Treasury Officer at Dangote

Reference No: Finance-Obajana-002
Location: Obajana, Kogi
Category: DCP - Finance

Job Summary

• Manage DCP’s liquidity and cash flow ensuring business needs are met in a cost effective and prudent manner.
• Manage and oversee funds requests, transfers and payment processing and relationship management.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the plant’s daily cash flows/ liquidity and ensure availability of funds to meet the company’s operations and all likely contingencies.
• Prepare cash forecasts and manage cash flows/cycles ensuring availability of adequate funds to meet DCP’s daily operational requirements.
• Identify the need and request for funds from Group Treasury as required.
• Recommend strategies for raising necessary funds to facilitate the realisation of the Plant’s operational and corporate objectives.
• Validate all supplier and vendor payments and ensure that all requests for payment are supported with valid invoices/ receipts and other supporting documents in line with DCP’s financial policies.
• Oversee the disbursement of cash ensuring compliance with defined policies and procedures.
• Establish and manage relationships with key bankers and investors.
• Participate/ provide inputs in the review of DCP’s bankers ensuring compliance with Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
• Manage the unit’s budget, review and approve expenditures as defined in the approved manual of authority
• Continually identify new banking service opportunities and provide recommendations and/ or business case for adoption of such services.
• Perform any other duties as assigned by the Head, Plant Finance.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Economics or other related discipline.
• Relevant professional certification (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CFA).
• Minimum of ten (10) years relevant work experience.
• Skills and Competencies
• Good understanding of trends, challenges, opportunities, regulations and legislations relating to the cement manufacturing industry.
• Strong finance and accounting knowledge, including experience with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
• Strong data analysis and modelling skills.
• Sound business acumen.
• Good communication skills.
• Good interpersonal and people management skills.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• High ethical standards and integrity.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Good problem solving skills.

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development