Treasury Analyst
Houston Christian University · Houston, TX · 1 wk ago
FinanceFull-time
Job Responsibilities
- Monitor daily cash flow and ensure adequate liquidity to meet short-term and long-term obligations.
- Forecast short term and long-term cash requirements, prepare variance analyses, and provide cash position summaries for management review.
- Maintain relationships with banks and financial institutions to support University goals and needs.
- Monitor and approve payments while ensuring compliance with internal controls.
- Execute and monitor investment activities, ensuring alignment with university policies, risk tolerance, and applicable internal controls.
- Forecast endowment trends and allocation of endowment earnings.
- Support the implementation, management, and administration of bank accounts, credit facilities including University's credit cards, online banking platforms, authorized signatory records, and other financial instruments.
- Maintain bank account documentation and legal documentation related to SOX requirements, FBAR regulations, audits, and internal reviews.
- Assist in management of debt obligations including maintaining accurate documentation of debt instruments.
- Prepare treasury-related reports, and provide information on financially sensitive matters, including cash position summaries, debt compliance reports, investment performance reports, risk metrics, and other financial analyses.
- Provide information in connection with external and internal audits and monitor cash management activities to ensure compliance with University's policies, GAAP, SOX, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Use treasury management systems, ERP platforms, online banking platforms, Banner, Husky Net, Argos, Anaplan, and other financial reporting tools to support treasury reporting, reconciliation, cash management, and related processes.
- Identify and implement best practices to enhance efficiency, accuracy, internal controls, and consistency in treasury operations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new systems, improve processes, and support financial reporting needs.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field is required. MBA preferred.
- Two to five years of experience in treasury, finance, accounting, budget, or related financial operations roles is preferred.
- CTP, CPA, or CFA certification preferred.
- Knowledge of banking industry practices, bank products, foreign exchange, cash management, and treasury operations.
- Knowledge of regulatory compliance and internal controls related to treasury functions.
- Ability to quickly understand complex financial transactions and apply finance, accounting, and treasury principles and take appropriate action when needed.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel with working knowledge of Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Experience with SQL preferred.
- Proficiency with treasury management systems, ERP systems, online banking platforms, and other treasury-related technology preferred.
- Proactive, self-motivated individual with excellent analytical skills and an ability to solve problems, identify trends, and recommend actionable strategies.
- Ability to coordinate the implementation of solutions and identify and analyze accounting, treasury, and financial reporting issues.
- Ability to keep financial matters confidential with respect to students, staff, faculty, banking information, institutional records, and related financial data.
- Ability to meet strict deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with senior academic and administrative positions, departmental leaders, financial institutions, and internal finance teams.
- Effective communication, presentation, planning, priority setting, organization, interpersonal, and multitasking skills.