Treasury Operations Manager

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Company: Chicago Housing Authority

Location: Chicago, IL 60629

Description:

Job Description

Under minimal supervision, the Treasury Operations manager will perform key Banking and Cash Management activities for the Treasury department independently with respect to banking, liquidity, and audits. This position will cross functionally interact with various internal CHA departments and external partners such as Financial Institutions and 3rd party contractors to ensure efficient cash management and cost effective approach to maintaining safety of CHA's cash assets and banking platform operations. This role will also act as the SME for cash management and support treasury leadership in developing and implementing cash and liquidity management strategies. The position must possess the ability to facilitate and maintain collaborating relationships with stakeholders to support public and governmental officials, banking institution, private agencies, and residents.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Cash Management and Banking relationship management:
  • Perform financial analysis and activities which includes the operations and internal control compliance for CHA and its affiliates.
  • Manage administration of bank platforms activities and user accesses, monitoring all bank accounts and creating advantageous operational and reporting structures.
  • Understand, navigate, and leverage bank portals to enhance cash management and other administration responsibilities.
  • Develop new and maintain positive long-term relationships with banks to ensure effective cash management and banking services.
  • Monitor and report on banking platform user activities and administration.
  • SME for cash management and primary contact to support and advise on platform updates and trainings across the Company
  • Lead team effort in implementing Company's ERP interfaces and/or transitions of financial institutions online platforms and technologies.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives and assist in developing forward-looking strategies for the department related to banking structure
  • Manage bank fee analysis and review reconciliation of account analysis fees.

Liquidity Management:
  • Assist the Director on day-to-day liquidity management functions
  • Provide regular reporting and analysis on treasury and collections activities to leadership
  • Support continuous process improvements to AP and other processes in related to treasury operations as well as ERP functions
  • Lead support for annual financial and compliance audits on cash management operations
  • Maintain relevant information system used to gather, correlate, analyze, and track project activities and status, including data files relative to various projects.
  • Review all bank account reconciliations and make necessary adjustments to meet business needs and be compliant with CHA rules and regulations.
  • May be required to attend meetings on various department or project matters and preparing responses for management review.
  • May be responsible for providing direction to support staff.

Organizational Operations:
  • Assist in the development and implementation of treasury banking policies and procedures to ensure compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements.
  • Assist the Director in supporting CHA internal and external stakeholders and other financial services to achieve CHA strategic goals.
  • Assist in the development and implementation of strategies and metrics to improve collections performance, including managing the collections team, implementing process improvements, and identifying opportunities for automation.
  • Manage corporate credit card program and evaluate new banking products such as maximizing rebates and other card benefits reducing travel & other expenses.
  • Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures related to collections management.
  • Support treasury leadership in manages letter of credit and bank guarantee requests, including policy development and oversight, issuance, renewals, and reporting.
  • Lead a team effort in managing projects and implementations including performance management.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting or related field. MBA or CTP a plus. 5+ years of experience in Treasury Banking and liquidity management, including 4 years of workflow coordination, and/or demonstrated leadership experience. SME with Bank Portal Cash Management tools, Microsoft Office Suite - BMO and JP Morgan are primary banks, treasury workstation and Oracle ERP system a plus. Deep knowledge of Banking products and services including bank codes related to fees and transactions. KYC and other federal and state requirements on bank account administration. Ability to lead treasury banking system transformation initiatives and ERP integration. Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work and lead with others in a team environment; Strong interpersonal skills with a collaborative style. Strong project management skills including, critical ability to coordinate and balance multiple projects in a time-sensitive environment, under pressure, and meeting deadlines. Demonstrated excellent organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and multi-task while maintaining strict attention to detail.

Salary Range: $90,000 - $95,000

Grade: S9

FLSA: Exempt

Union: None

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