Job Description

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Job Purpose

• Overseeing and managing the region's treasury activities, including cash management, investment strategies, and financial risk management.
• Adherence to the legislative requirements set by the different country central banks.

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Qualifications required to fulfil the role

• Matric.
• B.Com Accounting Degree (Honours preferable but not a must).

Specific Work Experience, Knowledge and Skills required to fulfil the role

• 5 Years experience in Treasury Management from an international company with exposure to working across the African continent.
• Strong expertise in treasury accounting including FX, Hedging, Liquidity, Cash Flow and various financial instruments.
• Management of bank relationships.
• Knowledge of general treasury, forecasting.
• Knowledge of financial instruments, credit facilities and treasury best practices.
• Knowledge of finance and accounting principles including IFRS.
• Experience from working with and implementing Treasury systems and related digital tools.
• Knowledge of an ERP system environment, preferably SAP.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite including strong Excel skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal).
• Relationship building skills with different stakeholders.
• Teamwork.
• Adaptability to different stakeholders, environments and business requirements.
• Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.
• Detail, deadline and goal-oriented.
• Structural planning skills and conceptual thinking.
• Resilience and stress management.

Key Accountabilities

• Cash and liquidity management through cash flow forecasting and analysis
• Analyze and perform appropriate hedging and funding activities (Forex, loans, deposits, etc.).
• Ensure sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements.
• Management of banking relationships.
• Review and negotiate contracts with banks on regular basis, provide regular cost benchmarks.
• Identify opportunities and implement treasury-related business process improvements.
• Updating of the Treasury Policy.
• Responsible for Exchange Control Applications and Renewals.
• Responsible for Treasury Reporting.
• Assist with the for development and implementation of the digitization journey of treasury department.
• Assist with the implementation and maintaining treasury management system and its related process improvements.
• Responsible for treasury month-end closing process.
• Complete the Group's monthly debt report and foreign currency report.
• Develop and support treasury policies, procedures and controls.
• Work with internal and external auditors.
• All such duties and/or activities assigned by management/board as and when required.

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