DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS 25 February 2026-23:59-GMT+01:00 Central European Time (Rome) ABOUT WFP The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change. At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves. To learn more about WFP, visit our website: WHY JOIN WFP?- WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.- WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.- WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.- A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.- We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement). ORGANIZATIONAL CONTEXT The Treasury Branch ensures sound financial management that enables WFP to advance toward Zero Hunger. The Branch manages WFP’s financial resources and ensures that cash flow is available to meet operational requirements,



while protecting the security of cash holdings, optimizing returns, and minimizing exposure to risk. Operating at multiple levels, the team oversees corporate liquidity, manages a portion of WFP’s working capital, maintains bank accounts, and supervises external investment managers. These processes have a direct impact in the field, most notably through cash replenishments, foreign exchange transactions, and counterparty risk management. THE ROLE The position provides leadership in steering the WFP’s treasury management to ensure that cash flow is effectively managed to meet WFP’s operational requirements while maintaining the security of WFP’s cash resources, optimising the returns on those resources and minimizing exposure to risks. KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES (not all-inclusive, within delegated authority): Under the general supervision and guidance of the Director Financial Operations Service, the Chief supervises the WFP Treasury Branch and will be responsible for the following key duties: - Coordination of business processes & system in support of treasury activities and related transactional services.- Identify, build and maintain strategic partnerships and relationships with financial services providers, and oversight on bank services providers used in field offices.- Formulate,



manage and implement treasury change processes to maximize effectiveness and efficiency.- Oversee WFP’s foreign exchange management through identification and analysis of foreign exchange exposures, development of foreign exchange risk mitigation strategies and monitoring the implementation of mitigation action plans.- Management of WFP’s in-house money market/deposits portfolio- Oversee the investment of WFP funds that are held with external investment managers, including establishment of guidelines and risk tolerance parameters.- Monitoring the performance of external investment managers against established benchmarks.- Preparation of proposals on investment strategy for the Financial Risk Management Committee, Senior Management and the Investment Advisory Panel.- Ensure the continuous delivery of best practice financial controls and insight into WFP performance, overseeing periodic risks and internal control assessments to identify areas which may present potential audit, compliance or financial risks- Ensure that audit and compliance recommendations related to treasury processes are followed up and implemented.- Lead, motivate and coach a team of finance professionals and general service staff to enable continued development and high performance.- Perform other duties as required. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Experience: Minimum 11 years of postgraduate progressively responsible professional experience in treasury, international cash management, foreign exchange trading, and/or investment management. Language: Fluency (level C) in English language. Intermediate knowledge (level B) of a second official UN language: Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, Spanish, and/or Portuguese (a WFP working language). MORE ABOUT YOU
You have: - Solid understanding of multiple financial risks, complex financial instruments, and techniques used to evaluate externa

📌 Chief Treasury Branch (Roma)
🏢 World Food Programme
📍 Roma