Associate, Liquidity Management

Standard Chartered Treasury Markets (TM) business is looking for a Dealer to join their Liquidity team in Singapore. Treasury Markets is part of the broader Treasury function and is responsible for interest rate and liquidity risk management. It is a front office function setup as a profit centre to directly face the market. TM combines an in-depth knowledge of both financial markets and B/S management, while balancing the twin requirements of profitability and risk management.
In this role, the successful candidate will be exposed to a highly dynamic area of Standard Chartered and will have the opportunity to deal in financial markets while also gaining a deeper understanding of B/S management. This role will provide the successful candidate with the exposure to the broader Treasury community, as well as the FM business.
Responsibilities
Responsibility for cash and liquidity management in multiple currencies via dealing in swaps, repos and interbank.
Participate as a Primary Dealer in MAS money market operations.
Manage liquidity risk within limits (both internal and regulatory) while driving overall B/S optimisation.
Keep abreast of market conditions and suggest trade ideas as appropriate.
Enhance B/S modelling and analysis to communicate and capture potential opportunities to senior management.
Understand and monitor key P&L drivers for Treasury Markets. Suggest risk mitigation ideas and upgrade analysis/modelling.
Estimate and plan for the internal funding and deposit taking requirements of the Bank.
Liaise with other business units to obtain the best possible view of asset pipelines and forecast liability generation.
Communicate the funding requirements/excess liquidity position with the Local Head of Liquidity. Convey capacity on limits.
Ensure adherence to all regulatory requirements and all internal liquidity metrics.
Determine the level of marketable security holdings to facilitate the Bank making payments within the local RTGS system (in relevant countries).
Raise a flag to senior management on any concerns over the Bank’s capacity to easily meet projected funding requirements.
Business
Meet all funding and deposit taking requirements whilst maintaining regulatory stress and prudent liquidity requirements.
Access the money markets as required; either with other banks directly or through interdealer broker, raising and placing liquidity to ensure liquidity limits are adhered to whilst maximising economic value to the Bank.
Being proactive in raising liquidity when it is cheap, deploying it when it is expensive.
Proactively establish and maintain good relationships with direct wholesale customers, including central banks.
Swap funding between currencies to meet liquidity requirements and to minimise funding costs.
Move funding between Treasury Markets desks as required.
Participate in local central bank operations and facilities as required.
Provide oversight to Treasury Markets Analytics in ensuring adequate intra-day liquidity to facilitate all payments/to meet pay-in obligations with CLS (in relevant centres).
Liaise with the repo desk in order to manage a stock of eligible collateral for use within the LAB or act as intraday collateral for RTGS.
Preposition eligible securities at the local central bank to be used as backstop liquidity (where available).
Forecast and advise the Treasury Markets Liquidity Manager should there be a requirement to purchase securities to meet the statutory, stress, payments or prudent requirements.
Forecast and advise Treasury-Markets Liquidity Manager, should there be a requirement to raise medium term funding.
Issuances out of SCB Singapore under the CD/CP Programme.
Operate within Treasury Market’s liquidity and credit limits.
Provide oversight to Treasury Markets Analytics in MCO, Wholesale Borrowing, Stress test, MTF and swapped funds guideline, as detailed in the GMR limits.
Flag any potential liquidity limit issues to LM Manager in advance.
Flag any potential credit limit issues to LM Manager and/or HoTreasury Markets, Singapore in advance.
Assist LM Manager and/or HoTreasury Markets, Singapore to request for temporary and permanent limits to GMR and Credit, where appropriate.
Assist LM Manager and/or HoTreasury Markets, Singapore to maintain desired ratios as directed by the Global Head of Liquidity.
Processes
Discuss and agree with The Head, Treasury Markets, Singapore to produce daily yield curves for the Bank’s marginal cost of funding in local and major foreign currencies, fixed and floating, for funds transfer from or to the rest of the Bank.
Ensure this curve encourages an overall balance of liquidity yet does not unduly disadvantage any business unit.
Provide oversight to Treasury Markets Analytics in ensuring that liquidity risk from the commercial balance sheet is being transferred to Treasury Markets as per policy.
Ensure that funding costs are accurately reflected, including the impact of stress, statutory holdings and the like.
Manage the relationship with the local key stakeholders.
Governance
Understand and be able to act on the Country Liquidity Contingency Plan.
Ensure a full understanding of what is expected of Treasury Markets if the plan is activated.
Develop and maintain strong relationships with the sources of standby and emergency liquidity, including central banks.
Actively monitor for and immediately alert senior management on any evidence that the bank could be about to encounter funding stress.
Were this plan ever to be activated, support the Liquidity Manager as the primary in-country agent for raising liquidity, under the direction of the LM Manager and/or HoTreasury Markets, Singapore.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key Stakeholders
Internal Stakeholders: Other Treasury teams, Risk, Compliance, Business Stakeholders, CEOs, CFOs, COOs, ITOs.
External Stakeholders: Clients, Local regulators & other Government Departments, Competition (other banks in respective markets).
Other Responsibilities
Embrace Here for good and Group’s brand and values in the ASEAN and Singapore Treasury-Markets team.
Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
Revenue budget from money market dealings; pre-empting tight or surplus liquidity; switching between currencies; switching between centres; bid-offer spread.
Absolute fairness in all liquidity pricing to all business units of the Bank, acting in the Bank’s best interests at all times.
Ideal Candidate Section:
5+ years' experience in money markets or a related field with a degree in Finance, Maths, Engineering or similar field.
Highly motivated individual, able to work independently, is comfortable with ambiguity, able to multi-task effectively in a fast paced environment and work well as part of a team.
Strong communication skills and the ability to liaise with a broad range of stakeholders.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills and proficient in data analysis. Python / VBA knowledge is desirable.
Degree holder in Finance, Maths, Engineering or similar field.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
Risk Management - Market / Liquidity.
Financial – Balance Sheet Management.
Financial - Yield Curves.
Bank Treasury Management – Treasury-Markets.
FM Products – Money Markets.
FM Products – Fixed Income Analysis.
Treasury Operations - Liquidity Management.
About Standard Chartered
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What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter,
we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,
with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
Time-off
including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
Flexible working
options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
Proactive wellbeing support
through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits.
A continuous learning culture
to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
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