ATIDI: Senior Finance Officer – Treasury and Investment at CA Global

Nature And Scope

• Under the supervision of and reporting to the Chief Financial Officer, the Senior Finance Officer-Treasury and Investment, will be responsible for developing ATIDI’s Investment and Treasury Strategy, Funding Strategy and Asset Liability Management as well as managing and monitoring treasury and investments performance; managing and monitoring the funding structure, economic capital and ensuring capital adequacy and liquidity.

Key Duties And Responsibilities

• In charge of developing ATIDI’s investment strategy, capital management strategy and asset liability management strategy;
• Develop ATIDI’s investment policy, funding strategy and liquidity management strategy;
• Develop, monitor and manage ATIDI’s bank relationships;
• Identify fund managers for approval by the CFO and the Management Investment Committee (MIC);
• Manage the performance of fund managers including setting appropriate performance benchmarks and ensuring that these benchmarks are achieved;
• Give professional advice on strategic and tactical asset allocation;
• Manage long-term and short-term cash flow and working capital /liquidity management;
• Manage balance sheet and day to day liquidity to support the business needs;
• Balance Sheet Optimisation;
• Responsible for assets and liability matching, currency risk management and risk mitigation strategies such as hedging;
• Forecast medium and long-term funding requirements;
• Design and implementation of strategies to mitigate risks such as financial risk, market risk, credit risk, liquidity risks and capital management risks;
• Manage and monitor treasury and investments;
• Analyse and optimize investments return;
• Oversee the work of the treasury and investments department and ensure that all transactions are properly booked in an accurate and timely manner;
• Review all investment accounts and ensure balance sheet reconciliations are done on a monthly basis and all reconciling items are resolved in a timely manner and that all balances are agreed with all counterparties;
• Ensure valuations of all investments is conducted in accordance with IFRS and advise on compliance with IFRS on our investments and capital strategies;
• Explore and propose new investment opportunities and different classes of investment to the MIC;
• Produce monthly report and dashboards on investments including the macro and microeconomic outlooks guiding the short term and long-term investment strategy;
• Coordinate with bank and asset managers;
• Work closely with the Membership Department/Unit to manage capital (update on share valuation recommendation, dividends, share buy-back, etc.);
• Work on due diligence processes for financial institutions and other investment proposals;
• Prepare Management and Board investment reports;
• Implement effective people management initiatives including:
• Monitoring workflow, volume of work deliverables and the delivery of work of direct reports;
• Assisting team members in outlining their professional development goals and identifying any need for and monitoring “on the job training”; mentoring and coaching team members;
• Ensuring the efficient and fair assignment of work to direct reports; and
• Providing ongoing informal and formal feedback to direct reports and ensuring direct reports who are primary supervisors provide similar feedback to those they supervise.
• Perform other duties as may be assigned to you from time to time.

Role Specifications

• A Master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA), Finance or Accounting Option;
• Bachelor of Commerce degree in Accounting or Finance;
• Professional investment qualifications e.g. CFA;
• Membership of a professional body such as CA, ICPAK, CIMA, ACCA or similar bodies;
• A minimum of twelve (12) years relevant Investment and Treasury experience;
• Knowledge in strategy development;
• Knowledge in policy development;
• Knowledge of and experience working in an Investment & Treasury function;
• In-depth understanding of the global fixed income market and investments;
• Knowledge and experience in foreign currency hedging strategies, cash flow forecasting and debt sourcing skills;
• Good understanding of Solvency II and RBC;
• Microsoft excel modelling capabilities;
• Risk management skills;
• Strong analytical skills with a high level of accuracy and attention to details;
• Strong planning and organizing skills;
• Proactive and autonomous;
• Proficiency in standard office computer applications;
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural environment;
• Excellent communication (oral, written and presentation) and interpersonal skills;
• Fluency in written and spoken English. French will be an advantage; and
• Demonstrate ATIDI's core values - unity of purpose, customer first approach, integrity, getting it first the right time and creativity.