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Head of Treasury & International Operations

Bank of Kigali
Your partner in wealth creation

JOB OPPORTUNITY
Bank of Kigali is the leading bank in Rwanda with a market share of 31% of total banking assets The Bank also
account for over 50% of the banking sector profit performance. It is the only credit rated company in Rwanda and
has been awarded the Bank of the Year award by the Financial Times two years running in 2009 and 2010.

“Bank of Kigali aspires to be the best and most innovative provider of financial solutions in the region.”
‘We endeavour to provide the best financial services and solutions to our business and retail customers in order to
create value for our stakeholders. We invest in our employees and provide them with meaningful rewards that
encourage them to make significant contributions to the company and the community’.
The Bank aims to be the leader position in human capital and skills development in the financial services and
employer of choice in Rwanda. To this end the Bank is seeking self motivated persons to further these objectives.

TREASURY & INTERNATIONAL
DEPARTMENT

post:Head of Treasury & International Operations

Overall purpose of the job
Responsible for providing leadership in the effective
and profitable management of the Treasury function
of the Bank. The jobholder will also be responsible
for effectively managing trade service operations and
internatoinal transfers and ensuring all activites are
performed within prescribed standards.

Duties and responsibilities
Treasury
· Responsible for building and effectively managing
a treasury team and creating a strategy to build the
treasury function;
· Manage the bank’s investments to ensure optimum
returns and to seek opportunities for generating
profit; develop and implement strategies to meet
the Bank’s funding requirements;
· Manage the bank’s foreign exchange and interbank
money market dealings to ensure profitable
trading;
· Ensures reports and statutory statistics on
documentary trade business volumes and income
are prepared and submitted to management and the
central bank in a timely manner.
· Oversees management of the bank’s cash position
to ensure appropriate funding to meet obligations;
whilst minimising risks and maximising profits;
· Analyse the market to identify suitable and
profitable instruments to invest in;
· Monitor and manage foreign exchange risk,
interest rate risk and liquidity risk;
· Review deal transactions executed by dealers to
ensure they have been accurately captured in the
system;
· Identify new customers and actively market the
Bank’s treasury products to drive growth;
Trade finance and international operations
· Develop and trade finance products and services.
· Ensure trade services and foreign currency
transfers are executed as per the Bank’s controls,
policies and procedures and in compliance with
internal and external rules and regulations;
· Manage and maintain effective relations with
correspondent banks and other stakeholders;
· Ensures operational efficiency by reviewing
transactions to ensure that they are accurate and
processed within the required timeframe;

Minimum academic and professional
qualifications required
Graduate degree in business studies. Banking
professional qualifications will be an added
advantage
Minimum years of experience
10 years experience in banking operations of which
at least 5 years should have been in a treasury and
trade finance function in a senior management
capacity.
Skills and competencies required
· Sound management and leadership skills;
· Treasury sales experience coupled with expert
knowledge of all treasury and trade finance
products;
· Experience in managing a treasury team would be
desirable along with a proven track record in
building strategic relationships both with clients
and internal stakeholders;
· Exceptional networking skills;
· Strong problem solving and analytical skills;
· Demonstrated ability to build cohesive teams and
to achieve goals through teamwork; and
· Proficiency in English, both written and spoken.

If you fit the above specification submit your application
letter, current CV together with a filled Personal Record
Form (PRF Form) which can be downloaded from BK
website (http://www.bk.rw/ENGLISH1/vacancies.html)
not later than 28th February 2011 to:
Head of Human Resources & Administration,
Bank of Kigali,
P.O.Box 175
Kigali, Rwanda
E-mail: recruitment@bk.rw