We are recruiting for an Executive Director to join the ALM team within Europe Treasury Department

Profile Summary

London Branch is the largest of Mizuho Banks offices in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. It provides a range of corporate lending and deposit service as well as FX and derivatives across EMEA. Europe Treasury Department Banking is responsible for Asset and Liability Management operation, including managing EMEA’s interest rate risk and liquidity risk.

ETD BKG ALM Desk is responsible for treasury operation of London Branch, which includes  executing each currency’s money market transactions and funding support for the continental offices. The desk is also responsible for liquidity management, maintaining relationships with liquidity providers, diversifying funding sources, quality reporting.

The desk is also responsible for SONIA Submission and its integrity of all our transaction data. The data underlying SONIA are collected on Form SMMD, under section 17 of the BOE Act 1998. ETD BKG ALM Desk staffs are required to attend the office on a rotation basis from 07:00 to adhere to plausibility checking requirements that BOE on occasion conducts.

This position will lead functional team in the delivery of services and manage some aspects of strategic plan of ALM and its implementation. It needs to identify new business, competitive strategies and methodologies to improve the quality of Mizuho’s business. In order to this, it also needs to carry out pipeline and project management activities in relation to ALM and liquidity management. It’s essential to develop a wide network in the Financial Institutions.

It will be responsible for introducing innovation to the design and delivery of new ideas, products, and services that support efficient and stable ALM solution. In addition to these, it’s required to execute Derivatives (such as IRS swaps), money market transactions, and new products in order to control the balance sheet and its interest/liquidity risks

Duties and Responsibilities

• Leading functional team to achieve the team’s quantitative and qualitative goals.

• Identify new business, competitive strategies and methodologies to improve the quality of Mizuho’s business.

• Empower individuals to take responsibility for their goals.

• Coach, mentor and develop the team in a positive and constructive manner.

• Develop and utilise a wide network of business including a global network of contacts within Mizuho to align with global ALM strategy.

• Supporting branches and subsidiaries.

• Carrying out the banking operations with authorised products within the specified limits.

• Maintain and enhance the networking with liquidity providers, regulators.

• FTP control, balance sheet control, contingent liquidity control.

• Complying with regulatory requirements.

• Project management related to ETD BKG ALM desk.

• Well monitoring risks across the B/S of EMEA as a front office.

• Collecting necessary information of markets and regulations.

• Support Managing Director of ETD BKG

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

Essential

• Broad and sound knowledge/experience of market (money market, cross currency market, rates market, collateral finance & repo, and other capital market)

• Experience of working in ALM and/or Treasury business in financial institution

• Communication skills for team working

• Presentation skills about strategy planning

• Sound knowledge of regulations

• Project and Task management skill

• Basic system feasibilities

• Basic operation feasibilities

 Desirable

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent

• Quantitative ALM management knowledge and data analysis skills

• Accounting knowledge

• IT skills

We champion a flexible work environment, as we understand the need for people to meet other commitments or simply strike a good work-life balance.  As such, we are happy to talk flexible working for this role such as reduced working hours.  The role will also include homeworking. 

At Mizuho we are committed to supporting equality and diversity, and seek to create a workplace that is fully inclusive.  We welcome applications from all sections of the community that we operate in and from all ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation, beliefs, gender identities and disabilities. 

If you require more information about our equal opportunities policy or wish to discuss any accessibility requirements or reasonable adjustments please contact the recruitment team – recruitment@mizuhoemea.com and we will be happy to help. 

Mizuho Bank provides financial and strategic solutions for the increasingly diverse and sophisticated needs of international clients, focusing its efforts on serving major corporations, financial institutions, individuals and public sector entities. A relationship management approach to serving clients enables Mizuho Bank, together with group companies including Mizuho Trust & Banking and Mizuho Securities, to develop customised solutions in areas such as corporate, structured and project finance, transaction banking and risk management. 

With 81 offices outside Japan, Mizuho Bank offers both local experience and the ability to progress careers across its global business network. Mizuho Bank is a subsidiary of the Japan-based Mizuho Financial Group, Inc, one of the largest financial services companies in the world, with total assets of approximately US $1.8 trillion (as of March, 2016). Mizuho London Branch has over 850 employees, Mizuho Bank employs over 27,000 employees and is part of the Mizuho Financial 
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