Team Summary

The Function of the Visa Payments Limited (VPL) Treasury Department is to provide liquidity management, risk analysis of trading partners, FX risk mitigation and conversion services to the VPL Group.

Treasury and trading strategies will be executed as outlined in department policies and procedures to meet both the strategic objectives of the business as well as delivering cost efficiency, risk management and automation.

What a Senior Treasury Analyst does at Visa:

The Senior Treasury Analyst, Asia is a member of the Global Treasury team and will be based in our Singapore office acting to implement treasury procedures, daily foreign exchange conversions, liquidity strategies and ongoing analysis to increase efficiencies as outlined by the VPL Head of Treasury whilst managing the day to day running of the team (to be determined). As this is a new role the person will be required to build out this function within Asia. The VPL Head of Treasury will act to guide and steer accordingly from time to time where required.

• Provide support in the proactive management of liquidity and FX purchase strategies, supporting core transaction flows for the Group in accordance with adopted policies and procedures
• Overview of management of both intra-day and longer-term foreign exchange risk as it relates to treasury policies and procedures
• Support in the projection and management of liquidity funding requirements and usage to maximize efficiencies across the function
• Execute FX trading strategies in line with departmental policies
• Perform ongoing analysis of company treasury and FX flow to highlight potential areas for efficiency improvements, cost saving and revenue generation
• Develop and maintain strong, profitable relationships with all key banks and suppliers
• Aid VPL Treasurer with forging and maintaining liquidity provider relationships where necessary
• Actively build relationships with internal stakeholders with a view to support group goals
• Ensure clear and concise communication with both internal and external partners
• Aid key stakeholders in providing competitive FX pricing to potential clients whilst mitigating and managing market risk
• Facilitate education of prospective clients with sales on any FX related topics
• Overview of execution of daily liquidity and cash positioning process, ensuring there is sufficient liquidity across all accounts for transaction flow
• Work closely with and support Payment Operations through the management team ensuring payments are sent in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Cash forecasting to manage VPL liquidity, establishing synergies where possible
• Oversight of junior future team members in deliverance of BAU as and when required
• Responsible for deliverance of supporting projects that drive efficiency and process improvement for the Global Treasury Function

 Why this is important to Visa

The role will initially be responsible for the execution of daily foreign exchange and liquidity strategies in support of achieving outlined business objectives as it relates to client and firm activities.  This may expand to cross train on other Visa Products as dictated by business flows.

What you will need:

• A graduate degree, preferably within a financial discipline
• 8 years + Work experience within a prior Senior Treasury role.

Technical Skills and Experience

• Numerical skills preferably gained within a financial discipline
• Strong working knowledge of MS Excel working with Pivot Table
• Extensive knowledge of foreign exchange products, rates and calculations
• Extensive knowledge of liquidity management techniques
• Ability to balance cost, benefit and risks in making decisions whilst understanding the impact and implications of decisions on organizational operations
• Knowledge of financial markets and/or macroeconomics
• Data analysis and an understanding of risk-based strategies
• Experience using a Treasury Management System

What will also help:

• Excellent understanding of financial markets in terms of their effects on foreign exchange rates
• Detail oriented and effective organizational skills
• Quick thinking and adaptable – working in an environment where priorities can quickly shift
• Able to work as part of a team or independently as work and projects require
• Strong willingness to learn and self-develop knowledge whilst guiding more junior members
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Effective negotiation skills

Work Experience

• Financial market experience within financial services and/or foreign exchange exposure
• Solution based problem solving
• Dealing with internal business stakeholders and department heads
• Relationship management experience within the financial services industry beneficial
• Experience with cash management and/or broader liquidity management
• Experience in actively building relationships with internal stakeholders to support goals as defined for the Group
• Demonstration of strong communication within the team, and with both internal & external stakeholders

Skills

• Excellent understanding of financial markets in terms of their effects on foreign exchange rates
• Detail oriented and effective organisational skills
• Quick thinking and adaptable – working in an environment where priorities can quickly shift
• Able to work as part of a team or independently as work and projects require
• Strong willingness to learn and self-develop knowledge whilst guiding more junior members
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Effective negotiation skills

Projects you will be a part of:

As a Senior Treasury Analyst in this region you will be at the heart of helping to drive the success of the Visa Direct Payments product in region ensuring that the local liquidity pertaining to our client payments into Asian beneficiary bank accounts is placed with the local Visa Payments Limited network partners. You will aid the local Visa Direct team with driving solutions through the various settlement models whilst having the continued opportunity to showcase your progress back to the Head of treasury, VPL, Global Treasury and leadership teams where required. 

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the evolving visa/travel restrictions in place, we are currently only able to extend offers to candidates with the right to work in Singapore. We are keeping the situation under close review and will adjust accordingly should the restrictive measures be lifted.