Liquidity Trade Management - Asaociate

Job Description

A new opportunity to join a top investment bank in Japan to support the management of the firm's cash and daily liquidity.

Roles/Responsibilities

• Work closely with the front office desks, including short-term interest rate traders, to manage trading activity and complete effective cash management.
• Pre-match urgent trades.
• Support the daily mark-to-market process and ensure adequate collateral is held.
• Identity and resolve unmatched trades and breaks, working closely with the business, counterparties and internal infrastructure teams.
• Employ strategic liquidity management techniques to ensure liquidity meets regulatory requirements, while maximizing asset allocation and minimizing funding costs.
• Ensure client's assets are protected in segregated accounts.
• Take a proactive approach, looking for opportunities to employ new techniques and technologies to more effectively manage risks, improve services and reduce costs.
• The liquidity team works with all areas of the investment bank, giving successful applications an opportunity to get exposure to the wider business and develop a holistic understanding of investment banking.

Required skills

• This role is ideal for a financial services professional who is keen to learn about the whole investment banking business and challenge themselves in a dynamic environment
• Strong communications skills in Japanese and English.
• Ability to identify and escalate risks.

Preferred skills

• Investment Banking Middle Office experience.
• Knowledge of global and local regulations impacting liquidity.

About our client

A leading global investment bank offering diverse financial products to clients in Japan.

Morgan McKinley Asia Pac is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.