Mattew Hayja
Sydney
Summary
A results-driven and highly accomplished financial professional with over 10 years of experience as the Head of Foreign Exchange. Proven expertise in managing and leading global teams, optimizing trading operations, and driving profitability.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Foreign Exchange
Omipay Global
09.2021 - Current
- Lead a team of 5 professionals in the Foreign Exchange department, overseeing trading, risk management, and client relationships.
- Develop and implement strategies to optimize trading performance and enhance profitability, resulting in consistent revenue growth.
- Collaborate with senior management to set departmental goals, risk tolerance, and trading limits.
- Execute foreign exchange trades across a wide range of currency pairs and financial instruments.
- Manage relationships with key institutional clients, providing tailored foreign exchange solutions to meet their needs.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, mitigating risk and maintaining a strong control environment. - Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, driving efficiency gains in trading operations.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to team members, fostering professional development and a high-performance culture.
Head of Foreign Exchange
Citibank
06.2011 - 06.2021
- Advising clients in the many alternatives to make payments of funds through non-cash payment facilitates such as EFT, bank cheques, including the use of overseas accounts.
- Providing advice about using spot foreign exchange contracts, forward exchange contracts in client portfolios. Enplaning the risks and benefits associated with foreign exchange contracts to clients.
- Oversight of suspicious transaction monitoring (cash and trading) for Citibank
- Communicating the technical attributes regarding spot and forward contracts to client
- Oversight of trade execution and ongoing monitoring of all trades for Citibank, for example daily review of spread pricing to ensure the FX desk adhered to Citibank's policy.
Education
Bachelor of Applied Finance -
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW06.2007
Timeline
Head of Foreign Exchange
Omipay Global
09.2021 - Current
Head of Foreign Exchange
Citibank
06.2011 - 06.2021
Bachelor of Applied Finance -
Macquarie University
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