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Interview Assessment Notes
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1. Could you introduce yourself and tell us about you? Your current/recent jobs and employers? Previous companies and jobs?
He is a finance professional with extensive expertise in treasury management, particularly in the Forex market. His responsibilities include FX trading, risk management, and handling currency pairs such as EUR/USD and EUR/CNY. He specializes in FX forwards, swaps, cash management, NDFs (non-deliverable forwards), CFDs, and other derivative contracts to evaluate risks and optimize profit margins.
Currently, he works for a XXXX company, XXXX, managing its Poland branch and reporting to his manager in Switzerland. His role involves IC financing, project management, and using treasury systems like TM5 (Coupa) and trading platforms such as 360T, Refinitiv, and Bloomberg for data and execution.
Additionally, he manages gold and metal hedging for the company, which caters to luxury brands like Hermès and Louis Vuitton, ensuring non-speculative transactions. With extensive experience in financial markets, his key banking partners include Swiss banks, JP Morgan, Commerzbank, and UniCredit, focusing on Europe, Latin America, and North America, with limited presence in the UAE.
2. What skill(s) / experience would you self-describe as strongest or specialist in?
He is a finance professional specializing in treasury management with a strong focus on Forex trading and risk management. His expertise includes handling FX operations involving currency pairs like EUR/USD and EUR/CNY, as well as derivatives such as FX forwards, swaps, NDFs, CFDs, and cash management. Currently, he oversees IC financing and project management while using platforms like TM5 (Coupa), 360T, Refinitiv, and Bloomberg to execute trades and secure optimal rates.
As the official FX dealer for 20 legal entities globally, he manages end-to-end trading processes, ensuring smooth settlements and compliance. He also utilizes tools like Power BI and Excel for financial data analysis, P&L reviews, and reporting, demonstrating his technical proficiency and operational expertise in high-value transactions.
3. Do you have XXXX (Key Criteria 1)? If so can you tell me more?
He has extensive experience with platforms like TM5 (Coupa), a German-based treasury management system, and is familiar with other trading platforms such as MT5, confidently adapting to new interfaces with minimal training. Handling operational tasks in Forex dealing is part of his daily responsibilities as the official FX dealer for his group’s 20 legal entities worldwide, managing end-to-end processes, including receiving trading requests, securing the best rates using Refinitiv, Bloomberg, and 360T, executing trades, ensuring settlement on agreed value dates, and issuing MT940 messages. For trading analysis, he relies on multiple sources to secure optimal pricing for high-value transactions, often trading in the millions. Additionally, he uses Power BI (Trigritik) dashboards for financial data aggregation, P&L analysis, and balance sheet reviews, along with Excel and other tools, showcasing his strong technical proficiency.
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Recruiters
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Employment Agency
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Silicon Valley Associates Recruitment.
907, 9th Floor, Silvercord Tower 2, Tsim Sha Tsui. Kowloon, Hong Kong
25F, Central Plaza, Xin Tian Di, Shanghai
Ubi TechPark #01-08, Singapore
Sunshine Technology & Innovation Centre, No.1003 Nanxin Road, Nanshan, Shenzhen
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