Vice President - Treasury Planning & Analysis, 11M ~

Job / Group Overview:

- Global Treasury is responsible to manage the company's funding and liquidity portfolio to ensure that the Firm has sufficient liquidity to operate business and survive even under the stressed environment.
- Global Treasury's mandate is to maintain cost-effective funding, optimize the firm's liquidity aligned with the firm's liquidity risk appetite and business requirements. The department aims to build an effective transfer pricing practice in order to promote transparency and provide appropriate economic incentive to business to price. based upon the Firm's cost of funding.
- Global Treasury has approximately 100 people located in each of the regions --Japan, AEJ, EMEA, Americas and Mumbai with four functions (Funding and Risk Management, Planning & Analysis, Data and Reporting and Relationship Management).
- Candidate will be assigned to Head of Japan Planning & Analysis function whose function is responsible for firm's liquidity management policies, Funds Transfer Pricing framework, Liquidity stress tests modeling and control including Basel3 regulatory rule (LCR, NSFR) and internal funding resource management with limit framework to control business cash usage.
- Candidate will directly report to Managing Director, Global Treasurer.
 

Responsibilities:

- Candidate will primarily focus on delivery of key liquidity risk management enhancements taken by Global Treasury. As a group headquarter, he / she will closely work with global Treasury senior management group and working members as well as business and finance partners to define project scopes and to ensure effective delivery of initiatives.
- He / She will also directly support strategic decision making by Global Treasurer and CFO. Candidate will be in charge of Group liquidity risk management framework including internal and regulatory liquidity stress testing, enhancements of group liquidity policies and development of business controls.
- Lead liquidity governance committees (eg Group Asset and Liability Committee chaired by CFO, Liquidity management committee chaired by Global Treasurer) and he or she will set appropriate and timely agendas with key operators and manage working level discussions in order to facilitate effective decision making and information sharing at committees.
- Drive to build the robust system and data architecture enhancement with global Basel 3 and Internal Liquidity Project teams. The candidate is expected to join the leading team as a representative from Tokyo headquarter, propose strategic solutions and policy clarification in liquidity management practices and FTP mechanism.
- Join ESG funding project group to support firm's wide SDG initiatives and alternative financing.
- Work with global business leaders to drive new products and strategy, especially Global Wholesale business.
- Candidate will be a representative of group liquidity management and face off directly to home regulators, such as JFSA and BOJ
- Manage 3 direct reports as Head of Japan Planning & Analysis and join global lead team with other regional head
- In terms of career development, candidate has an opportunity to be promoted a successor in a further senior position in the future (eg Global head of Planning & Analysis or Global Treasury COO) if he / she can demonstrate strong leadership with high performance, management skills and strategic visions

Self-starter with the ability to define his or her own business objectives and drive change.

- Flexibility to deal with changing priorities and deadlines covering a broad range of responsibilities.
- Core understanding of the key areas of capital, liquidity, and risk management within a securities firm / commercial bank would be an advantage
- Basic knowledge of Investment Banking products including trading assets (eg government bonds, equities, corporate bonds, loans and derivatives) and secured funding would be required
- Basic knowledge of BS of investment banking, accounting, and ledger journaling concepts are preferred.
- Business English and Japanese communication skill with logical thinking --both verbal and written.
- Experience to manage a team for 3 years + or evidences to show strong leadership (eg project) would be an advantage
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills with statistical techniques, advanced data handling skills (Excel, Tableau, etc) and documentation / presentation skills (Word, PowerPoint.) Wound be an advantage
- Basic understanding of Digital Transformation and tools to be a strong advantage
- Bachelors preferably Master's Degree with strong quantitative content. Professional Qualifications (eg CIMA, CFA) would be an advantage