Associate, Treasury Analyst

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Are you passionate about digital transformation in Treasury?

Join Standard Chartered' s Treasury Modelling and Platforms team in Warsaw to spearhead the digitization of Treasury globally. Power through challenging projects. Gain a 360° learning experience. Develop communication and collaboration skills in an international workplace. Learn how to monetize on technology investments. Work alongside best in class Haskell programming team on cutting edge solutions dedicated to balance sheet optimization, stress testing and forecasting.

Due to the innovative nature of your work you will be eligible for Intellectual Property tax benefits. We offer flexi working - 2 days in office, 3 days from home and option cater for special arrangements if required.

Treasury Modelling and Platforms journey started 10 years ago in Singapore and Hong Kong, we then rapidly expanded to the Western hemisphere with successful build-up of the Warsaw Hub. Warsaw has recently become our new headquarters housing 90% of the team including management roles relocated from Singapore. Our team is truly diversified, English speaking and closely collaborates with teams globally.

Key Responsibilities:

We are looking for a talented individual to play a frontline role, who can integrate deep business knowledge, excellent critical thinking and interpersonal skills to drive optimal analytical / forecasting solutions for the bank. A successful candidate will work closely with various global Treasury / business stakeholders to understand business intents, translate into clear requirements / user stories, communicate business scope & methodology to project teams, and ensure that final deliverables are fit-for-purpose and generate concrete business benefits.

• Reach out to key global Treasury / business stakeholders to understand business intents / pain points, synthesize information to articulate business methodology and intended business benefits.
• Translate business problem statement into user stories, investigate and propose detailed business logic and methodologies (e.g. product scope, forecast model assumptions, FTP calculations, etc.)
• Perform feasibility study / sanity checks to ensure that proposed analytics solution is fit-for-purpose, can generate intended business benefits, and feasible from a data / system standpoint.
• Able to communicate effectively to senior management, working groups, and data / system engineers.
• Provide stakeholders analytics training, and address ad-hoc inquiries as neededActively participate in Agile project squads, clearly communicate business requirements / methodology to data engineers, programmers, etc.
• Perform UAT testing and detailed review of final solution, to ensure it delivers on the agreed business intents / methodology. Clearly articulate issues (if any) to managers / project squads for revision.
• Pre-anticipate how project deliverables might impact BAU, and raise requests / issues during project phase to address those gaps / needs.
• Ensure project deliverable is well-integrated into robust BAU processes. Provide support to BAU team as needed.

Requirements:

• 3-5 years proven experiences in Treasury / Liquidity from top-tier banks / consultancy firms.
• Strong experiences in liquidity forecasting (e.g. LCR, NSFR) and financial data analytics.
• Experiences identifying key gaps and business materiality given complex system / data landscape.
• High proficiency in analytical tools (e.g. Excel, VBA / SQL / Dataiku).
• Liquidity / balance sheet / RWA modelling skills are highly desirable.
• Degree in Finance / Economics / quantitative fields. CFA / FRM designation is highly beneficial.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Build trusted relationships with multiple stakeholder groups and project squads.
• Able to summarise details into overall recommendation (balance business vs. technical communication).
• Strive optimal balance between quality of delivery and effort/time spent.
• Continuous improvement mindset. Proactively identify opportunities to enhance efficiency.
• Self-starter and independent, ability to perform well with minimal supervision.
• Project team experience is crucial (e.g. business requirement, UAT testing, validate results).
• Apply now to join the Bank for those with big career ambitions.

To view information on our benefits including our flexible working please visit our career pages. We welcome conversations on flexible working.