JOB PROFILE REQUIREMENTS

Organizational Competencies - Level 1
- Building relationships and partnerships - Builds and maintains effective working relationships
- Communicating and negotiating - Communicates effectively; creates understanding between self and others
- Demonstrating leadership - Personal leadership and attitude to change
- Focusing on clients - Focuses on clients

• Learning, sharing knowledge and innovating - Continuously seeks to learn, shares knowledge & innovates

• Managing performance and developing staff

• Managing time, resources and information - Manages own time, information and resources effectively

• Problem-solving and decision-making - Demonstrates sound problem-solving and decision-making ability
• Strategic thinking and organizational development - Personal influence
• Team working - Contributes effectively to the team
  Education:
• Level - Advanced university degree from an accredited institution in a technically relevant area. Degree must be an accredited institution listed on https://www.whed.net/home.php .The advanced university degree may be substituted by a first university degree and at least four (4) additional years of relevant professional experience over and above the minimum number of years of experience
• Areas - economics, finance or other job related field.

Certifications:

• Professional qualifications, such as Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM), Certified Treasury Professional (CTP), International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) are an advantage

.Work experience:

• At least two (2) years of professional experience in financial forecasts, ALM modelling, middle-office functions and treasury systems in a multi-cultural organization, supranational, international financial institution, multilateral development bank, bilateral development bank, central bank, official institution or national organization providing support on a global scale;
• Position-specific experience:

o Proven knowledge of financial concepts, credit analysis, risk management and financial modelling
o Working knowledge of Bloomberg Professional platform and of Bloomberg AIM and PORT Enterprise software for investment portfolio compliance monitoring and reporting
o Familiarity with ALM and private sector operations.
Languages:
- Required: English (4 - Excellent)
- Desirable: French, Spanish, or Arabic (3 -P Good)

Skills:

• Capital market instruments, Knowledge of capital markets instruments (fixed income, derivatives, loans), risk and performance metrics and quantitative tools of fixed income valuation (cash flow, present value, interest rate risk, duration, etc.); 3
• Financial data integrity and financial systems, know-how in systems interface control, core banking system management, data mining and analytics; 3
• Disbursements, Payroll and Payments, Know-how in financial checks required for disbursements of loans and grants, payments and payroll transactions to reduce risk of error, fraud and non-compliance with rules, maintenance of clean vendor master files, arrears and debt management of loans; 3
• Liquidity management, Know-how in liquidity planning, liquidity investment, investment portfolio management and reporting; 3

Digital Finance, FinTech and related, Know-how in fintech applications, robotic process automation, blockchain and digital finance applications to design, setup, implement and report; 2

• Financial reporting & accounting, Know-how in financial reporting, statutory and other reporting as well as advanced application of IFRS standards, derivatives, loan credit risk, financial regulations, policies, rules and procedures applicable to IFAD and IFIs; 2
• Procedure adherence & interpretation, Ability to strictly adhere to established, formal guidelines, including in new situations and to interpret established, formal guidelines to address and recommend solutions or further actions required; 3
• Risk & compliance, Know-how in asset liability management, risk reporting, capital adequacy, quality assurance and compliance (e.g. Anti-money laundering (AML), Know your customer (KYC) processes), etc.; 3Basic ICT & digital fluency, High level of digital literacy and ability to quickly get familiar with new digital tools (e.g. ability to carry out EPR data entry and extraction when budgeting; monitoring security systems, uploading content to inter/intra-net websites, etc.); 3

Treasury Analysts typically work with a higher level Finance Specialist in monitoring financial performance and preparing and evaluating financial reports. The incumbent may alternatively supervise a homogeneous portion of a financial operation which is predominantly process oriented.
Position specific: The Treasury Analyst is responsible for conducting in-depth financial analysis of IFAD’s financial sustainability, monitor and analyze balance sheet risks, prepare periodic financial reports and dashboards on liquidity, ALM, and investments in compliance with IFAD’s financial regulations and policies.