Treasurer - SSA Cluster Head at Citi

Key Responsibilities

Alco Governance & Control

• Conduct the Country ALCOs, supporting the Country Treasurer and all businesses operating on the Country Balance sheet
• Ensure strong governance framework over Country Treasurers through Country Treasurer MCA, goal setting, and Country Treasurer Governance policy
• Ensure consistency of approach and support standardization of practices where needed, including ALCO, liquidity and Asset and Liability management, or other global treasury initiatives

Balance Sheet

• In coordination with the CCO and Country Treasurer, ensure that the local ALCO is effective in driving appropriate allocation and use of financial resources, addressing Franchise wide liquidity and capital requirements, stakeholders are engaged, balance sheet topics are covered and governance best practices are followed
• Oversee securities allocation and its appropriate funding to ensure appropriate allocation and use of financial resources
• Monitor consistency of current and future balance sheet usage with Plan, MYC and CCAR cycles

Liquidity

• Oversee funding, capital, liquidity and interest rate risk for the Citigroup legal entities in SSA
• Maintain a strong control environment and in compliance with both internal and regulatory requirements through daily monitoring of liquidity and escalate to Regional Treasury when required
• Review of Country Funding and Liquidity Plans as required by Global Liquidity Risk Management Policy including fungibility and inter affiliate transactions
• Ensure countries maintain effective and current Contingency Funding Plan
• Monitor macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds in the region to make sure the balance sheet remains liquid under stress scenarios
• Closely coordinate with Regional Treasury and country teams to help roll out global initiatives (e.g. ILST), and provide support to meet MRA requirements in the Cluster

Fund Transfer Pricing

• Clearly articulate country’s FTP / LTP requirements, and be the final decision authority on the recommendations of FTP / LTP proposals for approval from Country ALCOs, Regional Treasurer and Regional ALCO
• Ensure consistent implementation of funds transfer pricing policies

Capital

• Oversee Capital’s quantity and quality and dividend repatriation plan. Make certain that local entity dividends equate to 100% of net income remittable earnings for the current / prior year unless explicitly granted forbearance through the annual Capital Plan process, or a Legal Entity Capital Request (LECR).

Development Value

This role will require strong and thoughtful leadership skills to lead and represent EMEA Corporate Treasury Function in the Cluster. It will present an opportunity to further enhance ability to influence decision taking through better leadership and communications skills.

It will provide the successful candidate with:

• Substantial interaction with Country and Regional Management, including local CCO’s,  Country Treasurers and business Cluster heads.
• The opportunity to lead and present at forums including Country Alco
• The ability to make a significant contribution to ensuring the firm meets its financial target through efficient use of balance sheet
• The opportunity to understand the regulatory requirement impacting Treasury both locally and globally
• The ability to be an influential decision maker on the utilization and planning of resources to support the Citi franchise
• Exposure to a broad range of business areas and products

Knowledge/Experience

• Prior Corporate Treasury, Markets Treasury and /or Finance experience required
• Understanding of Citi legal entity structure, systems and businesses
• Experience operating at a senior level with deep and robust history of meaningful engagement with senior leader, regulators and rating agencies
• Knowledge of capital market, transaction services and securities is desirable

Skills

• Strong and proven analytical skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to handle tight deadlines and multi-task
• Ability to work under pressure and to prioritise objectives
• Must be able to understand complex financial concepts and distil into clear, concise and simplified concepts.
• Experience with understanding and preparing analytics for a senior audience

Qualifications

• University degree in Finance, Economic or Accounting or post graduate degree in similar disciplines.
• English language at proficient level both written and oral. Other languages are a plus
• Prior Treasury experience required