TANIA-LEE VAN WYK

Treasury Trader responsible for day-to-day OTC FX trading within an African Fintech and cross-border payments environment.

• Executed OTC FX trades across diverse African currency markets, optimising trading strategies and execution.
• Monitored FX markets, liquidity, pricing and market developments to support effective trading decisions.
• Managed FX exposures within established Treasury, risk and liquidity parameters.
• Supported Treasury operations within a cross-border payments business spanning multiple African markets.
• Collaborated with internal stakeholders and external financial-market counterparties to facilitate and streamline FX transactions.
• Utilised 360T for FX trade execution, pricing, market analysis and liquidity management.

Served as the sole Treasury Trader for the first four years of the branch's operations, taking responsibility for day-to-day Treasury trading activities.

• Secured specific approval and sign-off from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) to conduct Treasury trading activities.
• Led the establishment and launch of the Treasury function for Bank of Communications’ first African branch, supporting successful market entry.
• Established and supported the development of the Treasury trading desk, integrating international banking practices with South African market requirements.
• Executed Treasury trading across USD/CNY, FX, Money Markets and Fixed Income, while managing market and liquidity exposures within a highly regulated banking environment.
• Built and maintained relationships with banks, financial institutions and market counterparties, strengthening Treasury activities and market engagement.
• Utilised Bloomberg and Reuters for market intelligence, pricing, analysis and informed Treasury trading decisions.

Sourced Basel III compliant funding, strengthening bank's liquidity position.

• Managed Treasury funding activities, including Basel III-compliant funding, FX deposits and loans, NCDs, and fixed deposits.
• Executed foreign currency deposits and loan trades, contributing to effective currency risk management.
• Pricing of various products (Vanilla annuities / fixed deposits / Trading & issuing NCDs);
• Portfolio Management / Relationship Management within Major & Multinational Corporates;
• Generated revenue through strategic funding and trading activities within defined portfolio, supporting overall financial performance.
• Risk Management, compiling Treasury reports, attending liquidity meetings, working closely with credit administrators;

Managed and mentored a team of four dealers, overseeing daily dealing activities, performance, and client requirements.

• Managed a team of four dealers in daily operations to ensure effective performance and client satisfaction.
• Participated in performance management appraisals for each dealer, delivering constructive feedback to enhance individual performance.
• Supervising the transactions of staff which may need assistance;
• Targeted sales in Money Market, achieving growth in existing client portfolios.
• Collated, reported, and interpreted sales figures to inform strategic decision-making.
• Attend weekly client forum meetings where a high-level overview of dealings is given to Marco members;

Managed key relationships across branch networks and high-net-worth individuals, providing specialist Treasury and Money Market solutions. Identified funding and sales opportunities, optimised NII, and ensured effective risk management and regulatory compliance.

• Proactively identify money markets sales & funding opportunities in order to optimise net interest income (NII).
• Ensured reliable funding sources for Nedbank as directed by ALCO and balance sheet management to meet strategic objectives.
• Built and managed relationships with sales teams across Nedbank's 650 branch network.
• Building trusting relationships with high net worth private individuals;
• Cared for clients in business rescue, including major corporate clients.
• Constructs & analyses comprehensive profiles of each Direct Dealing client's businesses (to recommend optimal solutions);