Senior Officer (Treasury Department), DTR

Senior Officer (Treasury Department), DTR

BSTDB – Black Sea Trade and Development Bank

Thessaloniki, Greece

Ref.No: 137
Division/Department: Finance/Treasury Department (DTR)
Position Type: Professional
Closing Date: 30-Oct-2024, 17:30 (Greece Time)
Appointment Type: Three-year fixed term

All candidates applying for employment with the BSTDB should be fluent in written and spoken English and have strong Microsoft Office skills.

It is the BSTDB’s policy to offer equal employment opportunities to qualified candidates regardless of their racial, ethnic, religious and cultural background, gender, sexual orientation or disabilities.

Position Purpose

Reporting to the Treasurer, the Senior Officer, DTR is responsible for the effective and timely raising of funds, managing the Bank’s bond investment portfolios and for the overall performance of Treasury Department functions.

Key Functions and Responsibilities

The role of the Senior Officer, DTR will involve the following:

Funding:

• Ensure timely and cost-effective raising of funds;
• Pro-actively monitor market developments and promote funding diversification in terms of regions sectors;
• Coordinate bond issuance execution, including pricing, marketing, hedging and documentation;
• Maintain and update issuance programs;
• Market the BSTDB name to potential lenders and investors;
• Originate, negotiate and execute bi-lateral lending facilities;
• Maintain investor relations with bond investors and bilateral lenders;
• Participate in rating agency discussions on funding.

Other responsibilities:

• Formulate proposals to ALCO for funding and investment strategies;
• Identify potential investments;
• Manage the BSTDB’s investment portfolio;
• Develop and implement internal portfolio analytics;
• Execute bond transactions;
• Value and execute derivative transactions for hedging purposes;
• Provide support to banking units on market pricing issues;
• Develop and maintain Treasury Dealer, arrangers and counter party relationships and trading lines;
• Represent Treasury Department in working groups.

Competencies

• Professionalism: maintains a level of expertise and professional knowledge commensurate with the respective position and job description;
• Results orientation: demonstrates ability for achieving results against an internal or external standard of excellence;
• Communication and interaction with impact: Transfers efficiently and effectively information and messages, wields effective tactics for persuasion;
• Client/stakeholder orientation – ensures appropriate service of high standard to internal and/or external customers and develops constructive and sustainable business/customer relationships;
• Teamwork: effectively cooperates with others aiming at the achievement of team objectives;
• Cultural sensitivity/diversity: supports and promotes an environment that holds opportunities for all, regardless of race, gender, culture and age;
• Integrity: maintains standards of objectivity, independence and discretion. Behaves ethically and in consistency with institutional core values;
• Accountability: exhibits a strong sense of responsibility for one’s work and resulting consequences;
• Innovation and change: is open to and applies novel ideas and thinking to improve processes, methods, systems or services. Accepts and adapts to changes;
• Critical thinking: clarifies goals, examines assumptions, evaluates evidence, accomplishes actions, and assesses conclusions.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• First-level University degree or equivalent in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management;
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office Packages, Bloomberg, Reuters;
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and understanding of quantitative risk methodologies and fixed income analytics;
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership and oral/written communication skills;
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, a strong work ethic and ability to work effectively in a team environment and adhere to tight deadlines;
• At least 8 years of relevant working experience in the Treasury or Capital Markets function of a financial institution, or a public institution.

Desirable Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Master’s degree or equivalent in the above disciplines, or MBA;
• SAP (Treasury module) knowledge;
• Working knowledge of a Member State language;
• Experience in the region of the BSTDB’s operation;
• Experience in an investment bank/international development financial institution;
• Experience programming in VBA or a statistical package.

Minimum Requirements for the Position

For a candidate to participate in the competitive selection for this position, s/he must meet at least the following minimum requirements:

• Education: First-level University degree or equivalent in Economics, Finance, Accounting, Management;
• Experience: At least 8 years of relevant working experience.

Application Procedure

In order for your application for the above vacancy to be considered valid, please:

1. Complete the BSTDB Application Form in full:
   • Provide an answer to EACH question (box). Please note that if no answer is provided to any of the questions (relevant box is left empty), the application will be disqualified;
   • If a question is not applicable to you, please insert “N/A” in the relevant box;
   • No additional documents (such as CVs) will be considered.
2. Send the completed BSTDB Application Form as an attachment to: recruit@bstdb.org.

Please include in the subject line of the e-mail only the Reference Number of the vacancy you are applying for and your full name.

Example: 137 John Smith

You will receive an automatic response that your application has been successfully received.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 30 October 2024 at 17:30 pm (Greece Time).

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.