We are building a diverse and inclusive team and this opportunity is open to any qualified internal and external applicants. Women, candidates from Africa and those with experience working on the continent are particularly encouraged to apply for this role.

About ENGIE Energy Access (EEA)

ENGIE Energy Access is the leading Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) and mini-grids solutions provider in Africa. The company develops innovative, off-grid solar solutions for homes, public services and businesses, enabling customers and distribution partners access to clean, affordable energy. The PAYGO solar home systems are financed through affordable instalments from $0.19 per day and the mini grids foster economic development by enabling electrical productive use and triggering business opportunities for entrepreneurs in rural communities. With over 1,700 employees, operations in nine countries across Africa (Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia), over 1.6 million customers and more than 8 million lives impacted so far, ENGIE Energy Access aims to impact 20 million lives across Africa by 2025.

www.engie-energyaccess.com

Job Overview

The Treasury Accountant will be responsible for the cash and liquidity management of EEA and PCZ entities to Identifying, evaluating, and mitigating potential risk under the treasury unit, the treasury accountant will manage relationships with local banks and will also ensure that we are meeting our strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage company liquidity.

• Daily FX risk and projections, and updates on SAP and other platforms.

• Develop and maintain reports to monitor bank fees, FX and interest results
• Ensure accurate weekly, Monthly and Quarterly cashflow forecasting.
• Daily cash balance update and Daily cash reporting and monitoring on All Entities (Receipts on Airtel and MTN, FX trading etc)
• Prepare daily cash flow forecast and raise any WC needs or concerns.
• Prepare monthly Cash flow statements report.
• Weekly Bank reconciliation and alignment to DB/SAP.
• Evaluate FX exposures and monitor exchange rates regularly.

• Execute FX trades with banks for liquidity management.
• Liase on Bank FX rates, Credit terms and Contract Negotiations.
• Optimize and manage all bank fees.
• Manage all inter-company flows.
• Support miscellaneous or ad-hoc requests.
• Collaborate with Accounting/Tax teams to manage and report daily cash needs.
• Work with FP&A to monitor the balance sheet.
• Documentation updates with banks, Manage payment release on the bank platform.

  Education & professional background

• Degree in Accounting and Finance, ZICA, ACCA, CIMA
• At least 3 to 5 years working experience in a trade finance or treasury capacity.

Language(s): 

• English
• Atleast one Zambian Local Language