Treasury Analyst

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation is seeking a highly skilled Treasury Analyst to join our team. As a key member of our finance department, you will play a critical role in facilitating daily treasury operations, providing accurate cash reporting, and assisting with bank structure management and risk management activities.

• Monitor and analyze the company's daily cash position to ensure adequate cash coverage for cash commitments.
• Manage cash flow, income, liability obligations, and assets to optimize financial performance.
• Pool cash from all secondary bank accounts when necessary to maintain liquidity.
• Adhere to month-end cut-off schedules for reconciliations of all debt-related accounts and related journal entries.
• Assist in executing standby letters of credit, export letters of credit, performance bonds, and similar instruments.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly reports on the company's cash and debt position to inform business decisions.
• Assist with the company's hedging program to minimize interest rate and commodity exposures.
• Perform data integrity and data analytics on treasury processes to identify areas for improvement.
• Assist with risk management by identifying and recommending strategies to minimize financial risks.
• Provide information in connection with external and internal audits and monitor debt activities to ensure compliance.
• Develop, monitor, and analyze bank fees, including credit card and cash management expenses.
• Assist in maintaining debt records and legal documentation.
• Work with treasury management to maintain and rationalize the company's choice of key banks, including data analysis of bank fee structures, services, relationships, credit levels, and counterparty credit quality/exposure.
• Assist other departments with quarter-end and ad-hoc information requests as needed.
• Work with business units to prepare weekly cash forecasts and other cash and borrowing projection models, coordinating with teams to identify and mitigate forecasting variances.
• Support accounting, tax, financial planning, internal audit, and other functions as they relate to Treasury transactions.
• Work with FP&A on developing operating cash flow forecasts, enhancing visibility into cash balances, optimizing working capital, and establishing metrics/key performance indicators.
• Prepare journal entries related to treasury and/or finance and assist with the verification of recorded transactions to ensure appropriateness, accuracy, and validity.
• Reconcile ledger accounts affecting treasury/debt and participate as a team member in the monthly and annual general ledger closing processes.
• Assist with presentation material for investors, rating agencies, or the Board of Directors as needed.
• Extract data related to debt functions, set up processes to make data analysis more efficient.
• Analyze and interpret trends from debt-related data and report trends to add business value.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Statistics, Computer Science, or related field, MBA preferred, plus six years of experience (2-5 years corporate treasury experience preferred) or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• CTP or CFA or CDP certification preferred.
• Ability to quickly understand complex transactions.
• Excellent written, verbal, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel and Power BI.
• Knowledge of the banking industry and technical knowledge of bank products.
• Strong financial modeling and knowledge of financial instruments.
• Ability to multi-task, well-organized, detail-oriented, and work collaboratively.

• Retirement Plans.
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
• 9 Paid holidays.
• Educational assistance.
• Paid time off accrual.
• Short-term disability.
• Long-term disability.
• Free and confidential Employee Assistance Program.

Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation and Arkansas Electric Cooperatives, Inc. are Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other protected category.