(307) Associate Financial Markets Specialist - FMD
at South African Reserve Bank
South Africa, , South Africa -
Start Date | Expiry Date | Salary | Posted On | Experience | Skills | Telecommute | Sponsor Visa |
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Immediate | 17 Jun, 2024 | Not Specified | 18 Mar, 2024 | N/A | Good communication skills | No | No |
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Description:
BRIEF DESCRIPTION
The main purpose of this position is to conduct foreign exchange transactions and manage the foreign exchange working capital of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB). Furthermore, the incumbent will be expected to assist in gathering of market intelligence and to provide analysis and interpretation of foreign exchange developments with the objective of providing input towards various internal publications and presentations for Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Financial Stability Committee (FSC) meetings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
The successful candidate will be responsible for the following key performance areas:
- Conduct and process foreign exchange transactions (spot, forward and swap transactions) on behalf of the SARB.
- Invest funds in global money markets and process these transactions.
- Evaluate risks of all transactions against applicable risk tolerance prior to execution.
- Quote exchange rates for the SARB clients.
- Monitor developments in the foreign exchange markets (on-the-desk monitoring) and produce regular market reports and contribute towards market intelligence.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis on foreign exchange markets, including operations.
- Build relationships with market counterparts in order to gather market information.
- Assist Financial Markets Specialists with committee administrative duties and ad hoc tasks, as required.
- Coordinate the collection of financial market data and maintain a database.
- Make proposals towards the improvement of workflows and the application of processes or standard operating procedures and systems.
- Prepare briefings and presentations on operations and market analysis, and present in internal meetings.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct and process foreign exchange transactions (spot, forward and swap transactions) on behalf of the SARB.
- Invest funds in global money markets and process these transactions.
- Evaluate risks of all transactions against applicable risk tolerance prior to execution.
- Quote exchange rates for the SARB clients.
- Monitor developments in the foreign exchange markets (on-the-desk monitoring) and produce regular market reports and contribute towards market intelligence.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis on foreign exchange markets, including operations.
- Build relationships with market counterparts in order to gather market information.
- Assist Financial Markets Specialists with committee administrative duties and ad hoc tasks, as required.
- Coordinate the collection of financial market data and maintain a database.
- Make proposals towards the improvement of workflows and the application of processes or standard operating procedures and systems.
- Prepare briefings and presentations on operations and market analysis, and present in internal meetings
REQUIREMENT SUMMARY
Min:N/AMax:5.0 year(s)
Marketing/Advertising/Sales
Marketing / Advertising / MR / PR
Finance
Graduate
Proficient
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South Africa, South Africa