Senior Treasury Analyst (52061)

Overview

This role supports treasury activities across all entities within the Western Growers Family of Companies, including cash management, banking relationships, cash forecasting, and business analytics. The position also contributes to treasury-related functional processes and project support that impacts banking and treasury operations.

Reports to the Vice President of Finance/Controller.

Responsibilities

Operations

• Perform daily cash management activities to meet cash positioning and liquidity needs, including independent analysis of cash projections and recommendations to the VP of Finance/Controller and CFO for future cash or credit needs.
• Maintain and control operational functions for receipt, disbursement, banking, and protection and custody of funds; complete month-end cash management reconciliation and reporting.
• Initiate intercompany funding transactions and external wire transactions.
• Perform or oversee bank reconciliations for approximately seventy individual customer bank accounts (cashbook accounts), Flex (FSA, HSA, etc.), and Covered CA for Small Business (CCSB) accounts; advise Admin Finance of necessary adjustments to cashbook ledgers.
• Monitor all organization bank accounts daily for returned items, overdrafts, positive pay exceptions, stop payments, stale dating, and other exception reporting; make decisions for resolution or escalation.
• Serve as primary liaison with the principal customer’s bank and manage banking relationship activities, including executing vendor payment transactions through an on-line banking portal and monitoring for returned items, overdrafts, positive pay exceptions, stop payments, and stale dating; work closely with the Key Accounts operational team.
• Provide guidance, training, and/or direct supervision and review of work product for clerical, para-professional, and professional staff in treasury-related duties.

Administrative

• Administer user access to 3rd party banking applications, including establishing, modifying, and deleting appropriate user profiles for all owned or managed accounts consistent with organizational responsibilities.
• Monitor bank account activity and maintain accurate bank account documentation for WGFC and customer Controlled Not Owned (CNO) accounts.
• Identify and independently resolve day-to-day issues requiring immediate decision-making, including when escalation is needed across multiple banking relationships.
• Lead treasury/banking representation for projects requiring a treasury solution or impacting a banking application, including upgrades or enhancements to business processes, evaluation and implementation of new processes affecting treasury, banking, or potentially impacting cash flow.
• Serve as primary point of contact for internal entities and departments to resolve internal and external customer service issues related to banking.
• Provide primary training resource for internal customers on banking software applications.
• Assess and document treasury processes and policies; recommend changes consistent with internal control best practices.
• Assist with Accounting/Treasury system implementations, process improvements, and automation initiatives.
• Identify, recommend, and implement new bank and/or other treasury software systems as cost-saving opportunities or to streamline transaction-based processes.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and projects to support business operations.
• Manage and analyze banking fees; recommend opportunities to reduce banking costs, including monthly review, reconciliation, and internal allocation of bank account analysis fees; monitor compliance with various bank analysis service fees, debt covenants, and other negotiated fee arrangements.

Other

• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration or related field preferred.
• Five (5)+ years of Treasury experience preferred, demonstrating increasing levels of responsibility, including corporate treasury, cash management, involvement in banking relationships, and a solid understanding of accountancy concepts and terminology (including general ledger accounts and coding).
• Experience with treasury management systems, ERP systems, and banking platforms, including but not limited to ACH positive pay and check positive payee, controlled disbursements, lockbox activity and acceptable payees, international wires, merchant services for credit card processing, and cash forecasting; familiarity with CPI compliance desired.
• Proficient knowledge of accounting concepts and computerized accounting systems; experience with Sage accounting software and/or report writer software a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, financial modeling, and data analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities and ability to use independent judgment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and a friendly, service-oriented attitude, including the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others at all levels, and with external vendors and customers.
• Critical attention to detail with excellent organizational skills; ability to consistently manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• High level of integrity and discretion when handling confidential financial information.
• Intermediate understanding of internal control concepts and their application to a treasury function.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five (5)+ years of Treasury experience with increasing levels of responsibility (corporate treasury, cash management, banking relationships, and accountancy terminology).
• Bank and banking-platform familiarity including Bank of America CashPro (a plus).
• Experience with Sage accounting software and/or report writer software.
• Familiarity with CPI compliance.

Compensation & Benefits

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Location

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