EXPERTISE & TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Minimum Requirements
1. Bachelor’s degree in commerce or equivalent finance or quantitative discipline.
2. A minimum of 5 years’ experience treasury and financial market experience.
3. In-depth knowledge of LMA standards.
4. Good understanding of the functioning of the money and capital markets .
5. Advanced excel capabilities
6. Experience and exposure in working on the following:
1) Confirmation and Settlements process
2) Foreign currency administration
3) Treasury internal controls
4) Cash/liquidity Management
Desirable Requirements
1. Experience working on the following platforms:
1) OnBase (advantage)
2) SWIFT knowledge (advantage)
3) FIS QUANTUM knowledge (advantage)
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
Written & Verbal Communication
1. Writes effective correspondence, prepares questions and reports, statements of circumstance and briefing notes.
2. Reviews others’ documents for clarity and impact.
3. Is relied on by others to help them write complex technical and non-technical documents and briefs.
4. Able to communicate complex problems or concepts, by making them simple and understandable for others.
Business Acumen
1. Thinks and plans in future-oriented terms.
2. Develops annual business plans that take into account longer-term activities, issues, problems or opportunities.
3. Develops and establishes broad scale, longer-term objectives, goals or projects (e.g., affecting a business, department, or organisation).
Problem Solving
1. While remaining guided by organisational values, identifies optimal solutions, thinking first in terms of possible approaches and flexibilities in the system vs. blind adherence to rules or procedures.
2. Implements solutions to complex problems, then evaluates the effectiveness and efficiency of solutions and identifies needed changes.
Financial Acumen
1. Makes sound financial decisions after having analysed their impacts on the organisation, partner agencies, and community.
2. Assist in preparing Treasury budget submissions and forecasts for own department.
3. Knows the internal and external factors that impact on resource and asset availability.
Financial Analysis
1. Demonstrates a thorough knowledge or experience working with legal and regulatory issues in their subject area.
2. Develops and maintains effective working relationships with regulated industries, government officials, administrators, and civic leaders.
3. Ability to work with pricing / excel spreadsheets / formulas
Commercial Business Acumen
1. Actively monitors the South African business environment to ensure promotion of fair competition, the protection of consumer interests, effective trade and investment, etc.
2. Understands South African business community issues/challenges and can assist to build win-win relationships with them.
3. Envisions, creates and facilitates connections to develop and enhance partnerships, alliances and networks that advance shared interests.
REQUIRED PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
BEHAVIOURIAL COMPENTENCIES
Customer Service Orientation
1. Tries to understand the underlying needs of customers and matches these needs to available or customized products and services.
2. Adapts processes and procedures to meet on-going customer needs.
3. Utilises the feedback received by customers, in order to develop new and/or improve existing services/products that relate to their on-going needs.
4. Thinks of new ways to align DBSA’s offerings with future customer needs.
Self-awareness and Self Control
1. Withholds effects of strong emotions in difficult situations.
2. Keeps functioning or responds constructively despite stress.
3. May apply special techniques or plan ahead of time to manage emotions or stress.
Driving delivery of results
1. Sets challenging goals that will have a significant impact on the business or support the organisational strategy.
2. Commits significant resources and/or time to ensure that challenging goals are achieved, while also taking action to mitigate risk.
Teamwork & Cooperation
1. Acts to promote a friendly climate and good morale and resolves conflicts.
2. Creates opportunities for cross-functional working.
3. Encourages others to network outside of their own team/department and learn from their experience.
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