Treasury Officer

Your position

Your day-to-day activities: finance and accounting

•  You will manage the liquidities and carefully plan the revenues, expenses and needs of daily liquidities. This also includes performing weekly and ad hoc payments.
• You will be in charge of the administrative processing of the transactions linked to the cooperation with banks, including in the context of the investment portfolio, payment card applications, etc.
• You will be in close contact with various financial institutions and inquire about opportunities that benefit the group. You will inform the Treasury manager of your findings (e.g. placement of cash in term accounts, new financial regulations impacting the group, etc.).
• You will be in close contact with the Accounting Department to follow up whether the accounting record of the investment portfolio and cash components is correct. You will check the accounting output in SAP.
• You will participate in various reporting tasks related to investments (checking data, completing data, preparing reports, etc.), both to internal customers (management) and external customers such as auditors, regulators, etc. To do so, you will make use of the various IT programmes available (SAP FICO, BW, etc.).
• You will analyse new accounting standards or changes to existing standards that relate to the investment portfolio and cash components, and advise the Treasury manager and chief accountant accordingly.
• You will provide assistance to the entire Finance team and conduct ad hoc research on how certain topics were processed in the accounts (e.g. reinsurance contracts, etc.). To do so, you will consult the various SAP systems and make an analysis. You can communicate your findings clearly and in a structured way to relevant parties. 

You will be a contact for both internal and external customers:

•  You will be the point of contact for colleagues from the finance and support teams for information about treasury topics.
• You will be responsible for the administrative process around providing information to internal and external parties, drafting and submitting reports to stakeholders, etc.
• You will work with the team during the audit process to support the internal and external audits. You will proactively collect documents and evidence of the positions taken, to ensure the various audit processes run smoothly. You will engage in discussion with the auditors.

Projects:

• You will participate in current and future projects and in the testing processes of new systems and tools.
• You will participate in the preparation of public tenders related to treasury projects and in the analysis of service proposals sent in by potential service providers.

Your profile

• You hold a bachelor’s degree, preferably in an economics- or finance-related discipline.

• You have a first experience in accounting. Specific experience in treasury is not required.

• You are willing to learn about financial principles and insurance products.

• You have good analytical skills and like to work with figures.

• You are very proficient with MS Office IT-applications, including MS Excel. Knowledge of SAP is a must

• You work accurately and have a sense for quality.

• You like to take initiative and work in a structured manner.

• As a colleague, you can find the right balance between working independently and in a team.

• You have good social skills, do not shy away from customer contacts and have good communication skills in Dutch or French and English.

We offer

• An interesting permanent position in a stable, multilingual and international environment.

• Continuous learning opportunities to develop your talents.
  An attractive salary supplemented by a number of fringe benefits (meal vouchers, group- and hospitalization insurance, extra-legal pension, homeworking, flex reward etc.).

• A hybrid working arrangement (three days of teleworking) offering flexibility to maintain a good life balance.
  A role in a company where the following values are key: respect, customer intimacy and reliability.