Treasury Analyst

Santam Group Treasury division has a *Treasury Analyst* role available in the Front office team. This role is responsible for working with the various businesses to identify exposures; providing cash management; market information and pricing advice to the Santam Group. The role reports to the Group Treasury Manager and will be based at Santam Head Office in Bellville.   The *Treasury Analyst *is responsible for supporting the Group Treasury Manager in achieving the Group Treasury Strategy. * To assist with building the financial analysis and reporting framework within the Treasury Management System (i.e. IT2) * Provide input into the development and maintenance of the Treasury Operating Manual * Perform daily Treasury Front office activities * Responsible for the recording of external and internal transactions in the Treasury Management System * Execute foreign currency dealing (ie. swaps; conversions etc) with various banking partners * Collate Treasury performance reporting and perform Treasury analytics for decision making and reporting. * Ensure timeous handling and escalation of queries within agreed timelines. * Daily cash management of the Group’s cash by managing bank accounts and pooling agreements and investing surplus cash and overview of Treasury payments. * Overview of the Group’s daily Treasury Report, including calculating projected close of day positions for centrally controlled cash and foreign currency accounts from bank balance reporting systems * Assist in preparation of short-term cashflow forecasts and variance analysis of movements against actuals and revised forecasts. * Minimum  BCom / BBusSci Finance degree * Professional financial qualification or treasury certification (advantageous) * Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Treasury function or Global Markets Banking environment * Understanding of Treasury Front office operations, bank relationship management, cash management and Treasury management best practices * Understanding of FX hedging and currency rate movements * Sound understanding and working knowledge of financial instruments; vanilla products; settlements processes (not negotiable) * Minimum  BCom / BBusSci Finance degree * Professional financial qualification or treasury certification (advantageous) * Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a Treasury function or Global Markets Banking environment * Understanding of Treasury Front office operations, bank relationship management, cash management and Treasury management best practices * Understanding of FX hedging and currency rate movements * Sound understanding and working knowledge of financial instruments; vanilla products; settlements processes (not negotiable)