strategy formulation execution and effectiveness monitoring

Manage transactional and translational FX exposures across all operating currencies with focus on high-volatility markets (e.g. Argentina Egypt Nigeria and other EM currencies)

Lead interest rate risk management including fixed/floating mix optimization and duration management of the debt portfolio

Manage the risk related to the LTIP program.

Organize all the special corporate transactions.

IFRS 9 Hedge Accounting & Compliance

Ensure all hedging relationships are documented and qualify for hedge accounting under IFRS 9

Advise on the classification of intercompany loans as quasi equity and the treatment of FX differences through OCI

Collaborate with Group Accounting to ensure correct P&L and balance sheet presentation of all derivative positions

Strategic Advisory & Reporting

Provide regular market risk reporting to the Group Treasurer CFO and scenario stress testing

Control the compliance with the policy of the annual hedging strategy aligned to the Groups Free Cash Flow (FCF) targets

Advise on FX possible effects of M&A activity capital structure decisions and intercompany funding arrangements

Governance & Infrastructure

Maintain the Treasury Management System (TMS) for trade capture valuation and risk reporting

Ensure compliance with counterparty credit limits ISDA/CSA agreements and EMIR/regulatory reporting obligations

Promote the digital transformation of market risk processes including automation of deal capture confirmation matching and MTM reconciliation

Team Leadership

Lead develop a team of 2 people in the front office

Foster a high-performance culture development plans and succession planning

Coordinate with regional treasury centres to ensure policy execution globally

You have:

University degree in Finance Economics or related discipline

At least 7 years of progressive experience in treasury market risk or financial risk management

Expertise in FX and interest rate risk management within a multinational industrial or manufacturing environment

Hands-on experience with Treasury Management Systems (SAP)

Experience managing hedging programs.

Strategic thinking with the ability to translate market views into applicable hedging strategies

Comfort with derivative structures

Stakeholder management

Commercial knowledge and understanding of how market risk impacts industrial P&L and cash flows

Compliance mindset

Our Benefits:

Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus

Global exposure in a industrial group with operations worldwide

Opportunity to shape the market risk and hedging strategy for a multi-billion-CHF organisation

Flexible working arrangements ( 1 day home office) and international career opportunities.

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