Company Description

Crown Agents Bank is a vastly growing and regulated UK bank that connects emerging and frontier markets to the rest of the world, using FX and payments technology. We are transforming the way payments and FX move through emerging markets, reducing friction so that more money gets to those who need it. Emerging markets payments are usually challenging, expensive, unreliable and opaque. Our solutions help fix these pain points. Ultimately, we connect traditionally hard-to-reach regions to global financial infrastructure, giving access to the best prices and the fastest, most reliable settlement.

FX and cross-border payments are often complex and expensive, especially when operating in emerging markets. Crown Agents Bank (CAB) wraps its deep and trusted relationships and strength of network around innovative digital capabilities, and cross-border transaction banking solutions to enable fintech, corporates, governments, development organisations and banks to move money to, from, and across often hard-to-reach markets.

We are currently based in Sutton and we are expected to move to our new offices, in London Bridge in May 2024 

Job Description

• Assist in managing the bank’s deposit book and support investment decisions on the bank’s asset portfolio, to maximise income whilst remaining within risk appetite metrics
• Day to day front end review of the bank’s balance sheet and cash positions.
• Engage and negotiate with clients to place term deposits and manage the bank’s deposit book.
• Working closely with Finance and Risk to support the day-to-day management of the bank’s key liquidity and capital risk metrics such as LCR, NSFR and CET1 ratio.
• Supporting initiatives to enhance the Bank’s NIM via broadening scope of assets Treasury invest in.
• Support onboarding of money market counterparties and products to maintain a balanced asset portfolio within the bank’s risk appetite.
• Offer front-end input to regulatory documentation such as: ILAAP, ICAAP and the Recovery Plan.
• Global Market Insight - Provide market commentary and updates.
• Use FX swaps to supplement balance sheet management and optimize nostro balances for major market currencies.
• Continuous improvement of existing procedures, across all areas of Global Markets Treasury, uplifting controls, whilst making processes more efficient.
• Preparation of daily and monthly MI packs for various internal meetings and committees.

Qualifications

• Numerical Degree preferred
• At least 2 years experience in the financial services industry part of which must have been in the global markets department of a bank
• Practical understanding of FX and Asset Liability Management
• Experience navigating Bloomberg and Refinitiv platforms is preferred
• Prior experience of delivering technical change is preferred

Additional Information

• Hybrid working
• Contributory personal pension plan: - Minimum: Employee 2% and Employer 7%. Employer matches contributions in 1% increments to a maximum of: Employee 5% and Employer 10%
• Life Assurance – 4 times annual salary
• Group Income Protection
• Private Medical Insurance – this may include cover for partner and or children at company cost. Cover includes Optical, Dental and Audiology
• Discretionary Bonus
• Competitive Annual Leave
• 2 Volunteering Days
• Benefit Hut

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