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1 week ago
**Brief description**
The main purpose of this position is to oversee the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) foreign exchange trading operations as well as to conduct analyses on the developments in the foreign exchange (FX) markets. To contribute to policy discussions and decision-making, the position requires qualitative and quantitative perspectives on the implementation of monetary policy, exchange rate policy and management of the SARB foreign exchange reserves.
Furthermore, this role also entails the monitoring of FX markets as well as building and maintaining relationships with relevant stakeholders to gather market information and market intelligence which serve as inputs in the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and the Financial Stability Committee (FSC) presentations.
**Detailed description**
- Lead and oversee the SARB’s foreign exchange trading operations, which include execution of FX transactions (spot, forwards and FX swaps) as well as cash management.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative analysis into FX movements, trends, patterns with systemic impact across financial markets.
- Leads team engagements to interrogate and reconcile data, and findings, insights, explanations, from research and analysis on foreign exchange markets.
- Prepare periodic reports to enable managers/senior managers to provide oversight function on the deliverables of the South African Foreign Exchange Committee (SAFXC) and Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC).
- Provide thought leadership and contribute to discussion papers, presentations and documentation for various FX committees and other related bodies/forums.
- Lead the design and review of internal controls, enhance operating procedures and implement governance frameworks that relate to Codes of conduct in the FX market
- Contribute to the development and execution of strategic initiatives of the unit and the Financial Markets Department (FMD), including through involvement in strategic projects.
- Provide analysis on FX operations and insights for presentations to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) and Financial Stability Committee (FSC).
- Represent the Financial Markets Department on internal and external committees/forums and make presentations
- Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders such as, but not limited to, local analysts, fund managers, strategists, and dealers for the gathering of market intelligence.
- Perform ad hoc tasks as required.
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