Treasury Accountant - Barry Callebaut Group

The Treasury Accountant performs liquidity as well as foreign exchange management activities and supports the Treasury Manager in advising on (regional) treasury strategies, structures, as well as the impact of business undertakings. Within the assigned scope, this job ensures that the organization has adequate liquidity for it to conduct daily operations and meet financial obligations.

The Treasury Analyst undertakes treasury operations and transactions in a diligent as well as timely manner while safeguarding an acceptable level of financial risk (excluding raw material price risk) and the organization’s financial health. The Treasury Analyst plays a supporting job in developing financial management strategies.

This job gets guidance and support from the Treasury Manager on complex activities, ad hoc requests, and key issues in the execution of duties. This role is based in Kumasi and reports to the Accounting Manager.

Key Responsibilities

• Calculate and provide guidance on capital costs and treasury-related market intelligence
• Consolidate and report financial items
• Consolidate and report net debt positions

• Manage and implement technology for financial risk assessment
• Manage foreign exchange risks
• Manage intercompany transactions (funding and deposits)
• Manage interest rate risk
• Manage liquidity risk
• Manage short- and long-term bank funding
• Manage the organization’s supply chain finance programs
• Manage, evaluate, and institute regulatory reporting requirements
• Organize, manage, and execute organization-wide treasury activities
• Oversee all domestic and international cash flows (optimized pooling)
• Oversee collection and payment disbursement processes (payment factory)
• Perform cash forecasting and liquidity analyses
• Propose and (co-)decide together with Tax on optimal funding structures
• Propose funding structures
• Report updates and make proposals to the business and management
• Apply and monitor compliance controls (internal controls and regulatory standards)

About You

• Bachelor/Master degree in a field of Finance, Economics or comparable
• 2-5 years’ experience in finance with an emphasis on accounting
• English business proficiency (written and spoken)
• Experience in a multinational company, preferably in B2B / food industries
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel advanced) and Google-based applications. Technically proficient in SAP (around Accounts AP, AR, R2R and Master Data), Business Warehouse (BW). VIM is an advantage)
• Participation in process transition is an advantage
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment with focus on continuous process improvement
• Adaptable to changing environments with the ability to drive continuous improvement initiatives regarding processes, technologies, and organization
• Good team player who works well without supervision
• Strong analytical skills with good attention to detail.
• Willing to travel to other BC locations if required.