Portfolio Manager - Treasury/Special Purpose Vehicles - Digital Infrastructure Platform - Contractual (10-20 yrs)

Project Overview

We are working with, a digital infrastructure platform HQ in Singapore, which directs global liquidity to supply chain and trade assets and provides financing solutions to global supply chain participants.

They are seeking a portfolio manager based in either India or Singapore to join them for an initial 6 month contract with an option to move to permanent.

Role: Portfolio Manager

Role Summary:

The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for managing a portfolio of trade receivables financing deals, overseeing the allocation of assets, management of SPVs (Special Purpose Vehicles), and monitoring deal economics.

This role ensures the smooth operation of receivables funding, liquidity management, and deal profitability.

The ideal candidate will have experience in asset liability matching and asset management.

The role entails the following responsibilities (supported by a team):

Asset Forecasting, Liquidity Management, and Asset x Liquidity Pool Allocation

- Manage the process of collecting asset forecasting data from Commercial Officers, ensuring timely submission, validation, and continuous process improvement.

- Generate forecasts and other outputs to support broader business functions such as existing SPV funding and new funder prospecting.

- Allocate small and medium receivables deals (supplier-buyer pairs) to notes or investment vehicles based on eligibility criteria, liquidity and portfolio concentration limits.

- Develop and implement a process and supporting methodologies to upgrade Olea's capabilities in the overall Asset Forecasting x Liquidity Management area

- Manage deal allocations to insurers where multiple insurers are involved, ensuring allocations are updated throughout the deal's lifetime.

- Manage process to ensure funder approval for liquidity pools with additional requirements to place assets

- Develop and implement liquidity strategies to mitigate potential liquidity shortfalls, including capital calls and adjustments to the investment strategy.

SPV Management

- Oversee and authorize payments through central service providers, ensuring sufficient liquidity to meet payment obligations.

- Manage idle funds by optimizing short-term investment opportunities to earn interest on unallocated capital.

- Ensure accurate and timely recording of payment flows in the cash flow model.

- Perform regular profitability calculations and monitor dashboard indicators for deal performance.

- Proactively manage overdue payments and monitor concentration limits to avoid breaches.

- Prepare and reconcile profitability reports with operations and vendors, ensuring alignment with the cash flow model.

- Manage vendor relationships, including selection, contract negotiation, and service performance monitoring.

- Ensure timely capture of note redemptions and manage tax and financial reporting in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements.

Deal Economics Monitoring

- Actively monitor utilization rates of funded deals and work with originators to address low utilization.

- Continuously assess deal profitability, raising underperforming deals for review and corrective action amongst management.

- Analyze performance metrics to ensure that deals are meeting financial targets, and recommend adjustments or remedial actions where necessary.

- Work closely with internal teams (e.g., operations, finance) to ensure the alignment of financial models and deal assumptions with actual performance.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field; CFA or similar qualification preferred.

- 10+ years of experience in portfolio management and related areas - this would likely have been accrued through roles such in a bank treasury function, bank ALM function, asset management institutions

- Demonstrated ability to manage liquidity and asset allocation across complex portfolios.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to implement liquidity management strategies.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.

- Experience in trade finance and trade credit insurance products is a plus.

Skills

- Excellent analytical and quantitative skills, with proficiency in financial modeling and forecasting tools using excels and other software

- Assertive and able to manage a variety of complex personalities

- Ability to work independently and drive results in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

- Ability to take a strategic top down view and also work meticulously bottom up.

- Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously