Cash flow management & Liquidity Support
- Collect, validate and consolidate periodical cash flow data from subsidiaries
- Highlight (after cashflow reviews) any needs for internal or external financing
- Monitor daily/ weekly liquidity positions and highlight shortfalls or excess cash for cash pooling
Banking Operations & Transactions
- Review payment processes and files and ensure proper approvals according to internal controls
- Liaise with banks for escalations on transaction processing, documentation, and issue resolution
- Track and follow up on Letters of Guarantees and Leases issued in favor of third party.
- Review bank matrices and highlight required changes
- Online Banking Administration of user entitlements and up-to-date matrices
- Administration of Evolve FX portal for managing onshore FX deals
- Semi-annual bank inventory review with all subsidiaries and JVs of the GCC
- Support banks on the annual KYC renewals and due diligence inquiries
- Support in Bank onboarding and activations
- Purchasing cards administration/ and regular update of Purchasing cards memo
- Assist in managing SWIFT/ SCORE portal
Treasury Administration:
- Maintain accurate treasury databases, reports, and dashboards
- Liaise with legal department to maintain an updated record of all subsidiaries POAs and bank resolutions
- Monthly review of all requested treasury reporting (TRESO, FX, FACT, Off Balance Sheet etc..)
- Access to Quantum Transactions and reports for all GCC entities, and DDA management
- Support the TMS deployment in the GCC entities.
- Monitor Saint-Gobain’s entities in the GCC foreign exchange exposures and streamline exchange risk by hedging the exposures in line with company policy.
- Ensure Mark-to-market accounting entries are booked monthly for all DTF hedging deals and annually for FX deals booked with external banks
- Monitor the reverse factoring transactions and ensure compliance with the approved limits by the DTF.
- Liaise with procurement to develop and expand the sustainable supply chain finance program
- Assist in managing the procedure and the flow of dividends distribution.
- Ensure all treasury activities comply with Local banking regulations across GCC countries and Group treasury policies and procedures
- Support on the annual Review of Treasury Policies (Main treasury management policy, petty cash policy, purchasing cards policy etc..)
- Participate in the preparation of the annual financial plan presentation.
Insurance Management:
- Track and follow up local issuance and settlement of renewed global insurance programs (PDBI/ CGL/ EIL/ D&O and other applicable programs)
- Support in the management of the annual insurance data collection campaigns (review of sites and declared sums insured)
- Support in the review of the premium allocation by program and share with EMME CFOs the budgeted premiums by the DRA
- Administration of the Webrisk portal (inhouse insurance portal)
- Follow up on regional construction/ erection projects to initiate CAR policies
- Support operating companies with issuing local money, marine, auto, WC/ El Workmen Compensation & Employer’s Liability if needed
- Assist on the annual evaluation of local MARSH (Global brokers) relationship (Turkey/ Saudi/ Egypt/ UAE/ Qatar) and KYC-update management for local insurers by program
- Assist in claim management (data collection & communication with insurers)