Cash Management Analyst

Cash Management Analyst

Reports to: Senior Manager – Corporate Finance (Financial Control & Treasury Management)

Job Purpose:

This role monitors, analyzes, and optimizes the company's cash flow, ensuring that the organization has enough liquidity to meet its operational and strategic needs while minimizing financial risks.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Manage and optimize working capital

• Data Collection and Analysis: Gathering, organizing, and analyzing financial data to identify trends, discrepancies, deviations and take corrective actions.
• Cash Flow Forecasting: Providing cash flow insights for predicting future cash inflows and outflows to ensure adequate liquidity and optimize working capital.
• Risk Management: Identifying and proposing mitigating risks related to cash management, such as currency fluctuations, payment delays, invoices approval delays, etc.
• Treasury Management: Liaising with banks and financial institutions for loan drawdown and debt facilities management.
• Collaboration: Closely working with AR and AP accountants for collection and payment planning.
• Reporting: Preparing daily, weekly, and monthly Cash Reports, highlighting main variances and areas of concern. Preparing regular reports on cash balances, cash flow trends, and key performance indicators to inform decision-making and adjust cash flow; performing desktop reviews to identify cash flow irregularities and report KPIs.
• Process Improvement: Identifying opportunities to streamline cash management processes and reduce costs including reducing borrowing costs.
• System Implementation, Maintenance, and Training: Supporting the implementation and maintenance of cash management systems and tools and providing training to team members.
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with relevant internal procedures and external regulations and accounting standards.
• Teamwork: Fostering a collaborative work environment and promoting a positive cash management culture and behavior.

Lives and Advocates the Bateel Values:

• Quality
• Innovation
• Authenticity
• Integrity

Experience Requirement:

• 5 years’ experience in finance with a minimum of 2 years’ experience in cash flow and treasury management.
• Strong analytical skills with sound knowledge in accounting, financial terms, and treasury management.
• Proven ability to manage time effectively and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Demonstrated initiative, autonomy, and a high level of confidentiality.

Qualification and Licenses Requirement:

Master’s degree in finance or CA/CPA/ACCA qualification.