Banking and Treasury Accountant

General responsibilities and activities include, but is not limited to

• Ensure accurate processing of banking and treasury transactions (automatic and manual payments) and inbound receipts, and timely bank reconciliation and suspense clearing.
• Support cash and liquidity reporting, cashpool management and month end close activities to meet reporting deadlines.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Payroll, AP, AR, Finance, Treasury banks) to resolve payment and reconciliation issues and maintain effective vendor/bank communications.

Key responsibilities and activities include, but is not limited to

• Match inbound receipts and payroll/T&E related payments; clear suspense and vendor accounts (including MT940 updates, manual payments, bank charges, vendor refunds).
• Perform automatic payment processing (standard payments, transfers and approvals) and manual payment processing (incl. transfers and approvals) according to controls and cutoffs via TIS.
• Reconcile bank accounts to bank statements (MT940/other bank statement formats); investigate and resolve unmatched items and post reconciliation entries in SAP ERP 6.0.
• Match inbound payments, post to bank/suspense accounts when required and provide exception reports/remittance details to AR for final cash application and resolution of partially paid receivables.
• Match outbound payments and clear suspense/vendor accounts; coordinate with banks and vendors to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare and maintain bank reconciliation schedules; escalate variances to GL owners and Finance.
• Support foreign currency exchange risk forecasting and produce input for FX exposure reports.
• Perform hedge calculations, support hedging contracting processes and prepare hedge accounting calculations and postings as directed.
• Manage cash & cashpool activities including processing IC loans and deposits, and calculation/posting of cashpool interest, commitment fees and IC loan interest.
• Produce cash flow forecasts, liquidity and cash pool reporting; ensure timely delivery of scheduled reports.
• Update and maintain banking files and TIS inputs; handle bank charges, refunds and reconciliations.
• Maintain documentation, work instructions and quick reference guides; support EBT/end to end testing and system changes affecting treasury operations.
• Perform periodic sampling tests/self audit and support internal/external audit requests.
• Participate in process improvement and automation initiatives.