Treasury Execution & Operations

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POSITION INFO:

A fast-growing finance and technology company operating in South Africa and other African countries whom delivers personal lending products through online, mobile phone and branch channels. The company is well supported by strong shareholders and a board of directors with vast experience in entrepreneurship and lending.

This is a new role due to growth within their finance team to assume ownership and responsibility of all execution of treasury operations across the group.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to: executing accurately against the defined treasury strategy, liquidity management, reviewing of legal agreements, compliance within lending arrangements, internal and external reporting, continuous operational improvement across all treasury functions, foreign currency exposure risk management and cash forecasting supervision.

The ideal candidate must balance financial diligence with entrepreneurial energy, be analytically adept, and have a passion for African business. A healthy spirit of adventure and sense of humor would be helpful. Flexibility to travel will be required.

Responsibilities

• Set up our ALM process and systems, including review of current treasury strategy
• Executing accurately against the defined treasury strategy
• Group wide liquidity management and cash forecasting oversight, in partnership with subsidiary finance teams
• Reviewing of legal agreements
• Compliance within lending arrangements (eg covenants)
• Internal and external reporting
• Continuous operational improvement across all treasury functions
• Foreign currency exposure and risk management

Requirements

• Postgraduate Degree in Commerce, Engineering or similar
• 5 years+ Corporate treasury experience
• Lending industry experience not required
• Flexibility for occasional travel
• Passion for Africa and willingness to work in the developing world context