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• Daily Cash Positioning: Monitor and manage daily cash balances across multiple bank accounts to ensure sufficient liquidity for operational needs.
• Cash Forecasting: Assist in developing short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts, identifying cash requirements and potential surpluses including working capital utilisation / forecasting.
• Cash Optimization: Collaborate with finance and marketing team to optimize cash positions, reduce idle cash, and maximize interest income.
• Foreign Exchange (FX) Risk Management: Monitor currency exposures and support FX hedging activities to minimize operational exchange rate risk for the marketing business.
• Interest Rate Risk Management: Assist in monitoring and managing interest rate risks, supporting the execution of hedging strategies if necessary.
• Support marketing initiatives for new business and products by providing treasury advisory support, ensuring appropriate banking set-up and funding structures.
• Lead the set-up of commodity and foreign exchange trading capabilities with banks and brokers, including the negotiation of credit lines and related agreements including ISDA’s. Manage the commercial and credit related aspects of these negotiations within the governance and risk appetite of the business.
• Negotiation and arrangement of new collateral management requirements with various banks and trading counterparties, engaging credit risk and legal support as appropriate.
• Lead the negotiations with banks on vanilla trade finance facilities (letters of credit, bonds, guarantees, receivables discounting) coordinating between legal, credit and sales teams to ensure optimal pricing and terms.
• Provide support and guidance to the marketing sales and operations teams on trade finance operations.

• Post-graduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in treasury, finance, or a related role, preferably within a corporate environment.

• Familiarity with treasury management systems, cash forecasting techniques, and understanding of financial instruments (e.g., FX, money market investments).
• Understanding of commodity trading environment and the application of trade finance tools.

We are a Southern African PGM producer, marketing metals globally, with a presence across 8 regions and 17 sites. Our operations include 4 operating mines, 3 smelters, and 2 refineries, giving us full control across the Platinum Group Metals (PGM) value chain—from resource to market.

We explore, we mine, we concentrate, we smelt, we refine and we market. As a result, we have an in-depth knowledge of PGM production and markets. Using this knowledge, we invest in developing sustainable markets for PGMs, partnering directly with research institutions as well as customers in the industrial, jewellery and investment sectors.

With 3 global marketing hubs and a team of over 29,000 employees, we serve a diverse international customer base while remaining deeply rooted in Southern Africa.

• Meaningful work in a high-performance, values-led environment.
• Market-aligned reward and recognition.
• Opportunities for learning, development and progression.
• A culture that respects diversity and encourages innovation.
• A clear commitment to safe Operations.

Valterra Platinum is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfill their potential. Valterra Platinum has a zero tolerance to dignity harms, these include all acts of gender based violence, bullying, harassment and victimisation. Ensuring the safety of our employees extends beyond physical safety and includes the eradication of harmful behaviours from our workplace. This responsibility extends to everyone at Valterra Platinum both during work hours and outside of work. We are unconditional in creating a respectful, inclusive, and safe working environment to ensure that no colleague will be violated or harassed under our watch.

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form via this job advert.

Closing Date: 19 November 2025

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