Financial Risk Manager (Fixed-term)

at  British American Tobacco

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• Report, monitor and perform simulations on group debt & derivatives portfolio as well as fx exposures.
• Analyse market trends and come up with professional judgement on how the trends are influencing group exposures. Propose changes in group hedging tactics and manage the implementation.
• Trade derivatives with Group’s banks.
• Responsible for advice, recommendations to the Head of Corporate Treasury and Regional Treasury on financial risk management strategies, and manage within Group policies, all subsequent transaction executions.
• Participate in defining the required policies for the efficient management of the Group’s financial risks (FX, interest rate, counterparty and liquidity), to ensure risks are fully identified, managed and monitored. The policies should be in line with the accounting requirements.
• Provide risk management input and support on any cross-functional projects and end market position to ensure financial risk issues are considered as part of the commercial decision-making process.
• Ensure that all risk activities are accounting compliant, well controlled and meeting Treasury objectives.
• Maintain Treasury liaison internally with accounting, legal and tax in relation to all derivatives, funding and capital structure matters.