Associate/Senior Associate, Treasury, Trading & Solutions

Temasek; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Singapore seeks a candidate for a Treasury role focusing on Trading and Solutions for FX, Interest Rates, and Cash. The position involves managing Treasury products, executing strategies with bank counterparties, and developing commercial opportunities, requiring robust analytical, communication, and project management skills.

Qualifications

• Up to 4 years of experience in FX & Interest Rates markets.
• A keen eye for detail with systems and processes for FX and cash management.
• Strong team player with effective communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain understanding in FX, Interest Rates, and Cash markets.
• Drive execution of Treasury products across markets.
• Manage Treasury systems and processes for trading.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Project Management

Communication

Critical Thinking

Education

Relevant degree

Job description

Temasek is a global investment company headquartered in Singapore, with a net portfolio value of S$389 billion (US$288b, €267b, £228b, RMB2.08t) as at 31 March 2024. Marking our unlisted assets to market would provide S$31 billion of value uplift and bring our mark-to-market net portfolio value to S$420 billion.

Our Purpose “So Every Generation Prospers” guides us to make a difference for today’s and future generations.

Operating on commercial principles, we seek to deliver sustainable returns over the long term.

We have 13 offices in 9 countries around the world: Beijing, Hanoi, Mumbai, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Singapore in Asia; and Brussels, London, Mexico City, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Washington, DC outside Asia.

For more information on Temasek, please visit www.temasek.com.sg

For Temasek Review 2024, please visit www.temasekreview.com.sg

For Sustainability Report 2024, please visit www.temasek.com.sg/SR2024

Introduction

The Treasury Team seeks to enhance value and strengthen the organisation’s resilience by developing strategy, policy, structuring & raising debt, and managing FX & interest rate exposures and liquidity optimally.

The team strives for excellence in market execution and through continuous process improvement. As a balance sheet owner, the team discharges their governance and control responsibilities with prudence and pragmatism. Through collaboration, partnership, and objective advice, the team builds strong long-term relationships with Treasury’s stakeholders including various investment groups, financial counterparties, bank lenders, bond investors, and the broader Temasek eco-system of portfolio companies and platforms.

We are looking for an excellent candidate to join us, focusing on Trading and Solutions for FX, Interest Rates, and Cash.

Responsibilities

Treasury solutions and forecast review

• Maintain keen understanding and awareness in FX, Interest Rates, and Cash markets
• Contribute to the refresh of the in-house view across key currencies
• Translate insights to generate commercial solutions and strategies for relevant stakeholders – across investment teams, macro strategists, and Treasury’s balance sheet and cash activities. Areas of focus include development of commercial opportunities based on relative risks and rewards, tactical market views, and estimates of liquidity conditions across products

Execution of FX, Interest Rates, Cash

• Drive execution of Treasury products across FX, Interest Rates, and Cash markets backed by product knowledge and trading acumen
• Develop and implement execution strategies with bank counterparties to optimize liquidity and minimize market impact

Business Development

• Keep abreast of changes in relevant markets, products, and regulations (e.g., variation margin, mandatory clearing, settlement timelines) and translate insights into business development needs

Trading Systems and Processes

• Manage relevant Treasury systems and processes for electronic and voice trading with an ownership mindset, and work to evolve them in the spirit of continuous improvement and efficiency

Requirements

• Relevant degree
• Up to 4 years of experience in FX & Interest Rates markets in investment firms, banks, or corporate treasuries of large MNCs
• A keen eye for detail and aptitude for working with systems and processes for FX and cash management, trade orders, and trading
• Critical thinking and commercially minded with keen analytical skills
• Strong team player, clear and effective communicator (written and oral), adept at working across teams and independently engaging stakeholders across seniorities
• Excellent project management skills and time management