Job Description

TITLE: Treasury Accountant

TEAM/PROGRAMME: Finance /Kosovo

LOCATION: Prishtina

GRADE 3

CONTRACT LENGTH: December 31, 2026, with possibility of extension.

CHILD SAFEGUARDING: Level 2: either the post holder will have access to personal data about children and/or young people as part of their work; or the post holder will be working in a ‘regulated’ position (accountant, barrister, solicitor, legal executive); therefore a police check will be required (at ‘standard’ level in the UK or equivalent in other countries).

ROLE PURPOSE: The treasury accountant is responsible for performing treasury accounting and cash flow control and associated treasury tasks for the organization. Their duties include all treasury accounting (including FX deal postings, FX balance sheet revaluation postings and all Treasury inflows and outflows) , monitoring the organization’s cash flow, ensuring sufficient cash to make payments as they fall due, and lead focal point with SCI Treasury and local colleagues on all Treasury matters including acting as lead Treasury focal point for deciding on and instructing SCI Treasury on FX deals and loans to be executed by SCI Treasury.

SCOPE OF ROLE:

Reports to: Finance Manager

Staff reporting to this post: No

Budget Responsibilities: N/A

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:

Cash and Liquidity Management

Assume responsibility for all cash management procedures.

• Coordinate with other departments to optimize working capital and cash flow forecasting.

• Confirmation and reconciliation of receipts through close coordination with the SCI Treasury Member Control Team who will be providing the claims service to members.

• Perform interactions with banks & headquarters; Prepare the checks and remittance order for program bank transactions Timely disbursement of payments for smooth operations and donor relationships.

• Prepare and handle cheques and transfers ensuring that all procurement and financial transactions have accompanying correct paperwork.

• Disburse approved payments to partners, contractors, and suppliers.

• Supervise petty cash expenditures and monitor balance levels for timely replenishment.

• Submit reports of present financial situation and forecasting.

• Work with finance team for review the fund request for fund remittent by bi-weekly.

• Act as a focal point for SCI Treasury for Arrears Reporting, Member Quarterly Reports and resolution of any claim’s disputes.

• Perform bank reconciliations on regular basis, prepare reconciliation statements for all bank accounts and ensure discrepancies are accurately identified and reconciled.

• Perform petty cash reconciliations on regular basis, and ensure discrepancies are accurately identified and reconciled.

FX Management

• Act as a focal point for SCI Treasury for :
  • Instructing SCI Treasury on FX spot trades needed to control FX balance sheet exposures;
  • Working with SCI Treasury on understanding all non-USD balance sheet exposures;
• Responsible for reporting all of the organization’s FX transactional and balance sheet exposures to Senior Management;
• Responsible for ensuring that the organization’s comply with SCA FX minimum standards;
  
  Act as a focal point for SCI Treasury for:
  
  Planning and Operations
• Develop and implement daily, monthly and quarterly cash forecasting models;
• Assist in the development of financing strategies;
• Provide the financial aspects of the business and policies to advise;
• Assist in preparing or facilitating an annual budget and regularly monitoring and comparing the actual revenues and expenses incurred against the budget;
• Coordinate with the SCI Centre to compliance with Treasury Minimum Standards;
• Prepare Month End Closing Balance Sheet Reconciliation;
• Ensure the Treasury function is understood and valued within the business for tangible financial results in the form of cost savings, efficiency gains, yield enhancement and protecting profitability;
• Ensure entries are complete, accurate, appropriately authorized and auditable before entering them on the system;
• Administer accounting and transaction entries in Agresso, either manually or using GLACOS;
• Perform Monthly Payroll Operations;
• Prepare Month End Closing Balance Sheet Reconciliation;
  
  Treasury Accounting and FX Risk Management
  
  Responsible for all
  • FX accounting including transactional deals (e.g. fx spots) and revaluation of all non-functional currency balance sheet positions
  • Accounting for investments and loans
  • Accounting for all receipts in various donor currencies
• Responsible for liaising with SCI Treasury to resolve any outstanding Treasury accounting queries;
• Responsible for managing FX balance sheet positions to minimize revaluation FX exposures;
• Responsible for liaising with SCI Treasury to minimize transactional FX exposures;
  
  Funding management:
  
• Responsible for managing all funding in line with locally approved Treasury policies including compliance with SCA minimum standards;
• Manage short, medium and long-term funding/ investments (in close cooperation with SCI Central Treasury);
• Maintain sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational requirements.
  
  Other:
• Preparing monthly taxes and pension contribution reports as per Kosovo Law requirement and ensure that reports match the Agresso records
• Checking periodical partner reports as per payment and reporting schedule together with program staff and assiting Budget Holders for preparing the Journals for authorization.
• Participating on bid committee as needed
• Assist with preparation and coordination of the audit process
• Providing support for emergency response
• Assist Finance Manager in trainings conducted for NOs staff and partners
• Manage and administer financial and grants filings in the form of hard and soft copies.
• Further responsibilities, tasks and competencies will be adjusted based on organizational developments
• Maintain Treasury Dashboard Reporting as required by local Treasury policies and to comply on reporting on SCA minimum standards compliance
• Responsible for any other duties deemed necessary by the line manager.
  
  BEHAVIOURS (Values in Practice)
  
  Accountability:
• holds self-accountable for making decisions, managing resources efficiently, achieving and role modelling Save the Children values;
• holds the team and partners accountable to deliver on their responsibilities - giving them the freedom to deliver in the best way they see fit, providing the necessary development to improve performance and applying appropriate consequences when results are not achieved.
  
  Ambition:
• sets ambitious and challenging goals for themselves and their team, takes responsibility for their own personal development and encourages their team to do the same;
• widely shares their personal vision for Save the Children, engages and motivates others;
• future orientated, thinks strategically and on a global scale.
  
  Collaboration:
• builds and maintains effective relationships with their team, colleagues, Members and external partners and supporters;
• values diversity sees it as a source of competitive strength;
• approachable, good listener, easy to talk to.
  
  Creativity:
• develops and encourages new and innovative solutions;
• willing to take disciplined risks.
  
  Integrity:

• honest, encourages openness and transparency; demonstrates the highest levels of integrity.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or financial management or relevant field;
• 3 -7 years experience of relevant work in finance or accounting roles;
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent), or actively studying towards qualification (final stages preferred);
• Working knowledge of MS Office and financial management software ;
• Good with numbers and figures;
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills;
• Well-organized and reliable.
  
  EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
  
• Proven experience as treasurer or in a relevant financial role;
• Thorough knowledge of financial legislation, regulation and practices;
• Knowledge of the monetary market, investment management and financing techniques;
• Experience in cash and bank management;
• Professional on local tax procedure and policy.
  
  Additional job responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities as set out above are not exhaustive and the role holder may be required to carry out additional duties within reasonableness of their level of skills and experience.
  
  Equal Opportunities: The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the SCiK Equal Opportunities and Diversity policies and procedures.
  
  Child Safeguarding: We need to keep children safe so our selection process, which includes rigorous background checks, reflects our commitment to the protection of children from abuse
  
  Health and Safety: The role holder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with SCiK Health and Safety policies and procedures.