Senior Associate - Capital Markets Treasury & Balance Sheet

Description
Management of liquidity and funding risk in BMO Capital Markets, including the monitoring and reporting of funding activity, collateral usage, liability diversification, intra-day collateral and payments activity. Ensure compliance with Bank policies, standards and guidelines as the first line-of-defence. In this capacity, work with the Lines of Business (LOBs), Corporate Treasury, and Enterprise Risk & Portfolio Management to ensure the safety and soundness of BMO Capital Markets through oversight and management of liquidity and funding risks.

Assess impacts of liquidity and funding risk related to regulatory requirements, internal risk metrics, and business strategy, as well as, recommending actions to senior leadership of Capital Markets to optimize the balance sheet under various binding constraints. Participate as team member accountable to build new technology infrastructure to support monitoring, reporting and analysis of Capital Markets balance sheet.

Key Accountabilities:

• Accountable for BMO Capital Market's liquidity and funding risk management, monitoring and reporting processes as the first-line-of-defence;
• Monitor for adherence to Corporate Policies, Corporate Standards, and Corporate Guidelines;
• Working closely with Technology & Operations, to design, develop and implement analytic models which support oversight of liquidity risk in BMO Capital Markets;
• Produce timely and accurate management information related to funding activity, collateral usage, liability diversification, liquidity coverage ratio, net cumulative cash flow and net liquidity position.
• Produce meaningful ad hoc analysis of balance sheet impacts under various scenarios related to capital, liquidity, and funding;
• Participate as team member on projects will help improve/optimize the performance of Capital Markets businesses under various binding balance sheet constraints;
• Develop liquidity and funding stress scenario testing to mitigate potential risks;
• Work closely with LOBs on business initiatives to identify and proactively manage any potential liquidity and funding exposures/opportunities;
• Work with LOBs to ensure compliance with liquidity and funding limits and guidelines;
• Prepare reports for senior management and risk oversight of Capital Markets on liquidity and funding risk; and
• Participate in and facilitate periodic audits by Internal Audit, external parties and regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Knowledge:

• CPA, MBA, or CFA (or comparable);
• 3 - 7+ years' experience, with exposure to one or more of the following: liquidity and funding measurement and management, capital management, treasury markets, collateral management, business process improvement and financial reporting;
• Understanding of international financial markets and banking & broker/dealer regulatory environments;
• Working knowledge of trading and settlement systems, loan systems;
• In-depth knowledge of MS Office suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access) including but not limited to VBA and SQL.
• Experience and understanding of liquidity and funding principles, market and credit risk management practices, funds transfer pricing principles, financial instruments, and Trading Products operations;
• Understanding of international best practices in capital, liquidity and funding management, and process improvement.

Skills:

• Ability to understand and analyze complex financial products and transactions (i.e. derivatives, secured financing transactions, structured products, and fixed income);
• Ability to assist in development of analytical models and decompose complex transactions;
• A desire to work in high-pace environment;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills;
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and flexibility to re-prioritize and manage conflicting demands;
• Relationship management / internal client focus;
• Strong process and change management skills; and
• Strong presentation skills.

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