Senior Manager- Corp. Finance - Financial Control & Treasury Management
Reports to: CFO
Job Purpose:
A Senior Finance Manager, specializing in Financial Control & Treasury Management, oversees Bateel’s financial operations, focusing on both internal controls and the management of cash flow and investments. He/she manages budgets, cash flow planning & forecasting, reporting and ensures compliance, adherence to the DOA with a financial control lens, ensuring compliance with internal policies while driving efficiency in financial processes, partnering with other teams to optimize financial efficiency and business performance. He/she acts as a strategic financial leader, guiding the company's financial health and supporting its growth.
Key Accountabilities:
Financial Control:
- Assist in creating financial policy framework within the organization. Liaise with internal auditors to understand their recommendations and incorporate changes in current financial policy framework.
- Ensure financial policy framework is implemented across the organization.
- Assess internal control issues and operational discrepancies with the Finance Managers and highlight critical areas to the CFO.
- Adhere to the DOA (Delegation of Authority) with a financial control lens.
- Lead and mentor the financial control and treasury team, fostering a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Provide treasury and financial control insights to support decision-making on capital expenditure, funding, and business expansion.
- Ensure compliance with corporate governance requirements and regulatory frameworks of the Organization.
- Review of contracts for assessing compliance, financial implications and risk.
- Monthly/ Weekly AR and AP reviews with Finance managers and Sales Managers.
- Review and provide comments on customer and supplier contracts from a finance control perspective, ensuring alignment with treasury, cash flow, and risk management objectives.
- Timely escalations to Business Heads for operational matters, recoveries, risk of bad debts for taking necessary legal steps if needed.
Treasury Management:
- Develop and execute the organization’s treasury strategy to ensure optimal liquidity, working capital management, and funding structure.
- Oversee relationships with banks, financial institutions, and rating agencies to secure favorable financing arrangements and manage banking facilities.
- Optimize debt, equity, and capital allocation strategies to support business growth.
- Risk assessment of all banking channels.
- Management and overview of all banking matrix, active users, limits, access rights.
- Monitor financial risks, including FX, interest rate, liquidity, and credit exposure, and design effective hedging strategies where necessary.
- Implement treasury technology solutions to enhance automation, accuracy, and reporting.
- To analyze the cash flow projections of each entity for better treasury and fund management and plan the timing of fund transfers.
- To report the Group 12 months consolidated cash flow to the CFO every month.
- To monitor the daily fund position for each entity and get quick visibility of short-term fund requirement and plan accordingly.
- Report on Daily Cash & Debt position to CFO and CEO.
- To analyze the implications of intercompany transfers on the standalone financials of each entity with respect to Equity, Intercompany loans, current assets/ liabilities.
- To ascertain and analyze all banking covenants at a standalone and consolidated level and recommend solutions to satisfy covenants.
- Ensure timely execution of funding requests and optimal utilization of credit facilities.
- To liaise with Bank managers for renewal and new facilities and arrange loan funds at lowest cost.
- Manage the company’s debt portfolio, including arranging drawdowns aligned with approved business case requirements.
- To provide necessary financial information and explanations to bankers on the company financial statements and performance.
- To monitor the Treasury reports and ensure information relating to loans and facilities is flowing to the FPA division correctly.
- To review all banking facility letters and other documents and forms, to ensure all details are accurate before final approval.
- To analyze and review the Mgt. consolidated financial statements to provide appropriate explanation to bankers on variances.
Company secretarial matters:
- To ensure all documentation relating to Bateel Holdings Ltd. is updated for eg. Register of members, Share register etc.
- To file annual return of Bateel Holdings Ltd. annually on time.
- To assist the CFO in drafting board minutes, board and shareholders resolutions.
Budgeting & MIS Reporting
- Manage the capital expenditure (Capex) budgeting process, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and optimal fund allocation.
- Prepare and analyze MIS reports on cash flow, debt position, and Capex utilization to provide timely insights for management decision-making.
- Monitor daily cash positions, funding requirements, and debt obligations, optimizing liquidity and working capital.
- Support the CFO in financial due diligence assignments and annual audit processes.
Lives and Advocates the Bateel Values:
- Quality
- Innovation
- Authenticity
- Integrity
Experience & Skill Set requirement:
- Understanding of treasury best practices
- Understanding of corporate finance, banking products, hedging instruments
- Proficiency in ERP systems and Treasury Management Systems
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret financial data into strategic insights
- High attention to detail, integrity, and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Qualification & Licenses requirement:
- Graduate in Finance
- Postgraduate in Finance or CA/CPA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA/MBA Finance
- High level knowledge in Excel Advanced tools and PowerPoint presentations.
- Minimum 10–12 years of progressive experience in financial control, treasury, or corporate finance, with at least 4–5 years in a managerial/senior managerial role.
*Due to the volume of applications we are receiving ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES FOR INTERVIEW will be contacted.