APAC Liquidity Risk VP

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To safeguard the bank's financial stability by assessing, managing and mitigating liquidity risk, which revolves around the bank's ability to meet its short-term financial obligations and access funding at reasonable rates in different market conditions.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of a comprehensive liquidity risk framework, including metrics, forecasting models, liquidity limits and stress testing scenarios.
• Assessment, review and improvement of the adequacy and appropriateness of Treasury’s strategies to optimise the bank's liquidity position, including managing cash reserves, borrowing facilities, and asset-liability matching.
• Monitoring daily liquidity positions, inflows, outflows, and potential funding gaps and report on liquidity risk metrics to senior management and regulators.
• Identification and assessment of potential sources of liquidity risk, such as market volatility, customer withdrawals, and regulatory changes.
• Development and testing of contingency plans to address liquidity shortfalls and market disruptions and Implementation of corrective actions as needed to maintain adequate liquidity levels.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

This role will serve as the primary regional lead for Barclays’ legal entities across Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Australia, providing oversight and coordination of treasury and regulatory initiatives across a complex and evolving APAC landscape. The successful candidate must possess a strong understanding of the Asia-Pacific regulatory environment, with depth in China-related regulations and supervisory expectations, and fluency in Mandarin is essential to effectively engage with local regulators and stakeholders. Based in Singapore—Barclays’ regional hub for APAC operations and the location of the APAC Treasurer—this position is strategically situated to enable close collaboration with senior regional leadership while leveraging Singapore’s central role in driving business, governance, and operational excellence across the region.

•           Experience engaging with APAC regulators (e.g. CBIRC, MAS, HKMA, APRA, JFSA, RBI), including onsite inspections, regulatory submissions, thematic reviews, and policy consultations, with a solid understanding of jurisdiction-specific liquidity requirements. Exposure to Fed, PRA, or EBA frameworks is advantageous. Mandarin capability for China coverage.

•           Strong experience in liquidity and funding risk management, balance sheet analysis, and Treasury ALM or non-traded market risk, with solid technical understanding of LCR, NSFR, liquidity metrics and liquidity stress testing frameworks.

•           Ability to perform effective second-line oversight, including monitoring and challenging liquidity risk limits, reviewing first-line Treasury activities, and risk analysis and reporting for senior stakeholders.

•           Hands-on experience in liquidity stress testing, including scenario analysis, review of assumptions, methodology design, calibration and impact assessment, in line with Group internal frameworks and regulatory expectations.

•           Working knowledge of liquidity risk frameworks and controls, including risk appetite, limits, triggers, and escalation processes, with experience supporting framework enhancements and policy updates.

•           Exposure to intraday liquidity and collateral dynamics, with an understanding of payment flows, liquidity usage, and funding implications.

•           Experience reviewing liquidity risk implications of business activities, including new products, funding structures, or balance sheet changes, with exposure to relevant governance forums.

•           Understanding of contingency funding planning, including liquidity stress scenarios and potential management actions under stress conditions.

•           Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to provide constructive challenge, and operate in a fast-paced environment.

You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success of the role including job-specific technical skills and interpersonal skills.

Barclays is required by law to confirm that you have the Legal Right to Work in any role that you apply for. If you currently hold a work visa sponsored by Barclays, or you would require sponsorship from Barclays, you must declare this as part of your application. Sponsored visas are role and entity specific, and any changes must be reviewed. It is important that you ensure you are working on the correct visa at all times. Failure to accurately disclose your visa status or Legal Right to Work may result in your application or any employment offer being withdrawn at any time.