Liquidity Manager recruitment
Macquarie Group (Macquarie) is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
At Macquarie we offer you the experience and freedom to grow your career whilst making your mark within a highly successful organisation. Key to our success is the entrepreneurialism we encourage in all our people. We give you the opportunity to progress your career as quickly as you can demonstrate your ability.
Financial Management Group provides essential and professional financial management services across all areas of Macquarie. The group sets and maintains high standards and is continually developing operating efficiencies and setting industry benchmarks in service delivery. It is comprised of Finance, Group Treasury and Taxation Divisions.
With the opportunity now available for an experienced Liquidity Manager to join our Group Treasury Balance Sheet Management team, applications are invited from experienced individuals wishing to take the next step in their career. In fulfilling the responsibilities, you will work closely not only with your colleagues within Group Treasury but also with stakeholders across the entire Macquarie Group globally. Group Treasury's Balance Sheet Management is responsible for the Group's balance sheet management activities including capital, funding and liquidity management. The team is responsible for ensuring senior management are adequately informed of balance sheet capacity, cost, risk and return and for appropriately incentivising businesses through transfer pricing and capital charging. The team is also responsible for supporting the Asset Liability Committee (ALCO)
In this role you will be responsible for:
- defining and setting
Macquarie 's target funding profile to determine funding requirements and for transfer pricing purposes and will involve: - acting as the key liaison point for business groups in determining business unit target funding and funding usage
- defining and setting target funding profile including current position and new businesses as they arise
- target funding and transfer pricing reporting to ALCO and business units
- Automation of target funding profiling in our new liquidity system to be implemented 2012
- management of our Regional liquidity framework by:
- acting as the key liaison point with international liquidity teams
- reporting regional information to ALCO
- reviewing and developing Reporting received from the Regions
- participating in international/ regional ALCOs as appropriate
- keeping up-to-date with international liquidity regulations and liquidity regulations in jurisdictions of significance for
Macquarie. - supporting ALCO across a range of monthly reporting and the setting of ALCO's strategy, attending meetings, preparation and timely distribution of agendas and papers, including communication with Committee members, co-ordinating logistics.
- delivering specific liquidity projects which may include but not be limited to investigating liquidity attributes of specific financial instruments/ transactions, determining liquidity issues with regards new entities or bank branches, investigating/ responding to aspects of regulatory changes (for example with regards Basel Sound Principles for Liquidity Management), ad hoc balance sheet analysis e.g. foreign currency funding requirements etc. as arises
You will:
- submit a covering letter and concise resume as one document
- hold appropriate tertiary qualifications in a quantitative discipline from either an Economics, Commerce, Mathematics or Engineering discipline; MBA/ MFin/CA/ CPA will be highly regarded
- demonstrate a sound and progressive career to date working in a Liquidity Management capacity and in working with international stakeholders of all levels
- be methodical and analytical yet commercial in your work approach
- display outstanding verbal and written communication skills