Liquidity Officer

**Job Title**

Liquidity Officer

**Code**

SR-00-5221

**Deadline**

10/03/2023

**Country**

Head Quarters

**Duty Station**

Rome

**Starting date**

01/07/2023

**Contract duration**

determinato

**Reporting to**

Director of Finance

**Functional Supervisor**

Director of Finance

**Supervision of**

None

**Dependents**

Non-family duty station

**General context of the project***

**General purpose of the position***
Streamline the financial support through strategic information on liquidity margin, financial risk and working capital, aimed at taking effective decision making

**Main responsibilities and tasks***

1. Design and implement a reliable Forecasting system for cash-flows (both incoming and outgoing) harmonized for HQ Rome and Missions.

2. Improve the tools at HQ Rome, Regional office and Mission level for the ongoing liquidity monitoring.

3. Monitor on a daily basis the general instalment plan at HQ, by encompassing bank transfers to Missions, reimbursements to Rome, liquidity offsetting. This function requires a regular liaising with HQ International Accounting unit, Country Finance Coordinators, Regional Finance Coordinators, HQ Archive manager.

4. Establish in agreement with Director of Finance the optimal level of liquidity buffer in order to develop financial strategies with banks in pursuit of the organizational strategic objectives.

5. Monitor thresholds to ensure current liquidity risk exposure does not deviate too much from targets and stays within the bank’s liquidity risk tolerance and risk appetite

6. Support Missions and Regional offices by providing technical advice in offsetting financial operations and developing practices for optimizing cash resources among different countries based on deposit availability and liquidity needs.

7. Produce liquidity reporting on a quarterly basis that aggregates and presents metrics and results to the Senior Management.
8. Effectively contributing to the analysis of specific variables impacting on liquidity (i.e., exchange rate fluctuation)

**Education***
University degree (Economics, Finance or any other relevant topic)

**Professional experience***

Experience with Risk Management, Numerical Analysis, Accounting, Finance and other Control functions
Prior experience with banking or financial services is a plus

**Professional requirements***

Strong proficiency with Excel is essential
Knowledge of platforms (or ERP) for financial services/cashflow forecast.

**Languages***
Italian, English (French desired)

**Personal requirements***

Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;
Attention to detail and a proactive, problem-solving approach are required;
Good interpersonal communication and relationship building skills;