Barclays Bank Jobs – Treasury Middle Office Analyst

Organisation: Barclays
Bank
Duty Station:  Kampala,
Uganda
Reports to: Middle
Office Manager
About Barclays
Africa: 
Barclays
Africa encompasses Barclays Global Retail Banking, Corporate Banking, and
Barclaycard operations in 10 countries organised in four geographic areas:
North Africa (Egypt), East and West Africa (Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda and
Kenya),  Southern Africa (Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe), and Indian Ocean
(Mauritius and Seychelles).
Barclays
Africa serves its 2.8m customers through a network of 573 branches and service
centres providing a variety of traditional financial products including retail
mortgages, current and deposit accounts, commercial lending, unsecured lending,
credit cards, treasury and investments.
Job Summary: The Treasury
Middle Office Analyst will be responsible for;
  • Assist in
    reporting on risk and results, as well as to provide a source of
    information for
  • Middle
    Office Manager with regard to positions, results, instruments, products,
    activities, systems and procedures;
  • Assist in
    Product Control (roll-out of new/amendment to existing products)
Key Duties &
Responsibilities:
1. Risk, governance
and control (70%):
P&L/Open Position
reconciliation:
Perform daily open position reconcilation and ensure
that Treasury performance is tracked and reported accurately.
Market Risk
Management:
  • Assist in
    the preparation of calculation of DVAR and Liquidity.
  • Assist in
    the investigation of any variations/excesses in Dvar results.
  • Assist in
    documentation and verification of all approved pricing models.
Liquidity Risk
Management:
Assist in the preparation of the inputs required for
the Liquidity return
 Credit Risk
Management:
  • Assist in
    processing counterparty limit requests on behalf of front office.
  • Assist in
    providing information on counterparties as requested.
  • Assist in
    maintenance of database of counterparty limits.
  • Keep
    abreast of local market developments which could have direct bearing on
    change to Procedures/reporting requirements.
  • Ensure
    compliance with Market Operations Manual (MOM) standards and audit requirements.
  • Ensure
    critical controls relating to market risk management is being observed and
    assist in raising appropriate awareness in Treasury Front and Back-Office.
  • Develop/maintain
    good relationships with Treasury Front and Back-Office staff members to
    ensure achievement of business goals.
2. Systems
maintenance and development (20%):   
  • Participate
    in any systems implementation in the Middle-Office
  • Participate
    in training initiatives to ensure Front-Office/Middle-Office/Back-Office
    staff receive adequate training on Treasury risk systems.
  • Assist in
    development/design of reports to provide appropriate information which
    identifies the risk
  • Positions
    and profit and loss profile of Treasury.
3.
Administrative support (10%)
  • Maintenance
    of records/documentation of Treasury Middle Office reports.
  • Responsible
    for importing reports from BRAINS and DM3.
  • Assist in
    providing required documentation for audits.
  • Assist in
    providing necessary documentation for implementation of new systems.
  • Ensure
    maintenance of the filing system of CBE & GRCB Treasury and Market
    Risk Policies and procedures.
Qualifications, Skills
& Experience:
  • The applicant
    should possess a University degree
  • Treasury/banking
    qualification
  • Sound
    knowledge of Market risk methodologies & tools
  • Regulatory
    and Head Office reporting requirements
  • PC skills
  • Good
    communication skills
  • Familiarization
    with Front-Office dealing strategies/activities.
  • Basic
    understanding of DVAR (Daily Value at Risk) and/or any other market risk
    measurement methodology employed.
  • ·Basic
    understanding of the principles of prudent liquidity management and
    reporting
  • Basic
    understanding of procedures for the whole product cycle from deal
    initiation settlement.
  • Experience
    in large international bank/investment bank
  • Basic
    knowledge/practice of Treasury products, Treasury risk systems and operational
    processes;
  • Experience
    in creating/running risk models
How to Apply:
If
you feel challenged by any of the above positions, and believe you can deliver
on key deliverables as outlined above, upload your application letter, current
curriculum vitae and photocopies of academic certificate to our recruitment
website detail below:
Barclays
is an equal opportunity employer that recruits, develops and promotes people on
merit, and rewards outstanding performance, regardless of background and
gender.
For
queries contact us on 0417122453 or email: barclays.uganda@barclays.com
Deadline:  18th December,
2013

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