Ishan Rathnayake, Treasury Dealer

Ishan Rathnayake

Treasury Dealer

National Development Bank PLC

Location
Sri Lanka
Education
Master's degree, Master of Business
Experience
16 years, 6 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 6 Months

Treasury Dealer at National Development Bank PLC
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 2
  • My current job since November 2011

Foreign Exchange (FX)

• Responsible for revenue targets of foreign exchange (Sales & Trading) assigned by the Head of Treasury.
• Indulge in USD/LKR and cross currency transactions to fulfill client transactions.
• Proprietary trading in USD/LKR and cross currency operating within the laid down risk parameters.
• Execution of FX SWAPs for trading and funding purposes. Foreign Currency Notes exchange business.
• Structuring & Placement of tailor made derivative solutions for varied client requirements.

Money Markets (MM)

• Liquidity Management & Managing “Nostros”.
• Determining of all special interest rate requests for internal and external clients.
• Supervising the Preparation of all Treasury reports OCP, Nostro, MIS reports. Responsible for compliance of all
applicable regulations both internal and external.

Fixed Income Securities

• Analyze / forecast market interest rates and participate in weekly Tbill auctions / Tbond auctions to fulfill bank’s requirements.
• Engage in Tbill / Tbond trading activities in the secondary market.
• Generate income by growing bank’s security trading customer base.
• Close monitoring and trading within the limits assigned on security portfolios & transactions.
• Close monitoring of security portfolio Mark to Market (MTM) to be within the approved limits
.
Asset & Liability Management

• Deputizing the ALM desk supporting the head of ALM in all aspects of the balance sheet management function.
• Assist head of ALM to maintaining bank’s “Liquidity Coverage Ratio” (LCR).
• Supervise bank’s “Liquid Asset Ratio” maintenance.
• Assist in proving rates for new Savings & Deposit products.
• Calculate and provide interest rates for early liquidations of deposits & loans.

Treasury Front Office / Core Banking System Implementation

• Successfully implemented Core Banking & Treasury Front Office Systems - 2023.
• Core team member for Treasury Front Office, Treasury Operations & Market Risk of core banking system
upgrade project.
• Support & guide staff to close out gaps in current core banking system with an upgrade or support
implementation of new core banking system.
• Liaising with business team, IT and vendor to identify issues and find solutions in an efficient and effective
manner thereby reducing the cost.
• Coordinate carrying out of project tasks of Treasury as per the project plan to ensure the project is delivered on
time.
• Ensure to capture all requirements (business / customers / internal) at the analysis stage. Explore other options
/ global best practices available / process changes (less customization) to have a clean core banking system.
• To ensure Test scripts are prepared on time and teams are ready to carry out UAT within the stipulated project
time lines.
• Engage in Data migration process with the consultants / IT and other core banking members. Ensure procedure
manuals / user guides are prepared for respective business area prior to going live.
• System training to respective staff members.

Associate Treasury Operations at National Development Bank PLC
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 7
  • August 2009 to October 2011

Principal accountabilities and responsibilities

• Ensure all transactions (FX, MM, Security & Derivative) are processed and settled in line with policies and procedures.
• Creation of manual SWIFT messages on a need basis.
• Checking of bank’s LKR account with CBSL to ensure bank is maintaining “Statutory reserve requirement” (SRR).
• Checking of transaction blotters in all the banks’ Trading platforms to ensure processing of concluded
transactions.
• Capturing of daily Exchange Rates, Mark to Market Rates in to the system.
• Matching of SWIFT confirmations to ensure accurate settlement of concluded transactions

Associate Cards Centre at National Development Bank PLC
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 7
  • December 2007 to August 2009

Education

Master's degree, Master of Business
  • at University of Gloucestershire
  • September 2023
Diploma, Strategic Management & Leadership Skills
  • at Qualifi LDT
  • January 2023
High school or equivalent, Business And Commerce
  • at Mahanama College
  • August 2006

Specialties & Skills

Structured Products
Securities
Money Market
FX Trading
Market Analysis
treasury functions
money market
treasury management
treasury services
Derivative
Foreign exchange
Debt Instruments (Bills / Bonds)

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Languages

English
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

ACI Financial Market Association - Operation Certificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2010
ACI Financial Market Association - Dealing Cerificate (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2012