Head of NatWest Markets Treasury Markets

Join us as Head of NatWest Markets Treasury Markets

• This is a senior and extremely influential role in which you'll be accountable for raising funding, cash management, intra-day liquidity, and risk management activities of Treasury Markets within NatWest Markets (NWM) as well as investing NWM's Liquid Asset Buffer (LAB)
• Working closely with the Risk team, the business and our service provider in Group Treasury, you'll ensure compliance with the stated risk appetite, raise benchmark term funding transactions in USD, GBP, EUR and more niche currencies, coordinate interest rate risk management across NWM Treasury Markets, and support regulatory and central bank discussions
• You'll refine the operating model to ensure an efficient, cost effective structure is in place and optimise the funding and liquidity mix of our balance sheet by using off balance sheet products, FX forwards, and other related instruments
• You'll benefit from considerable exposure, acting as a senior member of the NWM Treasury Markets team, supervising our service provider, and working with stakeholders to define and develop the post ICB operating model

What you'll do

As Head of NatWest Markets Treasury Markets, you'll develop and drive the funding, cash management and risk activities of NWM Treasury Markets, continually reviewing activities and looking at cross treasury synergies to enhance our return. You'll ensure that adequate supervisory arrangements exist and that adequate governance, systems, and controls are in place. You'll also integrate intra-day liquidity teams for major central bank relationships and further develop strategy to manage other correspondent bank balances.

Working with Treasury teams, you'll contribute to projects relating to NWM Treasury Markets, cash flow, intra-group funding and balance sheet, liquidity management, and base and stress analysis. You'll also demonstrate continuous development in the field of policy, process and controls, and MI reporting, using this to enhance the understanding of NWM Treasury Markets with executives.

As well as this, you'll:

• Overview the treasury management system, making sure that the end result is fit for purpose and aligned to the future view of the desks' activity
• Implement the funding model to incorporate and support sales teams with a consistent, clear approach and competitive pricing, distributing comments on market developments and meeting customers as desired
• Ensure control, management, and governance regarding currency, interest rate, and liquidity across branches and legal entities
• Set the agenda and oversee the production and review of any asset-liability committee pack to make sure that it is fit for purpose and supports the committee in decision making processes
• Ensure the continuous monitoring of internal and external treasury and market related developments
• Provide supplementary information on branches or legal entities and respond to relevant queries as required

The skills you'll need

To succeed in this role, you'll need extensive experience in a treasury, risk, strategy, or finance role with the ability to think strategically and translate a strategic vision into practical roadmaps and plans.

You'll also need:

• A broad background in capital, funding, and liquidity management as well as interest rate risk and FX management
• Experience of successfully leading and motivating teams, with an ability to work collaboratively across an organisation
• Experience of managing relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple divisions and regions
• Strong influencing and negotiating skills with the ability and confidence to challenge opinions, offer alternatives, and construct a compelling argument to support an opinion
• An enthusiastic, motivated, and proactive way of working with a desire to make change happen