Treasury Accountant
Dangote Group, Zambia

Job Summary

• Manage the Company's liquidity and cash flow ensuring business needs are met in a cost effective and prudent manner.
• Manage and oversee funds requests, transfers and payment processing and relationship management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Establish and implement processes and frameworks for managing Company's liquidity and risk in line with Group Treasury policies.
• Develop and implement strategies to meet Company's short, medium and long term financing needs ensuring alignment with the Company's goals and objectives and the Group's strategy.
• Manage the Company's daily cash flows/ liquidity and ensure availability of funds to meet the company's operations and all likely contingencies.
• Prepare cash forecasts and manage cash flows/cycles ensuring availability of adequate funds to meet Company's daily operational requirements.
• Identify the need and request for funds from Group as required thru the cash call process.
• Recommend strategies for raising necessary funds to facilitate the realization of the group's operational and corporate objectives.
• Oversee the transfer of funds between banks and the Group.
• Validate all supplier and vendor payments and ensure that all requests for payment are supported with valid invoices/ receipts and other supporting documents in line with Company's financial policies.
• Oversee the disbursement of cash ensuring compliance with defined policies and procedures.
• Establish and manage relationships with key bankers and investors.
• Participate/ provide inputs in the review of Company's bankers ensuring compliance with Service Level Agreements.
• Manage the unit's budget, review and approve expenditures as defined in the approved manual of authority.

• Continually identify new banking service opportunities and provide recommendations and/ or business case for adoption of such services.

• Perform bank reconciliation with GL accountant and ensure that book balance always tie up with bank balance.

• Collect all bank documents, statements and certificates for record purposes as well as during review both by internal and independent auditor.

• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer.

Requirements

• Full Grade 12 certificate.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Economics or other related discipline.
• Minimum of four (4) years relevant work experience.

• Relevant professional certification (e.g. ZICA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA).
• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislation relating to the cement manufacturing industry.Strong finance and accounting knowledge, including experience with International Financial Reporting Standards.

Job Rewards and Benefits