Senior Treasury Manager

**Job Purpose**

Provide key support and assistance in the development and execution of the company’s treasury and funding strategy, together with the Group Treasurer. Support in the implementation of the strategy and management of the funding pool, the financial risks (including interest rate risks, foreign exchange risks and liquidity risks) and cash management.

**Who The Position Reports To**

The Senior Treasury Manager reports to the Group Treasurer.

**Direct Subordinates**

The position will have one direct report being the Treasury Administrator.

**Duties & Responsibilities**
- Responsibility of the cash management process including forecasting, investment of surplus cash and input into key decision making of cash outcomes and as a result funding activities

required.
- Support in capital raising initiatives including new loans and bonds and re-finance existing loans and bonds (including revolving credit facilities).
- Assist in the management of capital costs through access to all available sources of international and local funding.
- Manage the credit rating process.
- Manage and maintain relationships with international and local institutional investors, bank teams and credit rating agencies.
- Management of the JSE debt listing requirements.
- Provide key support in the measurement and management of financial risks: interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk, share incentive scheme risk - entering into new FEC’s or FX products; entering into new interest rate hedging agreements or re-financing of interest rate hedging agreements; entering into new cross currency interest rate swaps or re-financing of cross currency interest rate swaps.
- Analyse various hedging instruments and make a recommendation to the Treasury and/or Risk Committee.
- Manage SARB exchange control approvals.
- Report on treasury activities, including maintaining the treasury management system, completing, and reviewing documentation, preparing monthly and quarterly treasury reports for management EXCO and Board (Risk Management Committee).
- Provide insights on treasury related aspects on strategic mergers and acquisitions and any ad-hoc or “unusual” structures or debt and quasi-debt investments.
- Management of the operational aspects of the Treasury team and direct responsibility for the Treasury Administrator.
- Direct responsibility for the treasury function for Growthpoint Investment Partners: funding, interest rate risk management and cash management of the various unlisted funds.
- Budgeting and projecting of interest expenses and reporting on variances.
- Assist with strategic planning of loans, cross currency swaps and sustainability products.
- Improvement and automation of Treasury processes and functions.

**Role Location**

Growthpoint Head Office in Sandton, Johannesburg. The Company will accommodate some flexibility in this regard.

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**Experience**
- 8+ years’ experience in a Treasury and/or financial environment.
- Knowledge and understanding of finance, funding and debt capital markets.
- Sound knowledge of local and international banking relationships including rating agencies.
- Must have an ability to critically assess financial analysis outcomes of various scenarios.
- Ability to formulate financial models and automation skills.

**Qualifications**

Post graduate financial / accounting qualification, preferably CA or Chartered Financial Analyst or relevant MBA or MA in finance.

**Competencies**
- Strategic focus
- Highly organised and detail orientated
- Numerically astute
- Problem-solving
- Decision making and negotiating skills
- Computer literacy
- Above average communication skills (communicate with conviction and gravitas)