Operations Officer

Are you a versatile treasury operations professional with strong end-to-end knowledge of derivatives and fixed income products and their post-trade activities? Are you a curious, problem-solving team-player? Join our purpose-driven organization, Apply nowYour roleDo you enjoy working in an international, diverse environment and do you want to support our mission?Are you a versatile treasury operations professional with strong end-to-end knowledge of derivatives and fixed income products, where you are comfortable in processing post-trade activities, have hands-on experience in TMS/Back-office applications and a good understanding of ALM and risk/accounting impact?Are you a curious, problem-solving team-player? Are you excited to contribute to change in new initiatives and products and assess how they impact your team? We’d love to hear from youAs an Operations Treasury Officer, you understand and handle post-trade activities for products like IRS/CCS derivatives, FX, NDS, bonds, and CPs. Activities include checking confirmations and final terms, processing payments, security settlement, and collateral management.You are well-versed in post-trade regulations like EMIR or SFTR. You have experience in collateral management, TR reporting, derivatives clearing, as well as payments and security settlement in different currencies and markets. You understand the cashflows on the products and can spot errors in registrations or documentation.In your role, you also have an understanding of cashflow forecasts and cross-functional dependencies across risk, finance, settlements, and regulatory reporting.In addition, the team also works closely with stakeholders on projects and product development in the treasury domain and investment teams, where you will have the opportunity to take ownership of your team’s requirements and contribute to change initiatives through testing, documentation and process enhancements.As an operations officer you will be involved in the following activities:Use your product and post-trade expertise to validate trade capture against confirmations and life cycle events—ensuring accurate positions. Review trade confirmations, liaise with counterparties for dispute resolution, and ensure timely administration in our core systems. Execute payments and settlements timely and accurately in WSS Suite and Swift.  Investigate BAU issues and take appropriate action or escalation. Issue, verify and investigate breaks in margin calls on both cleared and bilateral derivatives transactions and escalate where necessary. Reconcile and report positions as part of liquidity management. Handle Swift queries and alerts for sanctions screening in a timely manner escalating to relevant stakeholders when necessary. Ensure the quality of the processes and controls. Design and optimize processes to meet new regulations, projects, products, services, markets, and improvement initiatives. Collaborate with investment teams to support execution and implementation of new products to achieve higher impact. Engage in market and static data control. Our offerApart from a competitive offer with a yearly salary of approximately EUR 68k (including holiday allowance),we offer:Meaningful and impactful work in an international work environment.Premium-free pension and 31 holiday days.Flexible work arrangements and hybrid ways of working can be considered when working remotely.A 24/7 NS transport card and training budget.Our beautiful work premises are a 5-minute walk from Laan van NOI station in The Hague.For more information, please visit our website Secondary Benefits - FMO and our Employee Value Proposition (EVP)Please note: To be selected for this position, you must currently reside in the Netherlands.Your teamFMO’s mission is to enable entrepreneurs to increase inclusive and sustainable prosperity in developing countries. One of the pillars to achieve this is a strong Operations department to support the core investment processes, the treasury activities in financial markets, procurement and to provide administrative and payment services. We operate in developing markets globally, which is also reflected in an internationally oriented, diverse, and inclusive organization.The Operations department (Debt, Private Equity and Treasury) consists of more than fifty dedicated colleagues from many different nationalities and backgrounds. The Operations Treasury team within the department consists of seven enthusiastic specialists.Your backgroundWe are a small team of 7 and we have a diverse set of tasks. We are looking for someone with broad treasury product and lifecycle knowledge that can quickly take on independent responsibilities, have hands-on experience and is eager to learn and fill in any gaps of knowledgeYou are analytically strong, structured, result-oriented, pro-active and a real team player with good communication skills (in English). You can switch gears from executing BAU work with quality to then contribute to new product or process rollouts without losing control of the daily deliverables. You have an eye for detail, and you continuously want to improve the quality of your work. You have excellent time management and prioritization skills, and you can deal calmly with tight deadlines You possess a good understanding of ISDA/ICMA terminology used in confirmations for various products such as Rates derivatives, Swaps, Foreign exchange, Bonds, Commercial Paper and are able to spot inaccuracies and take timely action to resolve them. You hold a bachelor’s or master’s degree, and you have a clear affinity with working in a financial institution. You have at least 6 years of experience in Treasury Operations (middle and/or back office) space, preferably in international payments, cashflows, reconciliation, collateral and liquidity management, funding and derivatives products and understand the fundamentals of the products and their events Experience with WSS Suite, Swift, Markitwire, TriResolve would be a plus. If you believe you are a good fit for the role of Operations Treasury Officer, please apply. We look forward to learning more about you and the contribution you can make to our team; and how we can help you in your further career development.About FMOFMO delivers economic, social, and environmental development to entrepreneurial initiatives on a global scale, believing in our contribution to a better world, starting from our values as an organization and respect within our teams.To learn more about who we are; our Vision, Purpose, Mission, Company Culture and Leadership, please visit our page  Profile - FMO . At FMO, we are guided by our four core values: Diversity, Integrity, Making a Difference and Quality. These values are the foundation of our strong company culture, fostering an environment where we work together to make a positive impact on the world.Ready to make an impact and truly make a difference? Join us at FMOPlease note, if we make you an offer to join FMO, you will need to work through the screening process with our screening partner. The process is designed to check your integrity and reliability.