Treasury Analyst

What will you do?

Santam Group Treasury division has a Treasury Analyst r ole available in the Front office team. This role is responsible for working with the various businesses to identify exposures; providing cash management; market information and pricing advice to the Santam Group. The role reports to the Group Treasury Manager and will be based at Santam Head Office in Bellville.

The Treasury Analyst is responsible for supporting the Group Treasury Manager in achieving the Group Treasury Strategy. What will make you successful in this role?

To assist with building the financial analysis and reporting framework within the Treasury Management System (i.e. IT2)
Provide input into the development and maintenance of the Treasury Operating Manual
Perform daily Treasury Front office activities
Responsible for the recording of external and internal transactions in the Treasury Management System
Execute foreign currency dealing (ie. swaps; conversions etc) with various banking partners
Collate Treasury performance reporting and perform Treasury analytics for decision making and reporting.
Ensure timeous handling and escalation of queries within agreed timelines.
Daily cash management of the Group’s cash by managing bank accounts and pooling agreements and investing surplus cash and overview of Treasury payments.
Overview of the Group’s daily Treasury Report, including calculating projected close of day positions for centrally controlled cash and foreign currency accounts from bank balance reporting systems
Assist in preparation of short-term cashflow forecasts and variance analysis of movements against actuals and revised forecasts. Qualification, Knowledge and Experience

Minimum BCom / BBusSci Finance degree
Professional financial qualification or treasury certification (advantageous)
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Treasury function or Global Markets Banking environment
Understanding of Treasury Front office operations, bank relationship management, cash management and Treasury management best practices
Understanding of FX hedging and currency rate movements
Sound understanding and working knowledge of financial instruments; vanilla products; settlements processes (not negotiable) Skills

Advanced Excel
Advanced Analytical skills
Advanced knowledge of electronic banking systems
Negotiation skills
Influencing people
Stakeholder Management
Ability to work independently
Decision making skills Core Competencies Cultivates innovation - Contributing through others Customer focus - Contributing through others Drives results - Contributing through others Collaborates - Contributing through others Being resilient - Contributing through others About The Company

Santam is the market leader in the general insurance industry in Southern Africa. We are a large, diversified, expanding and transforming company and whilst based in South Africa, we are rapidly moving into a number of emerging markets, both in Africa and Asia.

Our success is rooted in our passion for our clients and everything we do is centered on our delivery of Insurance Good and Proper. We’re about people. People drive our business so it follows that we want to recruit the best people possible whether they work for us permanently or for a short time as temporary employees.

At Santam we are committed to transformation and embracing diversity. This commitment is what drives us to achieve a diverse workplace with employment equity as a key goal to create an inclusive workforce, representative of the demographics of our society. In achieving our employment equity goals we give preference to applicants from the designated groups in alignment with the Divisions Employment Equity targets.