Executive Director, Strategic Finance - Balance Sheet Optimisation

About the role

Our client, a leading financial institution with a complex balance sheet across Asia, is seeking an experienced Executive Director to provide strategic leadership in Balance Sheet Optimisation. The role supports senior management in driving sustainable financial performance and resource allocation.

Key responsibilities

• Drive optimisation of a large, complex balance sheet within a Capital Markets environment, working closely with senior Finance, Treasury and business leaders.
• Provide financial insight and challenge to support decisions on balance sheet deployment, funding, capital utilisation, liquidity and returns.
• Partner with Treasury and Capital Markets on deployment of financial resources across products, including management of excess liquidity, secured and unsecured funding, repos, loan and investment instruments, and funds transfer pricing.
• Assess balance sheet capacity, capital and liquidity implications, and relative returns to influence allocation of financial resources.
• Contribute to strategic planning, forecasting, performance management and senior management reporting.

Required profile

• Extensive experience in Balance Sheet Optimisation within Capital Markets, Treasury or a major global/universal bank.
• Minimum four to five years at Director or Executive Director level, with credibility to influence Finance and Treasury leadership.
• Strong commercial judgement, analytical capability and communication skills, with a track record of translating balance‑sheet considerations into business decisions.