CFO - Malaysia Treasurer - Vice President

Treasury plays an important role in holistic bank-wide management of capital and liquidity to deliver high value risk management decisions and support strategic goals of the businesses, both at a Group and legal entity level. Treasury operates across the globe with major hubs in Frankfurt, London, Singapore and New York.

Key responsibilities for Treasury are to make sure that there is enough liquidity in the bank at any given point in time, that there is capital available when needed and that funds can be raised as and when necessary, all at a reasonable cost whilst balancing the needs of business growth and regulatory demands. Treasury's role extends to business steering through the effective transfer pricing of these liquidity and capital resources to the businesses.

The successful candidate will be an independent and self motivated contributor to the Regional Treasury team and the local franchise.  The candidate is required to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of Financial Markets, Treasury products, systems, and regulations. The candidate is expected to bring solid stakeholder management, people management, and leadership skills in addition to product related technical skills.

The key stakeholders for the role will be country management, front office business heads and business managers, infrastructure partners and our banking regulators. The position requires an experienced and confident individual with the ability to explain complex concepts clearly and develop working relationships across the bank.

Globally, DB Treasury is a small team, requiring close interaction across all regions and core functions. This role will require the candidate to build relationships and leverage contacts throughout the DB Group to be successful.

What we will offer you: 

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce is better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its center.

You can expect:

• Flexible work arrangement

• Corporate group insurance

• EAP – free and confidential counseling, online work-life resources

• Comprehensive leave benefits

Your key responsibilities:

• Chairing the Asset & Liability Committee for Malaysia, which includes setting the agenda and ensuring that business strategy, risk appetite and regulatory requirements are adequately considered when managing capital, liquidity and funding

• Managing the structural term asset and liability profiles through Funding Planning process

• Undertaking various projects relating to implementing new regulations, launching new products, exploring innovative ways of conducting ongoing businesses efficiently as well as out of the box thinking to implement new strategies for Treasury management to ensure compliance with new regulations

• Overseeing the management and perform back-up role for local funding Pool for the Bank Management of the local central funding pool for the Bank, Funds transfer pricing of term assets and liabilities

• Proposing liquidity risk limits across the curve from overnight to longer term

• Management of the local central funding pool for the Bank, Funds transfer pricing of term assets and liabilities

• Local ongoing management, development and implementation of changes in Funds Transfer Pricing and Liquidity Management methodologies

• Interacting with the local regulators on Treasury topics, including ensuring the Bank remains compliant with financial regulations.

• Understanding the local regulatory environments as they relate to Treasury, ensuring the Treasury team and business are always appraised of developments and changes, together with the likely impacts to the local business

• Assisting businesses in achieving their objectives within the Bank’s risk management framework

• Support the Bank’s Recovery Planning ensuring compliance with regulatory requirement(s).

Your skills and experience:

• At least a bachelor’s or equivalent degree in a relevant financial discipline (e.g. Banking, Finance, Economics, Mathematics or related discipline)

• PPKM license holder is preferred (Financial Markets Association of Malaysia (FMAM))

• Experience in building relationships with senior business and infrastructure managers.

• Excellent communication, presentation and problem-solving skills.

• A history of taking initiative and being pro-active.

• Knowledge of local/ regional Money & Derivatives Markets (local currencies and key global currencies).

• Product knowledge in unsecured cash and derivative products (ideally also in secured instruments if available) to manage the bank's overall cash position (short- and long-cash).

• Knowledge of local regulatory requirements for capital, liquidity & funding and experience in actively managing them on an ongoing basis.

• Experience in Treasury transfer pricing, money markets, funding desk, risk hedging, balance sheet or asset & liability management within a business or infrastructure function in a banking environment.

• Experience in liquidity management, balance sheet or asset & liability management and Treasury topics (or equivalent track record) within a business or infrastructure function in a banking environment (modelling/bucketing, liquidity and interest rate risk banking book management skills) where applicable.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to work independently

• Ability to multitask, excellent problem resolution and time management skills.

• Ability to meet the challenges presented by a fast paced, constantly changing work environment.

• Ability to win the trust of demanding stakeholders and positively influence business and infrastructure stakeholders at senior levels.

• Ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines, have the aptitude to synthesize large amounts of information and develop innovative solutions.

• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimise workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.

• Fluent command of English

• Exceptional verbal and written communication and presentation skills (proficiency in MS Office - MS Excel, MS word, and MS Power Point).

How we’ll support you: 

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities

• Coaching and support from experts in your team

• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression

• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

• Training and development to help you excel in your career

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