Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department

The Financial Counsellor and Director leads the IMF's Monetary and Capital Markets Department, overseeing work on central banking, capital markets, and financial stability. The role involves providing intellectual leadership, managing technical assistance, and representing the IMF in international fora as a senior management team member.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for the IMF's work on financial sector, capital markets, and central banking issues
• Oversee preparation of the IMF's Global Financial Stability Report (GSFR)
• Manage the joint Bank-Fund Financial Stability Assessment Program
• Deliver a large program of technical assistance on financial sector policy issues
• Provide global thought leadership on financial and monetary issues
• Support IMF's surveillance and lending operations with technical and policy expertise
• Promote the stability of the global financial system
• Enhance IMF’s analytical breadth and depth on monetary policy, macroprudential policy, international banking, financial sector, AI, financial technology, and digitization of the financial system
• Facilitate cutting-edge research to cement IMF’s profile as a thought leader
• Represent the IMF in a wide range of international fora
• Serve as a key member of the IMF's senior management team

Requirements

• Proven ability to provide intellectual and strategic leadership on financial sector, capital markets, central banking issues
• Extensive relevant experience gained at a senior executive level in either private or public financial sector organizations including a strong reputation as a leader
• A deep understanding of and exposure to capital and financial markets, and an excellent understanding of financial sector regulation and supervision issues, as well as artificial intelligence, digital money and financial technology
• Familiarity with the work of the IMF and/or experience in dealing with country-specific and international financial policy issues
• Ability to communicate in a clear, persuasive, tactful, impactful and inspiring manner, as well as a capacity to engage effectively with media as the face of the Fund on financial stability issues and as the face of the department within the Fund
• Demonstrated capacity to interact effectively and build close effective working relationships both externally (e.g., with senior policymakers, World Bank, BIS, FSB, and other standard setting bodies) and internally (e.g., the Executive Board, management, and other departments)
• Outstanding leadership skills and demonstrated ability to think strategically, translate priorities into effective plans, and a strong capacity to foster and facilitate change and innovation
• Strong track record in organizing, delegating, and managing staff, complemented by excellent interpersonal, negotiating, influencing, and communication skills

Skills

• Financial Sector Leadership
• Capital Markets Expertise
• Central Banking Knowledge
• Financial Sector Supervision
• Financial Supervision
• Artificial Intelligence in Finance
• Digital Money
• Financial Technology
• International Financial Policy
• Strategic Communications
• Media Engagement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Policy Analysis
• Leadership in Financial Sector
• Strategic Planning
• Change Management
• Innovation Facilitation
• Staff Management
• Negotiation Skills
• Influencing Skills