Treasurer

Minimum requirements:

• Matric or equivalent.
• 23+ years experience in Finance, Accounts Payable, Treasury or Banking Operations.
• Finance or Accounting background preferred.
• Experience with banking platforms and EFT uploads.
• Exposure to ACH, SEPA, SWIFT or local payment rails advantageous.
• Experience navigating bank portals and ERP systems.
• Basic payment and bank reconciliations experience.
• Strong accuracy and attention to detail.
• Proven ability to follow checklists, controls and payment procedures.
• Ability to meet strict payment cut-off times and deadlines.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with dual authorisation and segregation-of-duties controls advantageous.

Personality Traits:

• Highly accurate and detail-oriented.
• Methodical and process-driven.
• Reliable and deadline-focused.
• Responsible and control-conscious.
• Clear and professional communicator.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Load, review and submit daily payment batches through banking platforms.
• Create EFT files from approved source data and upload them to bank portals.
• Validate beneficiary details, amounts, currencies, value dates and remittance references.
• Apply the correct payment types and fee settings according to instructions.
• Track payment statuses and resolve rejected or returned payments with banks and Accounts Payable.
• Reconcile executed payments against bank statements and ERP postings daily.
• Maintain accurate payment records and logs.
• Safeguard banking credentials, tokens and payment files.
• Follow segregation-of-duties and dual-authorisation controls.
• Adhere to payment cut-off times, treasury policies and regulatory requirements.
• Perform required AML and payment red-flag checks.
• Ensure timely and accurate payment processing and reconciliation.
• Communicate with internal teams and banking partners to resolve payment queries and discrepancies.