Operations Officer - Treasury

Your role

As an Operations Treasury Officer, you handle the treasury transactions and processes in cash and securities settlement, collateral and cash positions, and facilitate new cash and securities account opening and closing.

The treasury front office executes transactions in different types of instruments in the capital and money markets such as: issuing/purchasing bonds and commercial paper, money market funds, deposits, FX spot, interest rate swaps, cross currency swaps, and NDF’s.

As an operations officer you will be involved in the following activities:

• Verify trades and trade life cycle events entered by Treasury Front office in our Treasury Management system WSS Suite.
• Execute payments and settlements timely and accurately in WSS Suite and Swift. 
• Perform collateral management activities on derivatives transactions.
• Reconcile and report positions as part of liquidity management.
• Verify confirmations for various products such as Rates derivatives, Swaps, Foreign exchange, Bonds, Commercial Paper.
• Handle Swift queries and alerts for sanctions screening in a timely manner escalating to relevant stakeholders when necessary.
• Investigate and solve issues arising in the daily operations
• Ensure the quality of the processes and controls.
• Analyse and create processes derived from new regulations, projects, products, services and markets, and other improvement plans.
• Involved in market/static data control.

Our offer

• Gross yearly salary of approximately EUR 68k (including holiday allowance).
• Pension scheme, partly paid by FMO
• 31 holidays
• Working remotely abroad for 60 days in a rolling period of 12 months
• Hybrid way of working (50/50)

For more information, please visit our website Secondary Benefits - FMO

Your team

FMO’s mission is to enable entrepreneurs to increase inclusive and sustainable prosperity in developing countries. One of the pillars to achieve this is a strong Operations department to support the core investment processes, the treasury activities in financial markets and to provide administrative and payment services. We operate in developing markets globally, which is also reflected in an internationally oriented, diverse, and inclusive organization. The Operations department consists of more than fifty dedicated colleagues from many different nationalities and backgrounds. The Operations Treasury team within the department consists of seven enthusiastic specialists.

Your background

• We have a small team and a diverse set of tasks. We are looking for someone with a flexible mindset who is a self-starter, quick learner and willing to learn and adapt.
• You hold a bachelor’s or master's degree, and you have clear affinity with working in a financial institution.
• You have at least 4 years of experience in Treasury Operations space, preferably in international payments, reconciliation, collateral and liquidity management, treasury services and funding and derivatives products.
• You have an eye for detail, and you continuously want to improve the quality of your work.
• You are a strong team player with good communication skills.
• You have excellent time management and prioritization skills, and you can deal with tight deadlines
• Understanding of OTC trade life cycle and experience in WSS Suite, Swift, Markitwire, Trioptima etc would be a plus.

If you believe you are a good fit for the role of Operations Treasury Officer, then please apply. We look forward to learning more about you and the contribution you can make to our team.

About FMO

FMO delivers economic, social, and environmental development to entrepreneurial initiatives on a global scale, believing in our contribution to a better world, starting from our values as an organization and respect within our teams.

To learn more about who we are; our Vision, Purpose, Mission, Company Culture and Leadership, please visit our page Profile - FMO. At FMO, we are guided by our four core values: Diversity, Integrity, Making a Difference and Quality. These values are the foundation of our strong company culture, fostering an environment where we work together to make a positive impact on the world.

Ready to make an impact and truly make a difference? Join us at FMO!

Please note, if we make you an offer to join FMO, you will need to work through the screening process with our screening partner. The process is designed to check your integrity and reliability.