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TREASURY MANAGER

Location:  Centurion  
My client (food production) is seeking a dynamic and experienced Treasury Manager to join their executive team. This pivotal role involves overseeing the Group's liquidity, investment, and financing decisions while fostering and strengthening relationships with financial institutions, lenders, investors, and auditors. As a key player in their financial planning and strategy, you'll be responsible for forecasting corporate cash flows to meet both short-term and long-term needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Treasury Strategy and Planning:

• Identify risks and opportunities, offering practical and creative solutions to enhance the Group's overall financial risk management and cash position.
• Develop and manage treasury strategy and policy at the Group level.
• Coordinate and manage strategic cash flow projects across the Group.
• Identify changing trends in markets or business strategy early and adapt the treasury strategy in response.

Treasury Governance and Compliance:

• In collaboration with the Group Treasurer, define and implement the Group's funding strategy.
• Oversee all debt origination, facility agreement negotiation, execution, and loan compliance.
• Partner with the Group Treasurer to establish and manage relationships with banks, financial institutions, lenders, government-related entities, and investors.
• Ensure optimum management of working capital, including frequent communication to senior management about the Group's working capital positions and liquidity.
• Establish cash flow projection guidelines, policies, and coordinate financial forecasting in consultation with FP&A and Finance and Business leadership.

Cash Management:

• Accountable for cash pooling structures across the Group.
• Ensure all external reporting complies with regulatory and professional standards, particularly South African Reserve Bank regulations.
• Review FX positions and transactions within the Group and local entities, monitoring and applying risk mitigation solutions.
• Manage treasury risk and compliance in accordance with Group treasury policies.
• Drive strategies around the maximization of cash extraction, counterparty risk management, and FX risk management across the continent.

Functional Management:

• Provide a centralized Treasury function and internal advisory services on business operation matters.
• Assist in standardizing, simplifying, and improving functional processes and systems.
• Apply treasury best practices and promote the sharing of best practices across the Group.

Business Performance and Operations:

• Develop, implement, and maintain talent management strategies and plans.
• Define individual performance standards, monitor and measure performance, and reward and recognize high performance.
• Stay abreast of relevant new leading practices and drive innovation within the treasury function.

Qualifications and Experience:

• University honours degree or equivalent professional qualification required.
• CA/CPA/CMA/CFA (or equivalent) is advantageous.
• Minimum of 8 years' relevant experience in a Treasurer role.
• Proficient in treasury strategy and planning, governance, and compliance.
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Extensive experience across Africa in a senior strategy and advisory capacity.
• In-depth knowledge of South African Reserve Bank regulations.
• Proven experience in corporate finance or investment banking.
• Basic knowledge of accounting standards and relevant laws.

Should you meet the required skills please respond to this advert