1. Strategic:
   • To assist Treasurer in preparation of annual budget.
   • To regularly review business performance and monitor against budget and also benchmark with competitors.
   • To apply expertise in a toolkit involving primary and secondary market, customer, and competitor research, financial and operational analyses primarily focused on sales growth and marketing effectiveness, and synthesis of business insights and implications that will help drive cross-functional development of exceptional marketing and brand strategies.
   • To analyze and provide KRI and KPI analysis along with commentary to Treasurer.
   • To ensure that product programs are available and updated for all Treasury products.
2. Operational Management :
   • To ensure that adequate controls are in place and are being complied with to satisfy daily and monthly reporting requirements. Ensure that all audit issues are dealt with in an agreed time frame.
   • To challenge current processes, with the view to improving efficiency.
   • Participate and positively contribute towards the functional management team.
   • Apply in-house standards for risk management, price testing and reserving across the products, developing the processes where appropriate.
   • Assist the front office by enhancing the risk management and product control support in line with business development.
   • To ensure an updated business continuity plan is available at all times.
   • To coordinate with audit teams and Central Bank examiners.
   • To closely work with Middle Office in Treasury Operation for developing control MIS reports and review same on daily basis with a summarized reporting to Treasurer.
3. Support other Treasury businesses by :
   • Developing and providing scenario analysis as and when required
   • What if analysis for liquidity and risk management with proposed pipeline deals.
   • Assist in building compliance culture within the Bank by monitoring Treasury’s full compliance with all approved policies.

Minimum Requirements:

• MBA with excellent conceptual and practical knowledge of financial markets.
• Ideally an experienced commercial banker with a thorough understanding of the operating environment dynamics, banking products and management structures of a large and successful commercial bank..
• Strong network of personal contacts is essential for competent performance in this role.
• Strong interpersonal skills and high levels of maturity to manage interaction with different Business Units in the Bank especially in the matrix organization structure / Global lines of business..
• Strong analytical and communication skills to gain approval of Treasurer, ALCO members and Board for complex strategies and funding solutions.
• Ability to articulate market views and translate into trading strategies
• Extensive Treasury and Risk Management knowledge, with a thorough understanding of FX, Money Markets, Fixed Income and Derivative Products.
• Good working knowledge of Treasury Operations and Treasury Finance.
• Strong achievement orientations and an ability to work under pressure.
• Fully conversant with Reuters, Bloomberg and other financial systems; Central Bank guidelines; ALCO, Credit and Market Risk policies;
• Sharia’a principles and guidelines.