Treasury Analyst & Project Lead

Overview

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

The organization is launching a Shared Service Centre (SSC) to centralize treasury, finance, and accounts payable operations across multiple countries. This position is a foundational hire reporting directly to the Group Treasurer, owning day-to-day group treasury operations while driving the implementation of the new SSC framework.

Responsibilities

SSC Implementation & Project Management

• Support the Group Treasurer in designing, documenting, and implementing workflows, policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for the Shared Service Centre.
• Identify structural gaps in local school reporting, propose process optimizations, and drive the transition toward centralized treasury standards.
• Act as a central point of contact to ensure smooth onboarding and training of local School Finance Partners into the centralized systems.

Cash Flow Forecasting & Liquidity Management

• Own and manage the 12-week rolling cash flow forecast for all schools and holding entities.
• Review financial submissions from School Finance Partners, challenge assumptions, and push back on inconsistencies to ensure absolute data quality.
• Prepare and co-lead the weekly cash meeting pack, covering:
  • group cash positions
  • actual vs. forecast variances
  • accounts payable ageing highlights
  • proposed payment runs

Debt Management & Compliance

• Maintain and reconcile the Master Debt Schedule against Xero and underlying loan agreements, including principal repayments, interest schedules, and maturities.
• Ensure debt service obligations are integrated into liquidity forecasts and assist in preparing lender reporting packs.

Treasury Controls & Governance

• Maintain a central register of every bank account, authorized signatory, and corporate limit across all jurisdictions.
• Review new bank account opening packs for compliance and accuracy 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 project management capability, including structuring processes, documenting workflows, and managing transition timelines.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets (non-negotiable).
• Experience with cloud accounting ecosystems (such as Xero) is highly expected.
• Full professional proficiency in both English and French.
• Comfortable leading technical discussions, writing reports, and collaborating with stakeholders in both languages.
• Demonstrated “ownership” mindset, including the ability to defend forecast assumptions confidently and handle pushback.
• Strong exposure to African banking landscapes, local FX constraints, and multi-country environments is a significant asset.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing centralized treasury functions or building processes from the ground up within a multi-country organization.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified.

Location

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

Recruitment Process

• Culture fit interview
• Technical case study (cash forecasting logic, variance analysis, and problem-solving)
• Technical interview (treasury fundamentals, debt schedules, and vision for the role with the Group Treasurer)
• Career interview (professional trajectory and long-term ambitions)

Safeguarding & Eligibility

• The organization is committed to child safeguarding and expects all staff, volunteers, and third parties to share this commitment.
• 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 will be conducted for each successful candidate with previous employers.