Liquidity & Funding Expert - CA Global Group

A leading development finance client of ours, with a strong regional presence, is currently seeking to hire a Liquidity & Funding Expert in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The successful candidate should execute BADEA’s liquidity management and funding programme. You size and steer BADEA’s liquidity portfolios, run liquidity forecasting and stress testing, and deliver the annual funding plan across long- and short-term instruments, maintaining a rating-consistent liquidity level, meeting every disbursement, and funding the Bank’s growing balance sheet at optimal cost within Board- and ALCO-approved limits.

Responsibilities:

Liquidity & Money Market Operations

• Size and steer the four liquidity portfolios (Transactional Operational, Discretionary Liquidity, Core Liquidity and Excess Liquidity) in line with the Liquidity Management Policy and their defined roles.
• Maintain liquidity above the Prudential Minimum Liquidity and within the Operational Liquidity Threshold (OLT) and defined operating range.
• Run the liquidity forecasting model and produce the Net Cash Requirement (NCR) projection from Operations’ disbursement and repayment data.
• Execute money-market transactions (deposits, reverse repos) and short-term FX swaps to manage multi-currency daily cash positions and correspondent-banking balances.
• Perform liquidity stress testing; escalate breaches and operate the Contingency Funding Plan (CFP).
• Manage the High-Quality Liquid Asset (HQLA) buffer and rebalancing across portfolios.

Debt Funding & Capital Raising

• Calculate the Net Funding Requirement (NFR) and prepare the Annual Funding Plan (AFP) based on the operational plan and Board-approved limits.
• Execute long-term issuance through the MTN programme, sized to the structural funding requirement; manage the refinancing / maturity profile and monitor the leverage cap.
• Deploy the short-term funding toolkit (Euro Commercial Paper, Discount Notes, Repo) to fund trade finance, operating liquidity and timing gaps, and reduce avoidable carry.
• Preserve regular market access and a diversified investor base; build and maintain investor relationships.
• Forward-looking: support the future evolution of the Bank’s issuance franchise toward public benchmarks, private placements and ESG / Sukuk formats as the programme matures.

Governance & Coordination

• Execute within ALCO- and Board-approved limits and escalate exceptions.
• Coordinate with Finance (settlement, accounting), Risk (independent oversight), Operations (disbursement pipeline) and the Middle Office (analytics, control).
• Contribute liquidity and funding inputs to ALCO reporting.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Economics, Banking or a related field from a recognized institution, a master’s degree is preferred.
• Minimum of eight (8) years’ experience in treasury liquidity, money markets and / or debt funding within an MDB, investment bank or central bank.
• Sound knowledge of liquidity frameworks (LCR / NSFR, HQLA, MDB survival horizons), MTN / EMTN programmes and money-market instruments (ECP, repo, discount notes).
• Familiarity with issuance documentation (programmes, prospectuses, term sheets), cash forecasting and treasury / capital-markets systems (SAP TRM today; target Capital Markets System to be selected; Bloomberg).
• FRM or CFA certification is a strong asset.Proficiency in English and Arabic is a must and proficiency is an added advantage.
• Liquidity & Funding Judgment: sizes liquidity buffers and funding needs and selects the right instrument and tenor.
• Market Awareness: strong grasp of money markets, rates, funding markets and investor dynamics.
• Execution Discipline: best execution within approved counterparty and policy limits.
• Integrity and Professionalism: high ethical standards and compliance discipline.
• Communication and Teamwork: effective collaboration with Finance, Risk, Operations and the Middle Office.
• Technical Proficiency: Bloomberg, Excel / Power BI financial modelling and cash-flow forecasting.
• Performance Indicators
  • Liquidity always maintained within policy range (PML / OLT).
  • Accuracy of NCR and liquidity forecasts.
  • Annual Funding Plan executed to plan; cost of funding versus benchmark.
  • Reduction in avoidable carry through appropriate use of short-term funding.
  • Preserved market access and investor diversification.
  • Timeliness and quality of ALCO liquidity and funding reporting.

   

   

If you wish to apply for the position, please send your CV to Scott Fraser at sfraser@caglobalint.com.

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