Treasury Operations Specialist (Ref. 1830)
Treasury Operations Specialist (Ref. 1830)
Bank J. Safra Sarasin Ltd is a leading sustainable private bank, offering all the advantages of the Swiss banking environment together with dynamic and personalised advisory services focusing on opportunities in international financial markets. The Bank provides a high level of services and expertise when acting as investment advisor and asset manager for private and institutional clients. Financial strength, excellent client services and outstanding quality are therefore key elements of its corporate philosophy.
J. Safra Sarasin's most valuable capital is its employees. They are essential to the success of the organisation, now and in the future. Their technical expertise, professional qualifications and social skills are highly valued by the Group's clients, management and business partners. The success of J. Safra Sarasin depends on the enthusiasm and commitment of every one of its employees worldwide.
Division
Chief Operating Officer
Function/Position
Treasury Operations Specialist (Ref. 1830)
Location
Basel, CH
Function/Position objectives
As part of a small team, you will be responsible for a diverse range of treasury tasks, including but not limited to: FX, Money Market, Repo, SLB, Collateral Management. In addition you will also be responsible for monitoring and reconciling active positions.
Responsibilities
- Support of our main trading desk for all Treasury related tasks
- Perform and manage collateral tasks including bookings, payments and reporting
- Responsible for IRS, CCS and CDS tasks and life-cycles
- Perform and manage OTC Derivatives risk reconciliations and report key controls resulting from regulatory requirements and critical business processes to internal stakeholders
- Investigation and handling of open reconciliation items until resolved
- Cooperative and goal-oriented collaboration with other operations departments as well as with other business divisions of the bank in Switzerland and abroad
- Supporting the department-head with project and ad-hoc tasks
Profiles
- Professional education in business or economics or completed apprenticeship within a financial services firm
- Minimum 3 years of experience in Treasury
- Sound interpersonal skills paired with a high motivation and flexibility to work in a challenging and dynamic environment and willingness to contribute to our team culture
- Ability to work independently and set priorities
- Occasional assignments on Swiss bank holidays in alternation with team colleagues
- Skills in Trioptima, Markitwire and Avaloq is an advantage but not a must
- Fluency in English and German is required, French is an advantage