Treasury Officer

Job Placements; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 500 000 - 700 000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services group in Cape Town is seeking a Treasury Officer to support daily treasury operations and work closely with senior treasury leadership. Responsibilities include preparing cash reports, monitoring currency balances, and executing fund transfers. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Finance or similar, along with 2-5 years' experience in a treasury or banking environment. Strong Excel and analytical skills are essential. Join a forward-looking team focused on innovation and process improvement.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years' experience in treasury, banking operations, FinOps, or financial services.
• Experience in multi-currency environments and payment operations.
• Understanding of banking operations, settlements, and payment flows.

Responsibilities

• Prepare daily cash positioning and liquidity reports across bank accounts and wallets.
• Monitor balances across multiple currencies, jurisdictions, and settlement rails.
• Execute internal fund transfers, liquidity sweeps, and cash allocations.

Skills

Strong Excel skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Relationship building skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar

Tools

Treasury systems

Job description

Financial services group operating in cross-border payments, foreign exchange, and correspondent services, serving businesses and financial institutions across multiple jurisdictions. Looking to employ a Treasury Officer. This team is passionate about innovation and is looking for an experienced Treasury Analyst who can support daily treasury operations for the group and work closely with the Group Treasury Manager.

Why join this team?

• Join a growing, forward-looking treasury function supporting a multi-entity financial services group
• Exposure to traditional corporate treasury, digital banking, and virtual-asset-related treasury operations
• Play a key role in scaling treasury operations as the business expands into regulated banking and new markets
• Work closely with senior treasury leadership and cross-functional teams
• Opportunity to contribute to process improvement, automation, and system enhancements

What you will be doing :

• Prepare daily cash positioning and liquidity reports across bank accounts and wallets
• Monitor balances across multiple currencies, jurisdictions, and settlement rails
• Execute internal fund transfers, liquidity sweeps, and cash allocations
• Support short-term liquidity forecasting and variance analysis
• Process and confirm FX trades, payments, receipts, and intercompany transfers
• Perform daily bank, nostro / vostro, and wallet reconciliations
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items with Finance and Operations teams
• Track FX exposures and support hedging and execution activities
• Maintain FX deal registers, confirmations, and treasury records
• Assist with banking, PSP, custodian, and counterparty onboarding and maintenance
• Support regulatory liquidity and capital reporting inputs
• Prepare weekly and monthly treasury, liquidity, and KPI reports
• Identify opportunities to improve treasury processes, controls, and automation
• Document workflows, SOPs, and internal controls

What we are looking for :

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a similar
• 2-5 years' experience in treasury, banking operations, FinOps, or financial services
• Experience in multi-currency environments and payment operations
• Strong Excel skills; experience with treasury systems advantageous
• Understanding of banking operations, settlements, and payment flows
• Exposure to FX, liquidity management, or digital-asset treasury is an advantage
• High attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Clear and professional communication skills
• Excellent relationship building skills