Treasury Middle Office Manager

Department: Finance Department
Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Contract Type: Temporary
Activity Level: 100%

The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement.

A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations, Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Olympic broadcast partners. It also collaborates with public and private authorities including the United Nations and other international organisations.

About the role:

As the Treasury Middle office Manager you will be supporting the treasury function by performing treasury middle office activities, cash flow forecasting for IOC entities, risk management, and ESG reporting.

Your responsibilities:

• Support Treasury function in its day to day activities including: monitoring of bank accounts & electronic bank statements, trades booking, daily performance and market updates as well as bank administration.
• Perform Treasury middle office activities including cash and positions reconciliation as well as compliance monitoring of Treasury and investments transactions with IOC Asset Management Policy.
• Monitor investments valuations and prepare periodic investment reports including performance analysis of IOC entities investment portfolios versus benchmarks for Treasury Committee and Finance Commission.
• Perform the activity of treasury month end and year end closing activities including foreign exchange rates updates and valuation.
• Perform internal controls and answer external auditors requests in relation to Treasury Middle Office activities.
• Ensure updated database in SAP and Bloomberg for modifications and parameter change necessary to perform accurate analysis of the financial positions and bank account management.
• Maintain monthly cash flow forecasting model for various IOC entities.
• Coordinate with various stakeholders including Commercial Finance, Financial planning as well as Accounts Receivable and Payable to ensure cash flow inputs are provided on time.
• Conduct cash flow analysis and prepare reports related to cash in-flow and cash out-flow.
• Propose and implement enhancement to the cash flow forecasting model.
• Support the Treasury team with ongoing bank compliance and KYC requests.
• Contribute to the continuous monitoring and enhancement of IOC risk management tools to identify the various financial risks.
• Together with the Portfolio Manager and Treasurer, take part in ESG strategy development and prepare periodic ESG reporting to the Finance Commission.
• Support the Treasury and Finance function towards its SAP migration journey and digital transformation by collaborating with SAP Project Management team on processes optimisations projects.
• Perform ongoing and special projects assigned by the IOC Head of Treasury or Group CFO and deemed necessary for the overall Finance function.

Our requirements

• University qualification or equivalent (master’s, bachelor’s, federal qualification, etc.)
• Mother tongue French or English, with an excellent knowledge of English or French (spoken and written).
• Excellent knowledge of Excel (incl. Excel formulas and functions as well as VBA macros), Word, PowerPoint and Power BI.
• Excellent command of SAP and Bloomberg.
• Knowledge of Fides a plus.
• English or French fluency, with excellent writing and speaking of the other language.
• Excellent command of the corporate tools and ability to follow the internal user rules (Outlook, etc.).
• Proven Practical experience as an analyst / middle office role in a Treasury department or in Asset Management/ Banking industry.
• Proven interest for Financial analysis and Financial markets.
• Deep understanding of main asset classes and practical experience working with financial products.
• Experience in managing bank compliance requests.
• Strong Analytical skills and data gathering skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to work in a team .
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Keen sense of confidentiality.
• Proven high integrity, ethical and professional conduct.

Come and join an organisation where the spirit of inclusion, gender equality and diversity is a top priority and which focuses on what unites us – a passion for sport and its values. Work in a flexible and rewarding environment which offers competitive employee benefits and numerous incentives to live a sustainable, healthy and active life. By joining us, you become part of the Olympic Movement and help to build a better world through sport. You will have the opportunity to work with people of more than 70 nationalities.