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About this position

We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented, and analytical Treasury Operations Consultant. As a Treasury Operations Consultant, you will support key operational activities, including trade settlement of Fixed Income and Derivative products, data analysis, and the enhancement of financial systems. You will also contribute to AI-driven process improvements and automation initiatives to modernize workflows, improve data quality, and increase operational efficiency.

You will work in the Operations Team, part of the Finance and Administration Department. This team is responsible for processing operational activities across disbursement management, trade settlements and servicing, cash management, and corporate payments and collections, while enabling business strategy and minimizing operational risks.

What you’ll do

Trade Settlement Operations

• Perform trade confirmation process for all fixed income securities and OTC derivatives trades with counterparts.
• Monitor and ensure settlement of investments activities (fixed income securities), funding activities (bonds issued), and OTC derivatives instruments for Treasury related activities.
• Process and record cash, investment, funding, and derivative transactions in systems.
• Monitor and resolve pre-trade/post-trade discrepancies. 

Business and Data Analysis

• Develop and maintain Power BI dashboards to monitor operational KPIs, processing times, and compliance indicators.
• Apply advanced Excel skills to support operational reporting, reconciliations, and data validation.
• Query and analyze large datasets using SQL (or SQL-like languages) to support reconciliations, root-cause analysis, and operational control reporting.
• Use Python to automate repetitive tasks (data cleaning, validations, reconciliations, and report preparation) and improve reliability through reusable scripts and controls.
• Partner with Operations, IT, and automation teams to translate process maps and analytical designs into scalable solutions (requirements, test cases, deployment readiness, and post-implementation support).
• Design and implement automation across Treasury Operations (e.g., calculation scenarios, rate/fee computations, scenario testing, and exception management), integrating inputs from source systems and producing auditable, controlled outputs.

What you'll need

•    Education: Master's degree in finance, business administration, accounting, or other relevant fields.

•    Experience: At least 5 years of progressive experience in finance operations, delivering high-quality results and client service to meet team and departmental objectives. Hands-on experience in fixed income trade settlement and OTC derivatives operations, as well as experience in business analysis for Treasury Management Systems (TMS), including requirements gathering and testing support. Strong proficiency in data analysis and automation using Python (e.g., pandas, NumPy, basic visualization), along with experience working with structured and semi-structured data in cloud-based analytical platforms (e.g., Databricks or similar), focused on data access, transformation, and analysis. Experience querying large datasets using SQL or SQL-like languages, and strong experience with Power BI (or similar BI tools) for dashboard development, data modeling, and data visualization. 

•    Languages:  Proficiency in English and one of the other Bank official languages (Spanish,  French or Portuguese) is required  s a plus.

Requirements

•    Citizenship: No requirements
   

•    Consanguinity: You have no family members (up to the fourth degree of consanguinity and second degree of affinity, including spouse) working at the IDB, IDB Invest, or IDB Lab.

Type of contract and duration

•    International consultant Full-Time, 24 months (up to 48 months, if applicable). 

What we offer

The IDB group provides benefits that respond to the different needs and moments of an employee’s life. These benefits include:

· A competitive compensation packages.

· Leaves and vacations: 2 days per month of contract + gender- neutral parental leave.

· Health Insurance: the IDB Group provides a monthly allowance for the purchase of health insurance.

· Savings plan: The IDB Group cares about your future, depending on the length of the contract, you will receive a monthly savings plan allowance.

· We offer assistance with relocation and visa applications for you and your family when it applies.

· Hybrid and flexible work schedules.

· Development support: We offer learning opportunities to boost your professional profile such as seminars, 1:1 professional counseling, and much more.

· Health and wellbeing: Access to our Health Services Center which provides preventive care and health education for all employees.

· Other perks: Lactation Room, Daycare Center, Gym, Bike Racks, Parking, and others.

Our culture

At the IDB, we work so everyone brings their best and authentic selves to work while finding their purpose. Our people consistently strive for excellence, and we recognize and celebrate the impact of their contributions.

In our efforts to drive innovation, we intentionally include all voices, cultivate a sense of belonging and champion fairness. We welcome individuals from underrepresented groups to join us and share their unique perspectives.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations to participate in the job interview process. If you require an accommodation to complete this application, please email us at accommodations@iadb.org.

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