Bank ABC
Liquidity Planning & Analytics
- Permanent
- Manama, Bahrain
- Experience 10 - 15 yrs
Job expiry date: 28/12/2025
Job overview
Date posted
13/11/2025
Location
Manama, Bahrain
Salary
Undisclosed
Compensation
Comprehensive package + relocation
Experience
10 - 15 yrs
Seniority
Senior Manager
Qualification
Bachelors degree
Expiration date
28/12/2025
Job description
The Liquidity Planning & Analytics role is a senior treasury and risk management position responsible for driving the structural liquidity planning, funding strategy, and liquidity optimization initiatives across the bankās MENA operations. The incumbent will lead the development of liquidity forecasting, funds transfer pricing, and balance sheet modeling frameworks, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and internal policies. The role requires ownership of the Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process (ILAAP), Contingency Funding Plan (CFP), and ongoing liquidity stress testing. The candidate will collaborate closely with Group Treasury, Market Risk, and Finance teams to manage key liquidity metrics, optimize the funding mix, and support Asset-Liability Committee (ALCO) governance. The role demands strong analytical, quantitative, and technical expertise to design forward-looking liquidity models and assess balance sheet risk under various scenarios. This position also involves high-level interaction with senior management, providing actionable insights and strategic recommendations on liquidity risk and funding efficiency.
Required skills
Key responsibilities
- Develop and implement the bankās liquidity planning and risk management framework across the group
- Prepare liquidity and funding projections, assessing the impact of business growth and market conditions
- Design and maintain balance sheet modeling tools for forward-looking liquidity analysis
- Develop and maintain the Internal Liquidity Adequacy Assessment Process (ILAAP) including governance, scenario analysis, and contingency funding integration
- Monitor and analyze short-, medium-, and long-term liquidity metrics such as LCR, NSFR, funding concentrations, and refinancing profiles
- Review and recommend optimal funding mix strategies to balance cost, diversification, and liquidity coverage
- Perform behavioral analysis on deposits and off-balance sheet exposures to refine liquidity assumptions
- Collaborate with Corporate Treasury and local market teams to review and update FTP rates and liquidity pricing methodologies
- Develop and enhance liquidity and funding reports for the Liquidity Sub-Committee and Group ALCO
- Coordinate liquidity stress testing and fire drills, ensuring CFP adequacy and regulatory compliance
- Assist with preparation of Board and senior management presentations on group liquidity and funding positions
- Ensure alignment between liquidity planning and regulatory developments across jurisdictions
- Support group subsidiaries in implementing liquidity frameworks and maintaining oversight of their liquidity positions
- Participate in MENA subsidiariesā ALCOs, providing guidance on funding, liquidity, and balance sheet optimization
- Monitor and report breaches in liquidity limits and support development of corrective measures
Experience & skills
- Postgraduate or professional qualification such as ACA, MBA, MS Finance, Accounting, or Financial Engineering
- 10+ years of progressive experience in financial risk management, treasury, ALM, or investment banking
- Strong knowledge of ALM frameworks, liquidity regulations (LCR, NSFR), and liquidity stress testing
- Deep understanding of term funding instruments, fixed income markets, and balance sheet risk
- Hands-on experience with Fund Transfer Pricing methodologies and liquidity optimization techniques
- Proficiency in developing liquidity forecasting models and data-driven analytics tools
- Strong communication and presentation skills to explain complex analyses to senior management
- Strategic and analytical thinker capable of evaluating external market risks and internal exposures
- Experience managing complex cross-border regulatory and reporting environments
- Demonstrated leadership and project management skills with ability to influence across departments
