VP, APAC Liquidity Risk

About the role

Barclays is looking for a Vice President of APAC Liquidity Risk, based in Singapore, to act as the primary regional lead for the bank's legal entities across Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia. The role provides oversight and coordination of treasury and regulatory initiatives across the APAC region, where the Asia-Pacific regulatory environment is complex and evolving. Fluency in Mandarin is essential.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive liquidity risk framework, including metrics, forecasting models, liquidity limits and stress testing scenarios.
• Assess and improve Treasury's strategies to optimise liquidity, including cash reserves, borrowing facilities and asset-liability matching.
• Monitor daily liquidity positions, inflows and outflows, and report liquidity risk metrics to senior management and regulators.
• Identify sources of liquidity risk such as market volatility, customer withdrawals and regulatory changes, and develop and test contingency plans.
• Contribute to strategy, plan resources and budgets, manage policies and processes, and advise stakeholders and senior management.
• Manage and mitigate risks in support of the control and governance agenda, and lead second-line oversight of Treasury activities.

Required profile

• Experience engaging with APAC regulators (CBIRC, MAS, HKMA, APRA, JFSA, RBI), including onsite inspections, submissions, thematic reviews and policy consultations, with a solid understanding of jurisdiction-specific liquidity requirements.
• Strong experience in liquidity and funding risk management, balance sheet analysis and Treasury ALM or non-traded market risk.
• Ability to perform second-line oversight, including monitoring and challenging liquidity risk limits and reviewing first-line Treasury activities.
• Hands-on experience in liquidity stress testing, including scenario analysis, assumption review, methodology design and calibration.
• Working knowledge of liquidity risk frameworks and controls, including risk appetite, limits, triggers and escalation processes.
• Understanding of contingency funding planning and exposure to intraday liquidity and collateral dynamics.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to provide constructive challenge in a fast-paced environment.
• Legal right to work in Singapore; applicants holding a Barclays-sponsored visa or requiring sponsorship must declare this.

Required skills

• Liquidity risk management and Treasury ALM
• LCR and NSFR metrics
• Liquidity stress testing and scenario analysis
• Exposure to Fed, PRA or EBA frameworks is advantageous