Assistant Vice President, Liquidity Management

Oaktree is a leader among global investment managers specializing in alternative investments, with over $200 billion in assets under management. The firm emphasizes an opportunistic, value-oriented and risk-controlled approach to investments in credit, private equity, real assets and listed equities. With over 1,400 employees and offices in 25 cities worldwide, Oaktree is committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. The firm provides training and career development opportunities and supports local communities through philanthropic initiatives.

Global Treasury offers integrated, enterprise solutions for bank administration, payments execution, liquidity and risk management across all Oaktree entities and investment strategies. By centralizing these core functions, Treasury aims to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, increase yields on excess liquidity, and ensure disciplined, firm-wide risk management.

About the role

Oaktree is seeking an Assistant Vice President to join its Liquidity Management team and help lead the firm’s liquidity forecasting and reporting, excess-cash investment, and liquidity risk-management activities. This role will develop and manage enterprise-wide liquidity projections, optimize the deployment of excess cash, and help maintain sufficient liquidity across the firm’s global operations under normal and stressed market conditions. The successful candidate will serve as a strategic partner across the Finance Division to develop scalable liquidity management processes, support funding decisions, and enhance Oaktree's overall liquidity infrastructure. This individual will play a key role in building and evolving the firm's liquidity management framework, including forecasting methodologies, stress testing capabilities, investment guidelines, and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Liquidity Forecasting & Analytics
  • Develop, maintain, and continuously enhance short-term, medium-term, and long-term liquidity forecasting models across the enterprise
  • Monitor projected cash flows, funding requirements, and liquidity positions to support daily treasury operations and strategic decision-making
  • Analyze liquidity trends, capital activity, investment cash flows, financing events, and operational cash movements to identify funding risks and optimization opportunities
  • Prepare recurring liquidity reporting, dashboards, and management presentations for Finance and Global Treasury leadership
  • Develop scalable analytical tools and reporting processes to improve visibility into enterprise liquidity positions and forecast accuracy
  • Develop and maintain liquidity stress-testing and scenario-analysis frameworks to assess funding resilience and inform contingency actions under idiosyncratic and market-wide stress conditions
• Excess Liquidity & Investment Portfolio Management
  • Manage excess liquidity, including the investment of surplus cash in accordance with approved investment guidelines and risk parameters
  • Evaluate investment opportunities across money market instruments, reverse repurchase agreements, short-term deposit investments, and other approved liquidity products
  • Monitor funding markets, interest rate movements, and pricing dynamics to optimize liquidity
  • Execute daily investment and funding transactions while maintaining appropriate risk buffers and principal preservation objectives
  • Develop frameworks to optimize excess liquidity deployment across strategies while balancing operational and strategic needs
• Treasury Operations & Liquidity Infrastructure
  • Manage liquidity movement across bank accounts, custodians, and investment vehicles to ensure efficient funding and cash utilization
  • Oversee bank account liquidity positioning and support ongoing bank account rationalization and optimization initiatives
  • Maintain a strong understanding of banking products, settlement cycles, payment cutoffs, and market conventions affecting liquidity management
  • Partner with Treasury Operations to ensure efficient execution of funding activities and cash movements across the firm's global banking network
  • Identify opportunities to improve automation, operational efficiency, and reporting within Treasury's liquidity management processes
• Counterparty & Contract Management
  • Manage relationships with banking partners, custodians, money market counterparties, and repo counterparties supporting liquidity management activities
  • Negotiate, maintain, and oversee investment agreements, repo documentation, account agreements, and other Treasury-related contracts
  • Coordinate with Legal, Compliance, and external counterparties to ensure documentation remains current and supports evolving business requirements
  • Monitor counterparty exposures, creditworthiness, and approved investment limits in coordination with internal risk management frameworks

Qualifications

• 9 – 11 years of experience in Corporate Treasury, Liquidity Management, Cash Management, Treasury Consulting, Banking, Capital Markets, or related financial services roles
• Demonstrated experience developing and managing enterprise liquidity forecasting models across multiple time horizons
• Experience designing liquidity stress testing methodologies and scenario analysis frameworks
• Experience managing excess cash portfolios, short-term investments, or institutional liquidity portfolios
• Strong understanding of money markets, repo markets, short-term investment instruments, interest rates, funding markets, and market conventions
• Experience managing Treasury-related agreements, banking documentation, investment contracts, and counterparty relationships
• Strong knowledge of bank account management, cash positioning, payment operations, and liquidity movement across multiple banking platforms
• Experience in foreign exchange (FX) markets, currency exposure management, and common hedging instruments and strategies, including forwards and swaps preferred
• Experience working within investment management, alternative asset management, banking, insurance, or other sophisticated financial institutions preferred
• Experience with Treasury Management Systems (TMS), financial modeling, Bloomberg, banking portals, and reporting tools preferred

Skills

• Self-starter with the ability to spearhead initiatives and solve complex problems
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with advanced financial modeling capabilities
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex financial information into actionable recommendations for senior management
• Excellent judgment and decision-making skills in dynamic market environments
• Strong understanding of financial markets with intellectual curiosity around liquidity, funding, and investment strategies
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining attention to detail
• Strong communication and relationship management skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across Treasury, Finance, Operations, investment teams, and external counterparties
• Strategic mindset with the ability to build scalable processes and improve Treasury infrastructure over time
• High degree of professionalism, integrity, and ownership with a commitment to delivering high-quality work

Education

Bachelor's degree required. Advanced degree and/or professional certifications (CFA, CTP, FRM, CPA, or equivalent) preferred.

Pay

Base Salary Range: $150,000 - $185,000. In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives and a comprehensive benefits package. The base salary offered will be commensurate with experience and/or qualifications, industry knowledge and expertise, as well as prior training and education.