Reports to: Head of Treasury

Department: Treasury

Location: Head Office

Job Purpose

Execution of the bank’s foreign exchange business strategy by entering into foreign exchange dealings with designated clients and collaborating with the business teams to grow foreign exchange income.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate designated clients calls for a first-hand understanding of their foreign exchange requirement patterns and plans.
• Execute foreign exchange deals with designated clients, as mandated by the bank.
• Ensure prompt generation and release of deal tickets to the respective stakeholders.
• Track foreign exchange transactions volumes and income to evaluate and monitor foreign exchange business performance progress.
• Coordinate visits to designated clients and circulate the call-visits reports for action by relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor and assess real-time both deal specific and cumulative foreign exchange exposure build up to ensure strict compliance with the internal and regulatory guidelines.
• Prepare and circulate foreign exchange rates for use by the bank branch staff while ensuring strict compliance with the bank’s mark-up policy.
• Ensure all known transactions are posted onto the blotter for ease of reconciliation with iMAL.
• Ensure strict adherence to the Kenya FX Code and all other relevant internal policy guidelines.

Customers for this position

• Designated external clients
• Business team
• Branch Staff

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Graduate in a business-related field.
• ACI – the Financial Market Association Certificate
• Dealership in Foreign Exchange
• Knowledge of the Kenya Foreign Exchange Code

Competencies

• Customer Relationship Management
• Treasury Sales Skills
• Verbal and Written Communication Skills