Treasury Specialist

Role Overview

The Treasury Specialist is tasked with leading high-level guidance and coordinating the team's efforts in compiling, consolidating, and analyzing financial forecasts. This role endorses the bases for funding, investments, and distribution proposals while advising the department head on reviewing and refining procedures to address specialized needs.

Primary Responsibilities

• Review and analyze cash flow forecasts across ventures, ensuring updates are accurate and timely, while advising the team on cash flow and investment management best practices.
• Validate and approve all internal funding, investment proposals, and shareholder distribution computations to confirm precision and compliance with lender agreements and investment policies, aiming to maximize investment returns and shareholder distributions.
• Develop expert knowledge of local and international banking systems and provide expert support to resolve complex integrated issues.
• Facilitate collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to expedite information gathering and resolve outstanding issues.
• Implement policies, systems, and funding agreements that optimize financial planning and budget management within the department.
• Maintain optimal bank account structures to streamline banking operations and lower costs; recommend closure of dormant accounts and strategize to improve interest returns.
• Ensure finance and accounting records comply with policies and principles, producing accurate reports and financial analyses of variances from budgets.
• Work closely with company management to prepare business and capital expenditure plans and deliver reports and presentations to senior management and stakeholders.
• Interpret financial policies for staff and provide management with specialized advice on investments and foreign exchange counterparty additions.
• Lead enhancements to financial systems to boost efficiency and team productivity.

Additional Duties

• Provide expert interpretation of financing and lending agreements.
• Advise on administration and compliance related to financing agreements.
• Engage with lenders, facility agents, and shareholders regarding financing agreements and compliance matters.
• Ensure timely and accurate loan repayments and compliance with lending covenants to mitigate financial and reputational risks.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in any field coupled with a recognized international accounting or finance qualification such as CFA, CPA, ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or CMA.
• At least 7 years of experience in treasury or related financial roles.
• Familiarity with banking systems and processes.
• Ability to interpret legal clauses in joint venture agreements, account agreements, loan agreements, and other finance contracts.
• Strong knowledge of accounting systems and advanced financial expertise in consolidation, compilation, and analysis.