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Treasury Associate at Food Concepts Plc

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Requisition ID: 1720

Job Summary

  • To ensure timely report on daily cash position for utilization of funds. To monitor and coordinate the banking transactions/activities of the organisation.

Responsibilities
Managing Cash Assets:

  •   Prepare daily cash position report
  • Monitor and follow-up with investment placement including interest and roll-overs
  • Review imprest system
  • Review daily sales and daily lodgement verification
  • Vet payments   to suppliers and ensure invoices are in order for payment
  • Assist in listing vendors for payment
  • Ensure the cash position is updated to inform the management about firm liquidity and where cheques are written.

Treasury Advisory:

  • Advise management on utilization of surplus funds
  • Assist to evaluate the fiscal decisions of their organization and recommending the best possible course of action.
  • Analyse the risks and rewards of various decisions on a regular basis
  • Ensure the management understands the risks of any given financial decision and is aware of alternative decisions they might be better off making instead.
  • Recommends fixed cash to yield interest for the company, in a case of availability of excess funds.

Bank Oversight:

  • Monitor daily bank balances to payment instruments are not issued on unfunded account.
  • Manage bank POS terminals and deployment
  • Maintain relationship with bank officials
  • Ensure all treasury transactions are posted and reconciliation of GL and sub GL accounts
  • Confirm and verify bank charges
  • Review bank reconciliation report
  • Monitor and ensure payment processes are strictly adhered to
  • Assist in guiding the bank reconciliation process monthly
  • Confirmation of cheques

Key Performance Indicators

  • Provision of Daily cash report
  • Provision of Bank Reconciliation Report
  • Percentages of account balances reported daily
  • Percentages of cash transactions reconciled daily
  • Time taken to create month-end accounting journals for all treasury transactions
  •  Rate of compliance with internal controls especially on payments
  • Accuracy of forecasted investment income

Job Specifications

  • A good first degree in Accounting or Finance
  • Possession of a Post graduate degree in Accounting/Business Administration or related field is an added advantage
  • Minimum of  3 years in a core financial/treasury capacity
  • Membership of the Certified Treasury Professional(CTP), ICAN, ACCA, CFA or any other related professional qualification is required, as well as courses on  Treasury and Fund Management

Knowledge Requirements:

  • Knowledge of Cash Management Principles
  • Knowledge of banking systems and processes
  • Knowledge of the Food/QSR Industry processes
  • Knowledge of the Microsoft Excel software

Decision Expectations:

  • Recommend operational, strategic and financial decisions
  • Make recommendations to the management on best investment alternatives
  • Enforce agreed decisions
  • Assign work to subordinates
  • Monitor subordinates’ work performance
  • Appraise/evaluate subordinates’ performance

Internal Contacts (most frequent contacts):

  • Executive Management
  • Senior Management

External Contacts (most frequent contacts):

  • Service Providers/ Vendors
  • Banking Institutions
  • Auditors/Consultants
  • Financial Advisers

Purpose of Contact:

  • Exchange or provide information
  • Obtain, clarify, and discuss information
  • Present, discuss information and problems
  • Collaborate, negotiate and present ideas
  • Deal with, influence or motivate subordinates
  • Promote, justify or settle highly sensitive matters.

Working Conditions

  • Jobholder typically work 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday, although some roles may involve weekend or evening work.
  • This role is largely office-based, although at times the job may require travel to meetings held off-site, as the company has more than one office.
  • It also involves maintaining relationship with banking institutions.
  • The role can be quite demanding as jobholder bears the brunt of accounting for cash regularly.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Food Concepts Plc on career2.successfactors.eu to apply

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