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Manager, Treasury

Geneva

  • Organization: Gavi, Vaccine Alliance
  • Location: Geneva
  • Grade: Mid level - CS3 - Career Step 3 - Professional - Both internationally and locally recruited position
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Operations and Administrations
    • Banking and Finance
    • Managerial positions
  • Closing Date: Closed

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership committed to saving children's lives and protecting people's health by increasing equitable use of vaccines in lower-income countries. The Vaccine Alliance brings together implementing country and donor governments, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other private sector partners. Gavi uses innovative finance mechanisms, including co-financing by recipient countries, to secure sustainable funding and adequate supply of quality vaccines. Since 2000, Gavi has contributed to the immunisation of more than 888 million children and the prevention of more than 15 million future deaths. 

THE ROLE
•    Day-to-day-activities in the treasury function specifically:
   o    Preparation of daily cash analysis / activities;
   o    Cash reconciliation on daily basis;
   o    All internal and external payments made on a timely basis with accurate records maintained;
   o    All bank accounts and bank systems maintained and fully functional; Quarterly reviews;
   o    Perform FX trades and short-term investments.
•    Preparation of short-term cash flow forecast;
•    Ensure all Treasury-related policies and procedures are adhered to and updated when needed;
•    Complete risk management and treasury operations tasks as assigned by the SMT.

 
Cash Management / Payments:
•    Initiate all external payments for programme and administrative expenditures;
•    Coordinate with the Resource Mobilisation team for incoming contributions;
•    Prepare, manage and document all administrative and programme payments out of IFFIm;
•    Assist with financial closings on monthly and quarterly basis.

Liquidity Management / Forecasting:
•    Prepare monthly cash analysis;
•    Prepare and share the monthly short-term cash forecast in collaboration with other Gavi Teams;
•    Provide recommendations on inter-account transfers;
•    Co-ordinate with The World Bank and Gavi management for IFFIm to Gavi disbursements and Approved Programme levels;
•    Analyse and invest in Short Term Duration (MMF/FD/TD etc).

Risk Management:
•    Support the SMT with the implementation of currency hedging activities including MTM review;
•    Co-ordinate with Country Programmes (CP) to obtain confirmation of cash receipt from countries after each country programme payment;
•    Work with Programme Capacity Assessment and CP to maintain accurate wire instructions;
•    Analyse, report and comment the FX results on monthly basis.

Compliance Management / Other:
•    Support the maintenance of all required policies and procedures needed to meet with Gavi's objectives, needs, and banking requirements;
•    Support the SMT with the management, administration and oversight of Gavi Corporate Credit Cards;
•    Deputise for SMT Operations when required;
•    Ad hoc projects as so directed by the SMT and/or Senior Director Finance.

Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned consistently with the department needs.
 
•    Minimum of 5 years of work experience in the treasury operations of a bank or mid-large organisation dealing in multiple currencies;
•    Experience working with an ERP system e.g. SAP will be an asset;
•    Experience working with 360T, ICD will be an asset;
•    Experience of transferring funds to developing countries& OFAC countries is an asset.
 
•    Excellent knowledge of bank operations and systems;
•    Good knowledge of FX markets, including hedging instruments;
•    Basic knowledge of accounting principles an asset;
•    Excellent computer skills, in particular with modelling in Microsoft Excel;
•    Attention to detail critical;
•    Good knowledge of institutional or organisations policies, system and procedures;
•    Ability to successfully interact at all organisational levels and to work in a multicultural environment;
•    Tact and discretion;
•    Experience in analytics and data mining, and reporting of results;
•    Team player, yet equally able to work autonomously;
•    Integrity and principles-based work ethics;
•    Ability to multi-task, managing multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining focus on priorities;
•    Confidence and ability for reasoned decision-making;
•    Excellent communication and presentation skills.
 
•    Written and spoken Fluency in English and in French.
•    Advanced University Degree or equivalent in Finance, Banking, Economic, or related field.
•    Gavi Secretariat;
•    Commercial banks;
•    Alliance Partners, including UNICEF Supply Division.
 
If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Manager, Treasury”. Deadline for applications is 30 November 2022. 

Please note that as a vaccine organisation and in order to provide duty of care towards its employees, Gavi is requiring its new employees to confirm that they are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as a condition for pursuing employment with us. You can find out more by visiting this link.              

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Gavi brings together the public and private sectors to save lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines against 18 infectious diseases. You will be joining an organisation at the centre of the international COVID-19 response, at the most critical time in global health in a lifetime. You will work in a culturally diverse environment with over 70 nationalities. You will collaborate with partners such as WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank – and from business, civil society and government. And you will work in the first global health organisation to receive equal gender salary certification. Your unique experience, skills and talents can help us achieve our vision of leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of vaccines.  
 
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