Treasury Analyst

About Shah Trading Company

Our client, Shah Trading Company, is an established Canadian food processing, packaging, importing, and distribution company serving customers across Canada and North America. With a broad portfolio of grains, pulses, beans, spices, nuts, dried fruits, and other food products, we operate in a fast-paced environment where quality, service, operational excellence, and long-term customer relationships are central to our success.

We are currently seeking an experienced Senior Accounts Receivable Coordinator to join our Finance team at our Scarborough Head Office.

The Role

The Treasury Analyst manages the company's daily cash, forecasts liquidity, and supports banking, debt, FX so the business always has the right cash available.

Key responsibilities

Daily cash management

• Prepare the daily cash position across all bank accounts by 10:00 a.m.; reconcile prior-day actuals to forecast and explain variances.
• Determine daily funding needs, initiate intercompany transfers, and recommend buying foreign currencies.
• Monitor bank balances, overdraft limits and target balances; escalate shortfalls or idle cash promptly.
• Maintain the cash ledger in the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and post daily cash entries to the general ledger.
• Reconcile bank accounts.

Banking, loans and payments

• Process and release wires, ACH/EFT and FX payments within approval limits; confirm beneficiary details and call-backs for fraud prevention.
• Review and analyze bank fees, challenge errors and identify savings.
• Prepare loan schedules including intercompany loans, interest calculations and repayment schedules.

Cash and liquidity forecasting

• Own the cash forecast; gather inputs from AP, AR, payroll, tax, plants, planning, and logistics and refresh weekly.
• Build the monthly and annual liquidity forecast tied to the budget and operating plan.
• Track forecast accuracy by category, report variances, and improve forecasting models and assumptions.

Reporting, compliance and controls

• Produce cash reports and treasury dashboards
• Support month-end and year-end close: bank reconciliations, interest accruals and FX revaluations.
• Automate recurring reports and reconciliations using Excel, Power Query, Power BI or Python.

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting

Experience: 2 to 4 years in treasury, corporate finance, banking or accounting. Experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency company

Systems: Advanced Excel; experience with bank portals

Knowledge: Cash management, payment methods, basic debt, FX hedging and investment instruments

Skills and competencies

Technical

• Cash positioning and liquidity forecasting techniques
• Payment systems and formats (wire, ACH/EFT, SWIFT) and payment-fraud controls
• Debt covenants and interest calculations
• Financial modelling and data analysis; Excel at an advanced level (Power Query, pivot tables, lookups, macros)

Behavioral

• Accuracy; a zero-error mindset with money movements
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Analytical judgement: spots anomalies in cash flows and bank data and investigates them
• Discretion and integrity when handling confidential financial information
• Process-improvement orientation and comfort with new systems
• Collaborative