ATIDI: Finance Officer - Treasury & Investments at CA Global

Nature And Scope

• Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), the Finance Officer- Treasury & Investments shall be responsible for supporting the Senior Finance Officer - Treasury & investments and the CFO in Investment activities, and monitoring capital invested to ensure maximised returns and adherence to investment guidelines.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• Maintain proper operational controls;
• Booking Call Deposits on the Bank system as well as the investment systems;
• Ensure that proper books of accounts of ATIDI are kept;
• Record and process in timely manner all investment transactions and any other transactions (capital, borrowings, claims and recoveries) that the Investment Account is in charge of, and ensure accuracy in posting transactions;
• Prepare the monthly closure of accounts and ensure that deadlines are met;
• Prepare monthly and quarterly performance analysis on investments (growth and variance analysis against the budget);
• Draft investment letters to fund managers;
• Prepare bank reconciliations for all local banks and fund managers;
• Undertake the reconciliations of balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis;
• Undertake the reconciliations of custodians and asset managers’ statements;
• Resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities in timely manner;
• Conduct on a monthly basis balance sheet reconciliation peer reviews;
• Process fund transfers to fund managers;
• Compute interest accruals and revaluing of loans;
• Process loan repayments in a timely manner;
• Review of new contracts, legal contractual obligations and covenants with fund managers and other counterparties;
• Maintain and improve ATIDI’s investment software in liaison with the software developer;
• Manage relationships with ATIDI’s banks, asset managers and custodians;
• Administer the bank opening process with new banks;
• Monitor ATIDI’s Investment portfolio;
• Ensure that the investment committee’s decisions are implemented in timely manner;
• Manage and maintain the company shareholders’ accounts;
• Prepare and facilitate internal and external audits;
• Ensure all audit findings under the responsibility of the Investment Accountant are followed-up and addressed in timely manner; 
• Prepare cash-flow projections;
• Ensure all standing instructions requiring any input control or action are always met and observed precisely and correctly;
• Ensure investment manuals, policies and procedures are abided by;
• Improve investment manuals, policies, procedures and internal controls;
• Conduct ATIDI’s share price valuations; 
• Compute ATIDI’s dividend allocation to shareholders; 
• Capitalize ATIDI’s shareholders’ capital contributions and dividends based on the prevailing share price;
• Prepare detailed analysis of the performance of the investment portfolio to enable and support MIC investment decision making, evaluate the FX currency risk exposure in line with set Forex policies and guidelines and actively monitoring currency mismatches;
• Participate in the compilation of investment budget;
• Recommend to the CFO/Senior Finance Officer- Treasury & Investments revision to the investment policy to realign it to changing market conditions;
• Embed sustainability into the investment portfolio;
• Input into the investments section of the quarterly management and Board report; and
• Perform such other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Qualification & Skills

• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance or Accounting Option;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting;
• Professional accounting and Investment qualifications e.g. CPA or ACCA, CFA;
• A minimum of five (5) years Investment relevant experience;
• Experience in financial investment accounting;
• Knowledge of IFRS and accounting procedures;
• Good understanding of financial investments;
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to details; 
• Strong planning and organizing skills;
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Problem solving and decision-making skills;
• Proactive and autonomous;
• Demonstrate ATIDI's core values of Integrity, transparency and accountability, creativity, unity of purpose, diligence and efficiency and stakeholder first approach;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Excellent communication (oral, written and presentation) and interpersonal skills;
• Proficiency in standard office computer applications;
• Excellent computer skills (accounting systems, Excel and the other standard office computer applications); 
• Good report writing and presentation skills; and
• French language competency will be an added advantage

Benefits And Contractual Information

• 3 year contract 
• Willing and able to reside in Nairobi, Kenya. 
• Only qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.