The posting
Our Company
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. The firm has over 1400 employees and offices in 25 cities worldwide.
We are committed to cultivating an environment that is collaborative, curious, inclusive and honors diversity of thought. Providing training and career development opportunities and emphasizing strong support for our local communities through philanthropic initiatives are essential to our culture.
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 for our key stakeholders, Treasury aims to enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, increase yields on excess liquidity, and ensure disciplined, firm-wide risk management.
For additional information please visit our website at www.oaktreecapital.com.
Responsibilities
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. The role requires a highly analytical, self-directed professional who is comfortable making recommendations to senior leadership and managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
This role will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders—including Fund Finance, Investment Operations, Capital Solutions, Legal, and Compliance—as well as external banking and market counterparties.
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
Personal Attributes
- 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.
Base Salary Range
$150,000 - $185,000
In addition to a competitive base salary, you will be eligible to receive discretionary bonus incentives, a comprehensive benefits package and a flexible work arrangement. The base salary offered will be commensurate with experience and/or qualifications, industry knowledge and expertise, as well as prior training and education.
Equal Opportunity Employment Policy
Oaktree is committed to diversity and to equal opportunity employment. Oaktree does not make employment decisions on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, past or present physical or mental disability, HIV status, medical condition as defined by state law (genetic characteristics or cancer), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, veteran status, military service, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic violence victim status or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state and local laws and ordinances. This policy applies to hiring, placement, internal promotions, training, opportunities for advancement, recruitment advertising, transfers, demotions, layoffs, terminations, recruitment advertising, rates of pay and other forms of compensation and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment. This policy applies to all Oaktree applicants, employees, clients, and contractors. Staff members wishing to report violations or suspected violations of this policy should contact the head of their department or Human Resources.
For positions based in Los Angeles
For those applying for a position in the city of Los Angeles, the firm will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.
