Head Treasury at National Bank of Kenya

Position Summary and Key Responsibilities

Position Scope:

This position is responsible for overall management and leadership of the Bank’s Treasury function.

Key Responsibilities

• Generate money market and fixed income policies that efficiently manage the bank’s liquidity.
• Ensure the ALM team complies with the money market policies as approved by the Board of Directors.
• Actively participating in the generation and testing of new products such as horizontal repos which would enhance the lending and borrowing capability of the bank.
• Conducting training of junior money market dealers and interns.
• Preparation and review of ALM reports,(Gap Analysis, ALCO Reports, Balance Sheet, Deposit Analysis)
• Manage interest rate risk AFS book and HTM Book.
• Represent the organization in Fixed Income Associations and introduce new fixed income products in the market.
• Provide training on fixed income trading and money markets to staff members in the dealing room and the bank.
• Efficiently managing the banks investment portfolio.
• Generate revenues to meet the set targets.
• Manage interest rate risk and Exchange rate risk for the bank
• Efficiently managing the banks investment portfolio.
• Develop and implement bank's policies and procedures
• Implement CBK regulations and guidelines.
• Develop dealer, portfolio, trading, and bank limits.
• Maintain of counterparty relationships, accounts, credit/trading limits and correspondence.
• Maintain of external relationships with regulators (CBK, CMA, Media) and market bodies.
• Mobilize deposits from fund managers, banks, corporate clients, and offshore counterparties to fund the balance sheet.
• Manage pricing of the banks liabilities.
• In charge of writing, reviewing, and implementation of bank and treasury policies

Position requirements:

Qualifications, Experience,Skills& Personal Attributes:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science or related fields from a recognized institution.
• Certified Public Accountant ( CPA- K) or its equivalent
• Eight (8) years’ experience in Treasury function out of which 5 years should be at Head or senior management level in a financial institution.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and negotiation skills
• Excellent writing and presentation skills.
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Excellent decision-making and leadership capabilities
• Customer and Stake holder management skills
• Ability to work under pressure and within strict deadlines
• Entrepreneurial/Commercial mind-set
• Computer Literacy