General Manager Treasury and Strategic Finance - NTCSA(Re-advert)

About the role

Area of specialization: To provide strategic leadership and management of the Treasury and Strategic Finance function for NTCSA, ensuring effective liquidity and cash management, securing sustainable and competitive funding, optimising capital structure and investment decisions, and managing financial risks to strengthen financial resilience, enable the organisation’s strategic and infrastructure investment requirements, and support sustainable long-term value creation. Position/Task Grade: EEE Department: Finance Business Unit: Finance Location: Sunninghill- Megawatt Park-Gauteng

Responsibilities

• Key Responsibilities
• Lead treasury and liquidity management.
• Drive capital raising, funding and capital structure strategy.
• Lead financial risk, insurance and risk-financing management.
• Oversee investment and capital management.
• Provide strategic finance leadership.
• Transform and optimise treasury systems, processes and capability.
• Lead leadership and capability development.
• Skills and Competencies Required
• Behavioural
• Integrity
• Judgement
• Resilience
• Accountability
• Innovation
• Collaboration
• Commercial curiosity and enterprise mindset
• Decisiveness under uncertainty
• Professional credibility and ethical stewardship
• Results and value orientation
• Leadership
• Strategic leadership
• Value management
• Negotiation
• Commercial acumen
• Financial strategy
• Stakeholder influence
• Enterprise financial leadership
• Capital allocation and investment leadership
• Executive influence and strategic challenge
• Leading through complexity and market volatility
• Building high-performing treasury capability
• Knowledge
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of treasury principles, related components, systems, policies, processes and procedures
• Financial statements and risks
• Sound knowledge of the business environment
• Understanding of treasury operations and other performance drivers
• Knowledge of financial market regulators
• Treasury internal control framework
• Foreign exchange
• Risk analysis and control
• Auditing and compliance
• Debt and capital markets, funding instruments and financing structures
• Development finance institutions, institutional investors and lender requirements
• Liquidity, cash and working-capital management
• Interest-rate, foreign-exchange, liquidity, counterparty and refinancing risk
• Derivative instruments, hedging strategies and treasury risk governance
• Credit ratings, rating-agency methodologies and investor relations
• Capital structure, weighted average cost of capital, enterprise valuation and capital allocation
• PFMA, Companies Act, Treasury requirements and other financial governance obligations relevant to NTCSA
• Infrastructure finance, project finance and sustainable/green financing principles
• Energy-sector economics, regulatory environment and the funding implications of NTCSA's evolving TSO mandate
• Treasury management systems, digital treasury, automation, data analytics and cyber/control considerations
• Skills
• Treasury management
• Capital markets
• Debt funding
• Liquidity management
• Financial risk management
• Investment management
• Enterprise valuation
• Banking relationships
• Funding strategy and transaction structuring
• Cash-flow forecasting and liquidity stress testing
• Financial modelling and scenario analysis
• Hedging and derivative strategy
• Credit-rating and investor engagement
• Capital allocation and investment appraisal
• Commercial negotiation and transaction execution
• Executive and Board-level financial communication
• Treasury analytics, systems and process automation

Requirements

• Qualification(s)
• NQF Level 8 qualification in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Treasury, Investment Management or a related discipline.
• A recognised professional designation such as CFA, CA(SA), ACT/treasury qualification, CIMA or equivalent will be advantageous.
• Experience
• Minimum 10 years’ relevant experience in treasury, funding, capital markets, strategic finance or financial risk management within a large and complex organisation, of which at least 5 years should be at senior management or executive leadership level.
• Demonstrated experience in material debt/infrastructure funding transactions, lender and investor engagement, liquidity and capital structure management is required.
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, regulated, state-owned or other capital-intensive environments will be advantageous.
• Professional Registration Body
• Registration or professional standing with CFA Institute and/or another recognised professional body relevant to treasury, investment, finance, accounting or management accounting, where applicable.
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