26-008 - Treasury Analyst - Front Office

Responsibilities

• Participate in the strategy and policy development and the management of corporate cash, foreign exchange and debt management programs.
• Conduct capital market research and cash management projects to support the cash, foreign exchange and debt management programs.
• Analyze, interpret and maintain the financial and socioeconomic data necessary for the responsible handling of the cash, foreign exchange, risk management and debt management programs.
• Evaluate economic indices and assess the financial climate, draw conclusions and advance effective recommendations for the above programs.
• Buy and sell securities and negotiate financial arrangements and agreements within assigned authorities.
• Prepare and maintain records, reports, documents and other administrative requirements involved in transactions.
• Maintain liaison with OPG departments/divisions and external organizations and recognized experts in the financial community with respect to the cash, foreign exchange and debt management programs.
• Represent OPG in dealings with the issuers and/or underwriters of new issue of securities such as participating in the preparation and presentation of OPG prospectuses.
• Within established policy limits, negotiate for the Corporation the most advantageous terms possible and conclude whatever other conditions are required to secure, protect and advance OPG interests vis-a-vis Corporate cash, foreign exchange and debt management programs.
• Carry out studies into the economic advisability of OPG using project financing alternatives such as leasing, export credit, etc.
• Undertake financial analyses, cost/benefit studies and economic evaluations of alternative financing concepts and advance effective recommendations for supervisory approval. Participate in negotiating financing terms of leasing arrangements and export credit conditions for foreign purchases.
• Similarly, carry out studies into and assist in negotiating conditions for financing capital expansion of production facilities to assist manufacturers in satisfying OPG construction objectives.
• Conduct special studies to assist presentations to provincial ministries, boards of enquiry, legislative hearings and the like.
• Prepare analytical data, statistics and other support documents for the articulation of financial presentations made for the OEB and other provincial ministry hearings and enquiries.
• Maintain a continuing awareness of and be attuned to the daily status and fluctuations of various markets such as the bond, money and foreign exchange markets and carry on the day-to-day execution of financial transactions in such markets.
• Analyse and make effective recommendations for changes in the debt leasing, short-term debt, short-term investment, foreign exchange, and import/export financing portfolios.
• Keep abreast of latest developments, techniques and concepts for cash, foreign exchange, debt and risk management and maintain a continuing awareness of social, political and economic factors affecting trends within the assigned segments of the programs listed above.

Qualifications

Education:

• Requires a knowledge of economics, business policy, financial accounting, and financial markets and investment analysis to carry out capital markets research to support the debt management, foreign exchange management and cash management programs.
• Requires knowledge of business finance and principles of investment and administration to carry out various alternate transactions.
• Requires a knowledge of computer simulations, mathematical modelling, cash management concepts, theories and techniques to carry out financial analytical studies and technical writing for the preparation of recommendations and reports on capital availability, investment statistics, etc.
• This knowledge is considered to be normally acquired through the completion of 4 years of university.

Experience:

• Requires experience in the financial/investment/economics field to become familiar with contemporary and traditional financing and cash management concepts, theories, and techniques and modern concepts relative to investigation analysis and evaluation of financing sources, capital market trends pertaining to the debt management, foreign exchange and cash management programs.
• Requires experience negotiating new market issues financing arrangements and buying/selling securities.
• Requires experience on the job to become familiar with the magnitude and objectives of OPG investments, borrowing/lending policy, organization and operation of associated work groups and the standard practices, policies and facilities established and available to carry out the work.
• A period of up to eight years is considered necessary to gain this experience. A period of over 6 years and up to and including 8 years is considered necessary to gain this experience