Director

The Director leads the Treasury and Liquidity Risk Division within the Office of Risk Management at ADB headquarters in Manila. The role provides strategic leadership and oversight of treasury and liquidity risk management, ensuring alignment with ADB's priorities and governance frameworks, and supports senior decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership to the Treasury and Liquidity Risk Division, setting direction, priorities, work program, and performance targets aligned with ADB's institutional priorities and ORM objectives.
• Lead treasury and liquidity risk management activities, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality oversight and advice.
• Identify, assess, monitor, and report market, counterparty, and liquidity risks from treasury activities and operations.
• Ensure treasury activities remain within approved risk appetite, policies, prudential limits, and governance frameworks.
• Lead or participate in development, review, and implementation of treasury and liquidity policies, methodologies, risk limits, systems, and internal controls.
• Strengthen risk analytics, data governance, systems, and reporting processes to support effective decision-making.
• Oversee second-line liquidity risk management function for Ordinary Capital Resources and other funds, including monitoring liquidity indicators.
• Provide strategic advice and risk insights to Head, ORM, Management, the Board, and other stakeholders on treasury and liquidity risk matters.
• Promote strong risk culture across ADB and maintain strong working relationships with Treasury Department, ORM teams, other departments, peer institutions, development partners, rating agencies, and stakeholders.
• Manage division resources including budget, staffing, operational priorities, performance management, and talent development.
• Foster a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing team culture delivering high-quality risk oversight and contributing to ADB's institutional goals.

Requirements

• Master's degree or equivalent in finance, accounting, mathematics, economics or related fields; or University degree in these fields with at least 10 years specialized experience relevant to the position.
• At least 15 years of relevant experience in treasury activities and/or market and liquidity risk management including asset and liability management with a commercial bank or multilateral development bank (MDB).
• Strong understanding of an MDB's treasury operations, financial policies, liquidity strategies and controls, balance sheet dynamics, asset liability management, global capital markets and relevant products, including derivatives (e.g., interest rate and cross currency swaps).
• In-depth knowledge of treasury and liquidity risk management principles, methodologies including valuation and risk measurement, governance, controls, and the related regulatory environment.
• Proven experience developing or overseeing treasury and liquidity risk measurement models, analytics, systems, data management, and reporting processes.
• Experience leading complex work programs, managing projects, and delivering high-quality outputs in a financial services or institutional environment.
• Experience analyzing complex issues, identifying solutions and making informed decisions.
• Experience leading teams or initiatives, including the ability to manage teams, build collaboration, support staff development, and communicate information clearly with senior stakeholders.
• Written and verbal proficiency in English.
• International experience.

Skills

• Treasury Activities
• Liquidity Risk
• Asset-Liability Management
• Market Risk Management
• Financial Policies and Practices
• Liquidity Strategies
• Balance Sheet Dynamics
• Global Capital Markets
• Derivatives
• Interest Rate Swaps
• Cross Currency Swaps
• Risk Measurement Development
• Regulatory Compliance
• Risk Measurement Models
• Data Management
• Financial Reporting
• Project Management
• Team Leadership
• Fund Valuation Methodologies
• Governance Controls

Languages

English