Treasury Officer

A career at Lombard Odier means working for a renowned global wealth and asset manager, with a strong focus on sustainable investing. An innovative bank of choice for private and institutional clients, our independently owned Firm is one of the best-capitalised banking groups in the world, managing close to CHF 300 billion and operating from over 25 offices across 4 continents.
 

With a history spanning over 230 years, Lombard Odier is an investment house providing a comprehensive offering of discretionary and advisory portfolio management, wealth services and custody. We also offer asset management services and investment strategies through Lombard Odier Investment Managers and provide advanced banking technology to other financial institutions.
 

“Rethink Everything” is our philosophy – it is at the heart of everything we do. We have grown stronger through more than 40 financial crises by rethinking the world around us to provide a fresh investment perspective for our clients.

Treasury Officer (80-100%)

Within the Treasury Department of Lombard Odier, the Treasury Officer is responsible for the day-to-day management of the bank’s liquidity, optimization of Nostro balances, execution of money market transactions, fiduciary placements, and funding of liquidity requirements.

The role also contributes to the definition and pricing of cash management products offered to clients and internal departments.

The successful candidate will join a small team of 4 to 5 professionals, with a strong focus on polyvalence and cross-functional coverage among team members.

YOUR ROLE:

Liquidity Management

• Monitor the bank’s daily liquidity position across all currencies.
• Manage Nostro account balances to optimize available liquidity and minimize carry costs.
• Produce short-, medium-, and long-term liquidity forecasts.
• Ensure compliance with internal and regulatory liquidity limits.

Nostro Account Management

• Monitor positions and movements on correspondent bank accounts.
• Optimize excess and deficit balances.
• Coordinate investigations with correspondent banks.
• Participate in the selection and assessment of banking counterparties.

Investments and Funding

• Execute money market investments and borrowings (interbank deposits, repos, call accounts, time deposits, etc.).
• Negotiate terms and conditions with banking counterparties.
• Manage the daily funding of liquidity requirements.
• Monitor maturities and rollover transactions.

Fiduciary Placements

• Execute fiduciary placements on behalf of clients.
• Ensure compliance with internal procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Manage the administrative and accounting follow-up of transactions.
• Contribute to the development of the fiduciary placement offering.

Cash and Deposit Product Pricing

• Define and maintain client account remuneration grids.
• Set interest rates for term deposits and investment products.
• Perform profitability and margin analyses.
• Make pricing recommendations based on market conditions and the bank’s strategy.

Risk Management

• Monitor counterparty exposures and credit limits.
• Participate in the management of interest rate risk in the banking book.
• Ensure compliance with risk management and regulatory policies.

YOUR PROFILE:

Education

• Degree, diploma, or Swiss Federal VET Diploma (CFC) in Finance, Banking, Economics, or a related field.
• ACI Dealing Certificate or similar qualification is considered an asset.

Experience

• 5 to 10 years of experience in a banking treasury function.
• Solid experience in money markets, fiduciary placements, and liquidity management.
• Good understanding of the Swiss banking environment.

Technical Skills

• Bank treasury and liquidity management.
• Money markets and bank funding.
• Fiduciary products.
• Deposit and cash product pricing.
• Knowledge of regulatory liquidity ratios (LCR, NSFR).
• Bloomberg, Reuters, Treasury Management Systems (TMS), and treasury tools.

Personal Skills

• Strong analytical capabilities.
• High level of accuracy and risk awareness.
• Ability to react quickly and work effectively under time pressure.
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
• Team-oriented mindset with a strong results focus.
• Fluency in spoken and written French and English; German is an advantage.

Special Requirements

• Resident in Switzerland or currently in the process of relocating to Switzerland.

Our Maison’s DNA is defined by five core values. Excellence drives us to be the best at what we do, while Innovation fuels our progress. Respect underpins every interaction, and Integrity shapes our actions. Together, we are One Team, united in serving our clients with unwavering dedication.

As a responsible and supportive employer, we promote a diverse and inclusive work environment for our employees and candidates. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are woven into the fabric of our Maison’s DNA, and we strive to ensure that our employees can fulfill both their personal and professional aspirations by encouraging internal mobility and individual upskilling programs. We firmly believe that building Diverse Teams contributes to our successes and to deliver on this, we actively embed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in our business strategy.

It is an exciting time to join our Teams. All applications will be handled in the strictest confidence.