Senior Treasury Officer

To perform specialized work encompassing division-wide responsibilities. Specifically, to be a senior member of a team of Asset and Liability Management (ALM) and financial policy professionals responsible for providing advanced analytical work necessary for ALM, financial policy formulation, financial resource mobilization, financial planning, and implementation in relation to ADB’s ordinary capital resources (OCR), Asian Development Fund (ADF) and other Special Funds.

ALM Policies and Operations
- Takes an active involvement in the research, brainstorming discussion, editing, analytical work, and finalization of strategic papers, including financial policy and financial resource mobilization papers and other periodic Board papers.
- Assists in the preparation of responses to queries and/or information requests from Management, Board members and other internal departments on matters relating to financial policies, financial resource mobilization and financial operations of ADB.
- Responsible for providing advanced quantitative analysis, and supervising the preparation, maintenance and improvement of ALM reports to support ALM decisions and management.
- Take active role in the implementation and maintenance of ALM systems to ensure the systems can provide necessary projections and scenario analysis to support financial management and planning.

Financial Resource Mobilization and Financial Analysis
- Undertakes advanced analytical work, research and technical studies relating to various aspects of ADB’s financial resource mobilization and financial policies.
- Assist in providing analytical support for the periodic ADF replenishments exercise and related midterm reviews.
- Maintains procedures, guidelines and controls to ensure integrity of financial information, and manage financial risks (such as currency risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk, overall capital adequacy and income) of OCR portfolio and ADF portfolio. Identifies discrepancies and/or excessive risk levels and proposes solutions.
- Undertakes the tasks of simplifying manual quantitative and repetitive procedures to enhance efficiency.

Coordination/Liaison on Financial and ALM Issues
- Takes active interest in ADB-wide initiatives and committees including the various funds and facilities proposed, interdepartmental comments on project and policy papers, etc.
- Interacts with other departments in understanding assets and liabilities and related assumptions, financial administration issues such as instruments of contributions, promissory notes and schedules of contributions and/or encashments.
- Interacts with business units to understand product, product composition and/or positioning, product pricing, investment strategies, hedging, funding methodologies, and ALM operational decisions to enable better policy perspective and ALM operational matters.

Client Services
- Has a good understanding of OCR, ADF, peer MDBs’ financial products, product pricing and product features.
- Provide analytical support for OCR and ADF clients’ debt management needs and requirements as needed.

OthersSupervises junior local staff, and shares knowledge and understanding of subject matter with junior staff to enhance their analytical capability, and directs them in resolving technical issues. Provides support for divisional budget activities. Identifies opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness or timeliness through automation, simplification, delegation, elimination or communication. Performs any other duties as required.

Bachelor’s degree in Banking, Business Administration or other disciplines, preferably with a professional qualification in Accounting and/or Finance and a Master’s degree or equivalent

Work Experience
- At least 8 years of experience in Banking and/or ALM with good understanding of financial accounting and banking, and financial analysis of institutions similar to ADB, and at least 4 years of supervisory experience.

Technical Knowledge
- Proven supervisory and interpersonal skills with ability to provide feedback to subordinates with ability to plan, organize and direct the activities of a work unit.
- Proficiency in computer software in common use at multilateral institutions and specialized Treasury-related software
- Solid understanding of relevant Treasury and a multilateralinstitution’s policies, guidelines and reporting formats
- In-depth understanding of the interactions between a multilateral institution’s different work areas and relevant work flows and their purpose
- Ability to analyze and understand financial and/or risk implications of lending operations; ability to exercise independent judgment and effect financial analysis of a non-standard nature.
- Ability to solve problems, and prioritize information based on its materiality.
- Must be detail-oriented with data.
- Ability to demonstrate creativity and innovation in the performance of tasks.
- A very good team player with an ability to handle highly confidential information

People and Leadership Skills
- Ability to manage and coordinate tasks among junior National Staff and Administrative Staff and liaise with concerned groups within ADB.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
- Ability to plan and coordinate schedules in order to meet deadlines.

Application of Technical Knowledge and Skills

• Applies updated advancements in own knowledge area to relevant tasks
• Applies knowledge and practical skills to independently perform some complex tasks
• Conveys the need to use updated project approaches

Client Orientation

• Delivers Divisional contributions across a variety of products and services to meet the needs of different clients
• Proposes options to clients that may better meet their needs than current approaches
• Defines and delivers to agreed standards with clients

Achieving Results and Problem Solving

• Conducts detailed research and analysis to determine appropriate methods for addressing the causes of issues
• Self-monitors achievement of results according to work plans
• Identifies different stakeholder needs and desired outcomes when planning for outcomes
• Independently solves problems and makes recommendations

Working Together

• Maintains collaborative relationships within the Department
• Works effectively with diverse colleagues in own and other Divisions and Departments
• Flexibly alters positions and adjusts previously stated points of view to support the group consensus
• Follows through on team priorities in the absence of a team leader

Communication and Knowledge Sharing

• Checks with audience’s level of understanding and awareness of required follow up actions
• Consistently seeks and addresses feedback on own performance
• Creates knowledge products endorsed for wider distribution
• Independently amends and clarifies messages and documents

Innovation and Change

• Actively supports work improvement and/or organizational change by work and deed
• Develops and adopts change plans to support Division initiatives on which one works
• Considers current and future client needs in proposing ideas
• Vocalizes early support for change
• Recommends inputs to new policies, systems and processes in immediate work area