Job Description
- Management: Manage the effective achievement of treasury senior manager objectives through the leadership of the treasury senior manager – setting individual objectives, managing performance, developing and motivating staff, provision of formal and informal feedback and appraisal – in order to maximize subordinate and the performance of the department.
- Budgets and Plans: Prepare and recommend the Treasury Senior Manager budget and monitor financial performance versus the budget so that the business is aware of anticipated costs/revenues, and areas of unsatisfactory performance are identified, rectified promptly and potential performance improvement opportunities are capitalized upon.
- Policies, Systems, Processes, and Procedures: Implement approved departmental policies, processes, procedures, and instructions to subordinates and monitor their adherence so that work is carried out in a controlled manner.
- Day-to-day Operations: Supervises the day-to-day operations of the Treasury Senior Manager to ensure that work processes are implemented as designed and comply with established policies, processes, and procedures.
- Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of systems, processes, and practices taking into account ‘international best practice’, improvement of business processes, cost reduction, and productivity improvement.
- Reporting: Prepare reports timely and accurately to meet Savola and Treasury Senior Manager department requirements, policies, and standards.
- Health, Safety, and Environment: Monitor the adherence to all relevant safety and environmental management procedures and controls to guarantee employee safety, legislative compliance, delivery of high-quality products/services, and a responsible environmental attitude.
- Related Assignments: Perform other related duties or assignments as directed.
- Food Safety Management System: Following up the FSMS tasks that are related to job scope including Policies, Objectives, procedures, work instructions, HACCP/OPRP/PRP plans, and organizational approvals
Job Specific Accountabilities:
- Manage daily cash balances.
- Ensure that the company's cash flow is adequate to allow it to operate effectively.
- Forecast cash payments anticipate challenges arising from limited cash flow and perform financial modeling.
- Evaluate, develop, and implement cash management systems to optimize efficiencies.
- Standardize regional office cash flow planning processes.
- Manage payments by cheque or bills.
- Negotiate loan or overdraft terms with banks.
- Create solutions to new financial challenges by applying financial/treasury knowledge.
- Liaise with bankers and maintain positive working relationships.
- Monitor bank service fees and address quality issues.
- Conduct benchmark studies of banks and their services to evaluate whether they fit the company’s requirements.
- Evaluate alternative long-term borrowing strategies and make recommendations per the capital structure guidelines.
- Provide guidance on special financing products (e.g. Lease models, Export Programs) and liaise with related financial service providers.
- Undertake risk management activities to protect the company’s financial well-being.
- Provide advice on financial matters impacting the company as a whole.
- Use hedging to mitigate financial risks related to the interest rates on the company's borrowings, as well as on its foreign exchange positions.
- Maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over treasury activities.
- Implement and maintain a set of comprehensive credit risk/limit policies and procedures.
- Perform ongoing monitoring functions, including monitoring and maintaining appropriate credit limits for customers.
- Manage risk and exposure by ensuring credit policy and best practices compliance.
- Establish credit limits for new customers and monitor new accounts based on current financial information, business history, and current credit reports.
- Interact with credit insurance companies to ensure proper coverage and limit the company’s risk exposure.
- Manage, direct, and develop treasury staff.
- Identify specifications for reports and participate in their development or enhancements.
- Cooperates with internal and external auditors; sees to the follow-up of audit recommendations.
- Provide advice to other departments on payment instruments (e.g. L/C) and collaterals.