EAMEI Treasury Manager at Air Liquide

• The mission of the Treasury COE Team members is to manage bank relationships and group compliance with the support of local CFO / teams and ensure all affiliates have enough funds to run their operations. He/she will be the direct point of contact with  local CFOs, GBSand clusters for treasury matters. 
• He/she provides support to Corporate Finance for the ST/LT funding of the entities.

At the EAMEI / HHC GBU level, his/her role involves

• Financial Risk management responsibility for all entities in EAMEI / HHC GBU
• Funding and Financial Investment Management and Reporting
• Leading Treasury Projects for EAMEI / HHC GBU
• Leading other treasury functions at EAMEI / HHC GBU as may be assigned
• Act as a back-up for other EAMEI / HHC CoE Treasury team members for their geographical scope

For the South African Region he/she will be leading treasury matters, in line with the main contributions highlighted below, and manage bank relationships and group compliance with the support of local CFO / teams and ensure all affiliates have enough funds to run their operations. He/she provides support to Corporate Finance for the ST/LT funding of the entities.
Financial Risk management & Insurance Management

• Executes hedges within financial policy principles in line with group policy
• Manage foreign exchange coverage, validate hedging strategy both FX and interest rate.
• Manage  FX exposure across the scope.
• Ensure the implementation of the KTP Web tool and FX deals reporting when local hedging is performed due to local constraints  (Aim, benefits, etc).
• Define BCP with support of the entity and ALEBS to ensure the continuity of treasury activity

Cash and Liquidity Management

• Own the full process of Cash and Liquidity management with the entities and ALEBS team.
• Maintain local cash pooling structure within the r entities.
• Supervise and contribute to treasury  processes: weekly cash flow forecast, monthly operational actual cash flow
• Ensure all reports related to Treasury and cash projection management are done on time
• Monitor working capital and assist affiliates in improving their DSO, DIO and DPO.

Funding and Financial Investment Management and Reporting

• Support short term, long term funding and customer financing projects. 
• Ensure proper control at entity levels of bank covenants, bank loan maturing and guarantees
• Drive implementation of factoring and supply chain financing solutions when applicable
• Support and ensure the deployment of any treasury project initiated by the CoE Treasury (encrypted payments, TMS, etc).

Performance, Quality & Conformity Management

• Ensure deliverables quality
• Ensure Service Level Agreement Compliance and report any dysfunction
• Ensure to implement the process improvements
• Manage and update Treasury procedures if needed.
• Manage Treasury Internal Control Reviews across EAMEI in coordination with Group Treasury and Head of COE
• Manage financial fraud and dispute cases

Bank Relationship Management and Treasury Administration

• Manage Bank relationships  with the support of Local CFOs and Head of COE.
• Manage Defined KPIs, Ensure SLA compliance and reporting to the group, clusters and local countries
• Bank Portals Administration (updating authorized signatories, banking access rights...etc.)
• Drive the reduction of the number of bank accounts across the entities, review the bank fees and decide on an action plan to reduce transaction costs.
• Schedule regular meetings with core and local banks if any to review their performance and if needed take action to improve the level of the service
• Provide information to answer queries from management & external parties jointly with Local and BSC teams
• Provide treasury information/documentations as required by banks/financial institutions

Are you a MATCH?

• Bachelor degree in Finance, Mgmt, etc. Formal qualification in treasury (or master) 
• 7+ years experience in  Treasury  activities including Africa and /Or MEI specificity
• Understanding of financial markets, financial instruments and debt instruments / Ability to work autonomously and be part of the broader team / Appropriate handling of sensitive information

Work experience

• Treasury and cash management
• Experience in shared service center
• Experience in a multinational company desirable  
• Functional Skills
• Strong knowledge of Treasury activities
• Strong Knowledge of ERP (Navision, SAP, Oracle, Gideon…) and Power BI (reporting tool)
• Google Suite and TAIG
• Foreign language
• English Mandatory, French is an asset

Core Competencies & Knowledge 

• Finance Expertise
• Business Acumen
• Digital/Financial/ Commercial Savvy

Complementary Capabilities

• Thinking & Partnering strategically
• Influencing for Change
• Managing conflict
• Analyzing and solving problems
• Professional manner and highly organized
• Proactive & adaptable
• Proven ability to meet deadlines
• Results oriented
• Good written and verbal communication, coaching skills
• Ability to be patient and methodical when resolving problems