Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Treasury Markets professional to take charge of the Bank’s asset and liability management, ensuring optimal liquidity, effective risk management, and regulatory compliance. This role will be pivotal in securing funding for the Bank, deploying surplus resources within the Treasury portfolio, and supporting the institution’s long-term profitability.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

Treasury Markets (TM) is a front-line execution function within Treasury that plays a critical role in managing the Bank’s liquidity and capital position. The TM team serves as the first line of defence and is accountable for:

• Managing liquidity and investment portfolios
• Overseeing interest rate risk for the banking book
• Executing these functions efficiently to maximise Group Return on Tangible Equity (RoTE)
• Providing innovative solutions to internal stakeholders through market insights
• Fostering collaboration across geographies to prioritise Group-wide performance over local or regional gain

Business

Liquidity Management

• Holistically manage the liquidity position across the entire balance sheet in both local (LCY) and foreign currency (FCY)
• Ensure prudent daily and intraday liquidity management in compliance with Group policies, local regulatory requirements, payment systems protocols, and Nostro account obligations
• Adhere to statutory requirements including Cash Reserve Requirement (CRR) and Basel III ratios: Liquidity Coverage Ratio (LCR) and Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR)
• Oversee cashflow management, including inflow/outflow monitoring, reconciliations, and unmatched transaction investigation
• Manage Nostro funding, transfers, and discrepancy resolution
• Anticipate liquidity needs and advise the Head of Treasury Markets accordingly

Investment Portfolio Management

• Oversee the TM investment portfolio to balance liquidity needs with resource optimisation (Expected Credit Loss – ECL, Risk Weighted Assets – RWA, Mark-to-Market – MtM/Capital) to achieve targeted RoTE
• Deliver timely market insights to the Asset and Liability Committee (ALCO), and regional/global stakeholders
• Provide accurate forecasts of Profit & Loss (P&L) and resource consumption metrics
• Participate actively in investment portfolio management forums, contributing innovative approaches and leveraging best practices from other market

Financial Objectives

• Maximise returns by managing interest rate mismatches and risk exposures
• Source cost-efficient funding
• Maintain tight control over operating costs
• Optimise investments to manage ECL and RWA effectively

Processes

• Adhere to TM risk management frameworks and governance committee guidelines
• Escalate anomalies, suspicious activities, or operational risks immediately
• Investigate operational losses and implement preventative measures
• Approve key daily reports including Treasury Risk, Group Market Risk, and P&L reports

P&L Tracking

• Monitor P&L daily, investigate anomalies with TM Product Control (PC)
• Communicate Inter-Transfer Pricing (ITP) and Funds Transfer Pricing (FTP) rates to relevant stakeholders

Pricing & Deal Execution

• Produce daily yield curves for marginal cost of funding across currencies and tenors
• Respond to stakeholder queries on non-standard pricing, break funding costs, and off-rate sheet quotes
• Record all executed trades promptly and accurately in compliance with policies

Risk Management

• Maintain awareness of regulatory ratios and simulate the impact of large trades
• Monitor compliance with liquidity, Treasury Risk, Market Risk, and Credit limits
• Flag potential breaches to the Head of TM
• Lead strategic and operational balance sheet risk management initiatives, ensuring adherence to Group and local statutory requirement

Governance & Compliance

• Maintain strong awareness of regulatory expectations and the Group’s conduct standards
• Lead by example in embedding ethical behaviour, regulatory compliance, and professional integrity
• Ensure compliance with the Bank of Uganda Financial Markets Code of Conduct

Stakeholder Engagement

Internal:

• Financial Markets Desks, Country ALCO members, Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB) leadership, Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB) teams, Finance, Product Control, Market Risk, Credit Ris

External:

• Local bank treasurers and dealers, Central Bank officials, and relevant Treasury market counterparts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, or related field
• Association Cambiste Internationale Financial Markets Association (ACIFMA) Dealing Certification
• Strong numerical and analytical skills with advanced Microsoft Excel capability
• In-depth understanding of Treasury Markets, liquidity management, regulatory compliance, and pricing
• Relationship management skills to engage internal and external stakeholders effectively
• Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and make quick, sound decisions in fast-moving market conditions

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.