EAMEI Treasury Manager

Location: Alberton

The mission of the Treasury COE Team members is to manage bank relationships and group compliance with the support of local CFO / teams and ensure all affiliates have enough funds to run their operations. He/she will be the direct point of contact with local CFOs, GBSand clusters for treasury matters.
He/she provides support to Corporate Finance for the ST/LT funding of the entities.
At the EAMEI / HHC GBU level, his/her role involves  Financial Risk management responsibility for all entities in EAMEI / HHC GBU  Funding and Financial Investment Management and Reporting  Leading Treasury Projects for EAMEI / HHC GBU  Leading other treasury functions at EAMEI / HHC GBU as may be assigned  Act as a back-up for other EAMEI / HHC CoE Treasury team members for their geographical scope    For the South African Region he/she will be leading treasury matters, in line with the main contributions highlighted below, and manage bank relationships and group compliance with the support of local CFO / teams and ensure all affiliates have enough funds to run their operations.

He/she provides support to Corporate Finance for the ST/LT funding of the entities.
1. Financial Risk management & Insurance Management
* Executes hedges within financial policy principles in line with group policy
* Manage foreign exchange coverage, validate hedging strategy both FX and interest rate.
* Manage  FX exposure across the scope.
* Ensure the implementation of the KTP Web tool and FX deals reporting when local hedging is performed due to local constraints  (Aim, benefits, etc).
* Define BCP with support of the entity and ALEBS to ensure the continuity of treasury activity
2. Cash and Liquidity Management
* Own the full process of Cash and Liquidity management with the entities and ALEBS team.
* Maintain local cash pooling structure within the r entities.
* Supervise and contribute to treasury  processes: weekly cash flow forecast, monthly operational actual cash flow
* Ensure all reports related to Treasury and cash projection management are done on time
* Monitor working capital and assist affiliates in improving their DSO, DIO and DPO.
3. Funding and Financial Investment Management and Reporting
* Support short term, long term funding and customer financing projects.
* Ensure proper control at entity levels of bank covenants, bank loan maturing and guarantees
* Drive implementation of factoring and supply chain financing solutions when applicable
* Support and ensure the deployment of any treasury project initiated by the CoE Treasury (encrypted payments, TMS, etc).4. Performance, Quality & Conformity Management
* Ensure deliverables quality
* Ensure Service Level Agreement Compliance and report any dysfunction
* Ensure to implement the process improvements
* Manage and update Treasury procedures if needed.
* Manage Treasury Internal Control Reviews across EAMEI in coordination with Group Treasury and Head of COE
* Manage financial fraud and dispute cases
5. Bank Relationship Management and Treasury Administration
* Manage Bank relationships  with the support of Local CFOs and Head of COE.
* Manage Defined KPIs, Ensure SLA compliance and reporting to the group, clusters and local countries
* Bank Portals Administration (updating authorized signatories, banking access rights...etc.)
* Drive the reduction of the number of bank accounts across the entities, review the bank fees and decide on an action plan to reduce transaction costs.
* Schedule regular meetings with core and local banks if any to review their performance and if needed take action to improve the level of the service
* Provide information to answer queries from management & external parties jointly with Local and BSC teams
* Provide treasury information/documentations as required by banks/financial institutions##                    ## 1. Bachelor degree in Finance, Mgmt, etc. Formal qualification in treasury (or master)   2. 7+ years experience in  Treasury  activities including Africa and /Or MEI specificity
3. Understanding of financial markets, financial instruments and debt instruments / Ability to work autonomously and be part of the broader team / Appropriate handling of sensitive information
** Work experience*
* -Treasury and cash management
- Experience in shared service center
- Experience in a multinational company desirable
** Functional Skills**- Strong knowledge of Treasury activities
- Strong Knowledge of ERP (Navision, SAP, Oracle, Gideon...) and Power BI (reporting tool)- Google Suite and TAIG
** Foreign language
** English Mandatory, French is an asset
** Core Competencies & Knowledge
*** Finance Expertise
* Business Acumen
* Digital/Financial/ Commercial Savvy
** Complementary Capabilities
*** Thinking & Partnering strategically
* Influencing for Change
* Managing conflict
* Analyzing and solving problems
* Professional manner and highly organized
* Proactive & adaptable
* Proven ability to meet deadlines
* Results oriented
* Good written and verbal communication, coaching skills
* Ability to be patient and…