Treasury Officer
Your tasks
Liquidity & Cash Flow Management
- Manage daily cash positions and forecast daily/weekly liquidity needs to ensure smooth operational disbursements and loan funding.
- Monitor bank account balances, perform bank account management, and optimize cash balances across clearing and settlement accounts.
- Maintain adequate statutory and operational liquidity buffers in compliance with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) regulations and internal risk thresholds.
Funding & Deposit Mobilization
- Drive corporate, institutional, and high-net-worth individual (HNWI) deposit mobilization initiatives to support funding needs.
- Structure investment and deposit products (Fixed Deposits, Target Savings, Notes) to minimize the company's overall cost of funds.
- Maintain strong relationship management with commercial banks, financial institutions, and money market counterparties.
Asset-Liability Management (ALM) & Investments
- Monitor Asset-Liability Mismatches (ALM), interest rate sensitivity, and maturity gaps to safeguard financial stability.
- Execute treasury investments in money market instruments, Treasury Bills, placements, and government securities to optimize yields on surplus funds.
- Prepare and present comprehensive treasury reports, interest rate analysis, and yield schedules for the Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO).
Reporting, Compliance & Risk Management
- Ensure complete compliance with CBN, NIBSS, and financial regulatory requirements regarding liquidity ratios and capital adequacy.
- Reconcile daily treasury transactions, yield computations, and settlement activity with Finance and Operations teams.
- Identify and mitigate market, counterparty, interest rate, and foreign exchange risks.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related quantitative discipline.
- Professional certification (e.g., ACI Treasury, CFA, ACCA, ICAN) is an added advantage.
- Minimum 3–5 years of progressive experience in treasury management, money market trading, or asset-liability management within a financial institution.
- In-depth understanding of money market instruments, yield computations, ALM frameworks, and CBN treasury regulations.
- Strong knowledge of Nigerian macroeconomic indicators, fixed-income markets, and interest rate dynamics.
Key Competencies
- Exceptional financial analysis, quantitative modeling, and liquidity forecasting skills.
- Strong negotiation skills for pricing deposits, placements, and institutional funds.
- Meticulous accuracy in financial calculations and treasury settlement operations.
- Uncompromising integrity and ethical behavior in managing company funds.
- Excellent reporting, presentation, and stakeholder engagement capabilities.