Treasury Officer (Fiscal Manager, 0080432)

University of Hawaii•Honolulu, HI

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Treasury Officer serves as the University’s primary subject matter expert in cash forecasting, daily liquidity management, short-term investments, and eCommerce payment systems. The role develops predictive cash flow models to maintain operational liquidity and maximize excess cash yields, manages short-term investment bidding and operations, and oversees investment portfolio accounting, reconciliation, reporting, performance evaluation, and interest projections. The position also administers deposit collateralization in accordance with State of Hawaii requirements and monitors relevant statutory changes and their effects on University operations. The Treasury Officer manages University-wide banking and merchant services, managed investment contracts, and the University’s PCI DSS compliance and eCommerce platform. The position plans, organizes, and directs Treasury Office operations, including bank reconciliations and cash adjustments; coordinates responses to fraudulent financial activity; oversees dishonored checks and the Change Fund Program; and conducts compliance reviews and training. The role also develops and maintains administrative procedures and operating policies, monitors the department budget, and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Baccalaureate degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or a related field and six years of progressively responsible professional experience in financial management or cash management, or an equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience providing the required qualifications.
Advanced and comprehensive knowledge of developing and emerging concepts, principles, and methodologies in cash management, investments, and eCommerce payment systems.
Comprehensive knowledge of principles, theories, federal and state laws, and systems associated with cash management, investments, and eCommerce payment systems.
Ability to understand problems from a broad interactive perspective, use reasoning to identify underlying principles and issues, and apply creative thinking to resolve problems innovatively.
Written and verbal competence in presenting ideas, concepts, and models clearly, using persuasion and negotiation to build consensus and cooperation.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations, groups, team leaders and members, and individuals.
Ability to operate a personal computer and apply word-processing software.
For supervisory work, ability to lead subordinates, manage work priorities and projects, and manage employee relations.
Knowledge of governmental accounting and fund accounting principles, practices, and techniques.
Knowledge of financial accounting systems in a medium to large organization.
Knowledge of generally accepted methods of evaluating financial performance.
Knowledge of banking services and credit card services.

Nice To Haves

Supervisory experience in a medium to large organization.
Higher education experience demonstrating knowledge of financial management or cash management.

Responsibilities

Serve as the University’s primary subject matter expert in cash forecasting and daily liquidity management.
Develop predictive cash flow models analyzing projected income and expenditures to maintain operational liquidity and maximize excess cash yields.
Serve as the University’s primary subject matter expert for short-term investments.
Solicit, evaluate, negotiate, and award competitive short-term investment bids with qualified financial institutions; serve as primary custodian and authorized signatory for investment operations.
Monitor changes to State of Hawaii statutes concerning short-term investments and analyze their impact on University operations.
Oversee recording, reconciliation, and reporting of investment portfolios; evaluate performance against benchmarks; prepare weekly and other periodic management updates; and contribute to the annual report to the Board of Regents.
Manage quarterly interest projection reporting.
Administer deposit collateralization to meet State of Hawaii statutory requirements concerning pledged collateral types and thresholds; reconcile records across state, bank, and University systems.
Manage University-wide banking services, merchant services, and managed investment contracts; assist with technical specifications and evaluation of emerging banking technologies; evaluate bank charges and interest calculations; and serve as primary liaison with financial contractors.
Research, review, recommend, and implement new services as they become available.
Oversee and serve as Program Manager for the University’s PCI DSS compliance and eCommerce platform, including reviewing participation requests, coordinating annual reporting, managing QSA relations, coordinating user training, controlling user security access, and ensuring enterprise compliance.
Plan, organize, and direct daily Treasury Office operations, including managing and supervising bank reconciliations and overseeing timely posting of adjusting cash entries in the financial system of record.
Coordinate responses to fraudulent financial activities, including filing necessary law enforcement reports.
Manage and supervise the recording of dishonored check information.
Manage and administer the University Change Fund Program.
Conduct compliance reviews of departments and campuses for receipting and depositing funds.
Train University department personnel on treasury operations.
Develop, update, and maintain University Administrative Procedures and departmental operating policies regarding treasury operations.
Monitor the annual department budget to ensure compliance with the budget allocation.
Perform other duties as assigned.