Group Treasurer

Job Purpose:

Manage Al Fahim’s liquidity and cash position for all operating accounts ensuring projections of future cash flows. Manage group liquidity to support business units and ensure day-to-day funding of the balance sheet. Build and manage key relationships with banks to ensure optimum use and availability of group funding and foreign currency requirements. Formulate, evaluate, and implement treasury policies and guidelines.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Strategy & Planning: Develop Al Fahim’s capital structure strategy and determine group funding requirements based on anticipated expansion plans and working capital requirements. Establish and maintain strategic relations with counterparties/banks, provide them with required documentation, and respond to their queries to ensure maintenance of good partnerships. Internally, maintain good relationships with business units and finance team.
2. Liquidity Management: Ensure and optimize cash position by minimizing the ideal cash through netting and reduce the finance cost. Restrain the finance cost within the budget by managing cash flows through forecasts and regular reviews. Maintain one-year cash forecast and update the actual on a monthly basis. Regularly report to CFO, the updated position of the liquidity for future course of action to ensure cash pooling.
3. Working Capital Management: Manage the working capital facilities based on the forecasted payments to improve the utilization of facilities by a wide base of appropriate funding alternatives for present and future finance requirements. Manage funding for upcoming construction and other business projects. Evaluate foreign exchange and hedging on a quarterly basis to align exposure to the fluctuations in foreign currency.
4. Insurance Management: Responsible for overall negotiation and management of the relationship with the Insurance Broker of the group. Manage and oversee all aspects of Automotive, Marine, and Medical insurance to ensure smooth operations and minimize costs.
5. Corporate Governance: Implement and manage treasury policies and procedures, ensure all the covenants are met with various counterparties, and treasury transactions are updated on time, work with internal and external auditors.
6. Team Management: Conduct regular performance reviews, coach, counsel, provide support and necessary tools. Create and ensure the implementation of training plans and programs to enable the team to accomplish their tasks efficiently. Coordinate with the HR department for recruitment (internal/external) as required.

Qualifications, Skills & Experience:

• Chartered Accountant or equivalent financial qualification.
• 15-20 years of minimum experience in Treasury, Finance, and Accounting; out of which at least 5-7 years should have been in a managerial capacity within a diversified business group.
• Solid understanding of financial risk management, corporate finance, and liquidity risk.
• Excellent leadership and decision-making abilities.
• Good understanding and established relationships with banks and financial institutions in the local market.
• Experience in trading and automotive industry is preferred.