ABOUT BCI

Bci provides financial services to individuals and corporation. We focus on being a global leader in innovations and personalized client experience and, with more than 10,500 employees, Bci is recognized as one of the best companies in which to work and develop a career. It is the third largest privately owned bank in Chile and it has more than 300 branch offices throughout Chile and representative offices in other countries.

Bci is an Equal Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other factor determined to be unlawful under applicable law.

JOB SUMMARY

The VP Treasury Manager is responsible for leading and executing the core Treasury functions of the branch, overseeing the daily operations and strategy of the Liquidity, Funding, and Asset/Liability Management (ALM) Desks. This role ensures prudent risk management, maintains regulatory liquidity standards, optimizes funding costs, and aligns balance sheet management with branch profitability objectives and approved policy parameters.

DUTIES OF THE POSITION

The duties of the position include, but are not limited to, the following: 

1. Core Desk Management & Leadership

•  Provide direct supervisory leadership and oversight over the Treasury team members executing liquidity, funding, and ALM activities.

•  Ensure seamless operational synchronization across the Liquidity, Funding, and ALM desks to support daily branch financial operations.

• Ongoing evaluation of Treasury procedures to streamline desk workflows and enhance operational efficiency.

• Evaluate and quantify the financial implications of operational issues, policy changes, and regulatory shifts to safeguard branch profitability and risk exposure.

2. Liquidity Desk Management

• Monitor real-time intraday cash balances, settlement activity, and daily cash flows to satisfy all operational and legal reserve requirements.

• Execute liquidity management strategies to navigate both normal market operations and contingency/stress scenarios.

• Monitor market trends and daily rate pricing to determine cost of funding schedules for the branch.

3. Funding Desk Management

• Manage short- and medium-term funding strategies, supervising the issuance and processing of Commercial Paper, Yield Certificates of Deposit (YCDs), and Term Deposits.

• Oversee money market transactions, interbank borrowing/lending, and wholesale funding sources to minimize liability costs.

• Calculate breakage costs and manage pricing structures for deposits and funds transfer pricing (FTP).

4. Asset / Liability Management (ALM) & Portfolio Strategy

• Analyze balance sheet dynamics to identify interest rate risk, liquidity risk, and concentration risk, providing actionable recommendations to executive leadership.

• Assist in managing the branch's proprietary investment portfolio, proactively analyzing market opportunities to optimize yield while mitigating market risks.

• Develop financial, interest rate sensitivity, and balance sheet models that support long-term capital planning, budgeting, and forecasting.

• Evaluate the financial impact of changing market conditions, balance sheet movements, and regulatory policy shifts.

5. General & Administrative Duties

• Confer with clients, investors, and counterparties by telephone or in person to provide information on treasury products and services, while actively developing and maintaining strategic institutional relationships.

•  Ensure the timely onboarding of new customers, investors, and counterparties by overseeing the collection of required account opening documentation and guaranteeing that customer profiles and accounts are accurately updated and created within the bank's required platforms.

• Maintain professional bilingual communication capabilities (English and Spanish) to effectively communicate and collaborate with local leadership, Head Office counterparts, employees, auditors, regulators, customers and counterparties.

• Work all hours required to fulfill job duties (including evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed) and travel as required.

• Assume evolving duties and responsibilities of the position over time and provide coverage for other treasury/branch positions as requested by management.

• Ability to carry and lift boxes and/or other objects that may weigh between 10 and 25 pounds.

COMPLIANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

In the performance of their duties, all Bci - Miami Branch staff members are required to comply all state and federal regulatory and legal requirements, including the Bank Secrecy Act, the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1979, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the Bank Bribery Amendments Act. Additionally, all staff members must comply with in the Bci’s Personnel Manual and Code of Ethics and other policies of Bci which are either currently in place or which may become effective during the staff member’s employment. 

PRE-HIRE REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS POSITION:

COMPUTER:

Ability to operate IBM compatible personal computers; fluency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Google Suite, and other banking applications needed to perform the functions of the position.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or Accounting required.

CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES:

Professional certification, such as CFA, BTRM or FRM is preferred.

EXPERIENCE: 

Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in Treasury, Capital Markets, or Financial Markets within an international commercial bank, foreign branch, or financial institution.