Liquidity Management Manager, Africa Regions

About the role

Standard Bank Group is hiring a Liquidity Management Manager for its Africa Regions, based in Johannesburg. The role guides the Global Markets Africa Regions Treasury and GM Sales teams on building the Money Market client franchise and strengthening Treasury portfolio management and cash and liquidity management. It also supports collaboration between in-country and Group Treasury teams to optimise Net Interest Income, returns on the High-Quality Liquid Assets portfolio and the use of surplus liquidity.

Key responsibilities

• Work with in-country GM Sales and Marketing to promote the Money Markets value proposition and grow client relationships.
• Help develop investment strategies that maximise NII returns on the HQLA portfolio while staying within risk appetite and capital constraints.
• Contribute to product profitability standards, revenue targets and the Money Markets strategy and value proposition.
• Support in-country Treasury and GM Sales in sourcing and using data, market intelligence and industry trends to find innovation opportunities.
• Provide thought leadership on pricing, including Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP), and on interest rate risk and endowment hedging.
• Develop and distribute cash, liquidity and collateral reporting and metrics, and help implement limits, instruments, products and systems to improve centralized cash liquidity management.
• Advise on liquidity risk consequences of execution, interbank and cash liquidity distribution, and on surplus US dollar deployment.
• Monitor market developments and advise CIB leadership on deposit trends and product strategy.

Required profile

• First degree in Finance and Accounting.
• 1-2 years of experience in Global Markets.
• Knowledge of Global Market trading systems and of market rules and regulations.
• Understanding of financial and global markets, economic drivers, risk and regulatory environments.

Required skills

• Basel III liquidity risk requirements.
• Risk management strategies and trading techniques, including hedging, options, derivatives, futures, swaps and trading limits.
• Technical competencies listed include call reporting, compliance, digital analytics and reporting, and product and services knowledge.