Panda
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position title: Head, Treasury & Accounting Operations
Reports to: Financial Controller
Supervises: the 6 members of the Treasury Operations Team
Band: B2
Date: December 2013
I. Mission of the Department: Drive the financial processes to generate reliable, transparent & timely financial information needed by WWF International to manage the funds entrusted to it by its donors & partners, thereby generating ongoing confidence. Continue to contribute to the setting of Network-wide Finance standards and the building of financial management capacity in Programme Offices.
II. Major Functions: Plans, directs and ensures effective & efficient treasury strategy and operations including processing of receipts and payments, cash flow forecasting, surplus cash and foreign exchange risk management, bank account administration and global Oracle super user function for the payables, cash management and receivables modules.
III. Major Duties and Responsibilities:
• Responsible for ensuring excellent team work, motivation, professional development and managing other employment-related issues for the Treasury Operations team
• Develops and oversees implementation of an organisation-wide treasury strategy for WWF International and its Programme Offices
• Supervises cash flow forecasting and surplus cash management as well as foreign exchange risk management for the WWF International Head Office
• Ensures the efficient and effective processing of payables / payments / accruals, receivables / receipts and reconciliation of related balance sheet accounts in accordance with best practices and WWF policies at the WWF International Head Office
• Oversees the development of global standard processes and functionality, documentation and training as well as the global support for the Oracle payables, cash management and receivables modules.
• In addition to treasury related responsibilities, supervises financial statement consolidations for a portfolio of countries
• Supervises the timely and reliable accounting for and reporting on investments
• Participates in various WWF projects as necessary, in consultation with the Financial Controller
IV. Profile:
Required Qualifications
• An internationally recognised accounting qualification.
• Minimum 8 years experience of treasury and/or accounting operations, ideally within an international group of companies, including the supervision of staff.
Required Skills and Competencies
• Strong interpersonal skills, with ability to function in a multi-cultural environment;
• Excellent computer skills: accounting software, spreadsheets, graphs, word processing, MS-Powerpoint. Knowledge of Oracle Financials would be an advantage.
• Aptitude for clear and concise oral and written communications;
• Fluency in English and French;
• Adheres to WWF’s values, which are: Passionate & Optimistic, Challenging & Inspiring, Credible &
Accountable, Persevering & Delivering Results.
V. Working Relationships:
Internal – Frequent interactions with all departments at WWF International and operations staff in Programme Offices and National Organisations.
External – Investment advisors, banks, external auditors, software suppliers and IT consultants.
This job description covers the main tasks and conveys the spirit of the sort of tasks that are anticipated proactively from staff. Other tasks may be assigned as necessary according to organizational needs.
Prepared by Supervisor: ________________________ Date: ______________
Accepted by Departmental Director: ________________________ Date: ______________
Accepted by Staff member: ________________________ Date: ______________
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.