Treasury Analyst & Project Lead

Overview

This role is flexible across Africa, with a strong preference for one of the organization’s countries of operation.

The organization is creating and deploying a Shared Service Centre (SSC) to streamline treasury, finance, and accounts payable operations. This position will help take treasury operations forward day-to-day while also playing a hands-on role in implementing the new SSC.

Responsibilities

Shared Service Centre build & implementation

• Partner with the Group Treasurer to develop, document, and implement treasury workflows, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the new SSC.
• Identify gaps in local school reporting, propose practical solutions, and help transition operations toward consistent, centralized treasury standards.
• Act as a key point of contact for local School Finance Partners, supporting onboarding and training on new processes and systems.

Cash flow forecasting & liquidity management

• Lead and maintain the 12-week rolling cash flow forecast across all schools and holding entities.
• Review financial submissions from School Finance Partners, challenge assumptions, investigate inconsistencies, and ensure reliable, high-quality financial information.
• Prepare and co-lead weekly cash committee meetings, providing insights on group cash positions, actual vs. forecast variances, accounts payable ageing, and proposed payment runs.

Debt management & compliance

• Maintain and reconcile the Group Master Debt Schedule against Xero and underlying loan agreements.
• Track principal repayments, interest schedules, and maturities.
• Ensure debt service obligations are incorporated into liquidity forecasts and contribute to lender reporting packs.

Treasury controls & governance

• Maintain a comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date central register of bank accounts, authorized signatories, and corporate banking limits across all jurisdictions.
• Review new bank account opening documentation for completeness, accuracy, and compliance before formal corporate submission.

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of experience in corporate treasury, financial analysis, or an analytical corporate finance role, ideally with exposure to project management or Shared Service Centre implementations.
• Strong analytical capabilities, including cash management, liquidity forecasting, financial reconciliations, and treasury fundamentals.
• Advanced technical skills:
  • Excellent command of Excel and/or Google Sheets.
  • Experience working with cloud-based accounting systems, particularly Xero, is highly expected.
• Project management skills, including designing processes, documenting workflows, managing timelines, and coordinating implementation activities.
• Professional fluency in English and French (able to lead technical discussions, prepare reports, and collaborate with stakeholders in both languages).
• Strong ownership and autonomy: ability to manage priorities, take initiative, solve problems, and deliver reliable results with limited day-to-day supervision.
• Confidence and stakeholder management, including the ability to challenge financial assumptions, defend analysis, handle pushback, and engage effectively with senior school stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Exposure to multi-country financial operations, particularly across African markets.
• Familiarity with African banking environments, local foreign exchange constraints, and cross-border treasury challenges.
• Experience supporting finance transformation, process optimization, or Shared Service Centre implementation projects.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

• Flexible across Africa, with a strong preference for one of the organization’s countries of operation.

Recruitment process & safeguarding requirements

• Culture Fit Interview
• Technical Case Study (cash flow forecasting, variance analysis, and financial problem-solving)
• Technical Interview (treasury fundamentals, debt schedules, and your approach)
• Career Interview

Safeguarding and safer recruitment expectations:

• Successful candidates must provide a police clearance (or equivalent) from every country where they have lived in the past 10 years before signing an employment contract.
• Reference checks with previous employers will be conducted for each successful candidate.