Portfolio and Execution Manager
Hampshire Trust Bank
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Job summary
Hampshire Trust Bank plc is hiring a Treasury Portfolio & Execution Manager to actively manage the bank’s treasury investment and derivative portfolio, including repo/reverse repo, swaps, and FX transactions. You will optimise liquidity, risk, and returns in collaboration with the ALM team, ensuring compliance with risk frameworks.
You will work on asset allocation, performance monitoring, and development of treasury strategies, deploying surplus liquidity to enhance returns while maintaining
Qualifications
- Significant experience in treasury portfolio management, ALM, or related banking field.
- Strong understanding of fixed income products, liquidity management, and regulatory frameworks (HQLA, LCR, NSFR).
- Experience dealing/transacting in financial instruments including interest rate swaps, fixed income instruments, FX instruments and repos
- Highly numerate and analytical, with the ability to interpret complex data and reach actionable conclusions.
- Proficient in portfolio management systems and advanced Excel; Bloomberg experience desirable.
Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day operation of treasury investment portfolio including covered bonds, SSAs, gilts, and other eligible assets.
- Contribute collaboratively to RMBS investments management.
- Oversee and execute swap, FX and repo transactions to support portfolio strategy, risk management, and funding requirements.
- Develop and implement portfolio strategies for all asset classes within defined risk and regulatory parameters.
- Identify short‑term investment opportunities across high‑quality liquid assets and money‑market instruments.
- Ensure cash-management decisions align with funding strategy and risk appetite.
- Monitor and report portfolio performance, risk metrics, and compliance with limits.
- Support liquidity management including stress testing and regulatory reporting (LCR, NSFR).
- Lead or support projects to integrate new asset classes or systems into treasury portfolio.
- Prepare and present regular portfolio updates and recommendations to ALCO and senior management.
- Ensure adherence to risk management framework and policies.
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Hampshire Trust Bank is a specialist bank, staffed by experts focused on helping UK businesses realise their ambitions.
We offer niche specialty lines, as a SME bank, targeting under-served segments. Our dedicated Wholesale Finance, Bridging Finance, Development Finance and Specialist Mortgages teams ensure that businesses receive the outstanding service, lasting relationships, integrity and expertise they need to prosper.
We also provide savings accounts to individuals and businesses and since we lend to SMEs, our savers can be sure their money will help boost the British economy. Our vision is to be the go-to bank in our chosen markets; to deliver positive customer outcomes, rewarding careers and great shareholder value through a high-performing culture grounded in excellence and integrity.
Discover more about working at HTB here - Life at HTB | Careers & Inside Hampshire Trust Bank (HTB)
In this newly created role, the incoming Treasury Portfolio & Execution Manager will actively manage and optimise the bank’s treasury investment and derivative portfolio—including the identification, structuring, and dealing / execution of repo and reverse repo transactions, swap and FX transactions—to ensure liquidity, risk, and return objectives are met.
The role covers asset allocation, portfolio performance monitoring, and the development and execution of treasury strategies, with all activities conducted efficiently, collaboratively, and in compliance with the bank’s risk and regulatory framework.
Our incoming hire will work collaboratively with the ALM team to manage and optimise the bank’s cash position, ensuring that surplus liquidity is efficiently deployed to enhance returns while maintaining appropriate liquidity buffers and meeting all regulatory requirements. This includes jointly assessing daily and forward‑looking liquidity needs, identifying investable cash, and supporting the development of short‑term investment strategies aligned with the bank’s risk appetite and funding plan. This involves continuous market monitoring, maintaining strong relationships with external counterparties to secure competitive pricing, and ensuring all trades are executed efficiently and in line with best practices.
- Manage the day-to-day operation of the treasury investment portfolio, including covered bonds, SSAs, gilts, and other eligible assets
- Contribute collaboratively to the management of the Bank's RMBS investments
- Oversee and execute swap, FX and repo transactions to support portfolio strategy, risk management, and funding requirements.
- Develop and implement portfolio strategies for all asset classes, optimizing returns within defined risk and regulatory parameters.
- Identify short‑term investment opportunities across high‑quality liquid assets, money‑market instruments, and short‑dated securities to enhance cash yields within risk and regulatory parameters.
- Ensure cash‑management and investment decisions are aligned with the bank’s funding strategy, risk appetite, and broader balance‑sheet management objectives.
- Monitor and report on portfolio performance, risk metrics, and compliance with internal and external limits.
- Support liquidity management, including stress testing, scenario analysis, and regulatory reporting (e.g., LCR, NSFR).
- Lead or support projects to integrate new asset classes, systems, or processes into the treasury portfolio
- Prepare and present regular portfolio updates and recommendations to ALCO and senior management
- Ensure adherence to the bank’s risk management framework, policies, and procedures
- Significant experience in treasury portfolio management, asset-liability management, or a related field within banking or financial services.
- Strong understanding of fixed income products, liquidity management, and regulatory frameworks (e.g., HQLA, LCR, NSFR).
- Experience in dealing/transacting in financial instruments including interest rate swaps, fixed income instruments, FX instruments and repos
- Highly numerate and analytical, with the ability to interpret complex data and reach actionable conclusions.
- Proficient in portfolio management systems and advanced Excel skills; Bloomberg experience desirable.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Confident, self-motivated, and able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Relevant professional qualifications (e.g., ACT, CFA) are desirable.
- Competitive remuneration including discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review
- Private Medical Insurance (Bupa)
- Mental health & wellbeing support via YuLife & Bupa
- 25 days annual leave (increasing with service) + Holiday Buy Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme & Green Car Scheme
- Enhanced family leave policies
- Study support & professional memberships
- Hybrid working (50/50 London)
- YuLife Rewards – retail, lifestyle & experience discounts
- Pension scheme – 8% employer contribution (non‑contributory)
- Interest‑free season ticket loan
- Annual volunteering day & Net Zero employer commitment
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