Senior Cash Management Analyst (Hybrid)

Sempra: Where opportunity powers impact

At Sempra, we tackle the biggest energy challenges that face our industry. Our high-performing team leverages the full capabilities of our organization to serve 40 million consumers across North America. By collaborating and challenging one another across multiple disciplines, we inspire our best work, ideas and innovation. From increasing liquified natural gas (LNG) capacities to reducing carbon emissions to helping people prepare for the realities of climate change, we are committed to building a better energy future for all.

Primary Purpose

To maintain the integrity of Sempra's cash management structure, acting as an expert regarding bank administration and compliance activities. Identify process improvement opportunities, advise on bank products and services, and manage subsequent implementation projects. This position also leads the risk management, bank administration, and compliance functions.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide bank administration support by maintaining compliance with external and internal user access requirements.

• Acts as gatekeeper for user access in the Kyriba treasury management system and bank portals. Responds to KYC inquiries.

• Ensures internal controls are in place according to established policy. Works with audit groups to validate these policies and procedures.

• Leads process improvement initiatives including bank products/service implementation and bank platform

upgrades from design to implementation, coordinating with internal stakeholders as well as with the bank(s)

to ensure an efficient implementation of product/service.

• Advises teammates using your knowledge of industry best-practices and expertise implementing cash management processes and bank product/service solutions.

• Continually evaluates opportunities that will improve fraud controls/prevention.

• Analyzes and proposes enhancements to existing cash management processes.

• Recommends and implements solutions to strengthen operational controls and incorporate best practices.

• Manages reporting on bank products and services, maintains scorecards for evaluation by management.

• Analyzes bank fee spend across the companies to ensure accuracy as well as efficient use of products and services.

• Provides bank administration and user access information in connection with the external and internal audits and monitors cash management activities to ensure compliance.

• Maintains banking records and legal documentation including SOX- and FBAR-related activities.

• Actively networks with other departments and business units to achieve common goals, solve issues and implements process improvements.

• Supports enterprise-wide stakeholder inquiries as they relate to bank accounts, products, and services.

• Performs other duties as assigned (no more than 5% of duties).

Education

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field or the equivalent combination of education, experience, and or training is required.

Experience

• 5 years of experience in treasury or related professional experience is required.

Skills and Abilities

• Advanced vast knowledge of commercial banking processes and online platform products and services used in treasury is required.

• Advanced experience working with treasury management systems, especially Kyriba is required.

• Advanced project management skills including ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple projects is required.

• Advanced experience being organized and having the self-confidence to make thorough and accurate decisions and recommendations in a time sensitive environment is required.

• Advanced solid understanding of cash management operations and financial concepts required.

• Advanced experience dealing with banks' customer service, commercial and project implementation

departments is required.

• Advanced superior communication skills; ability to communicate with diplomacy and tact when interacting

with others is required.

• Advanced experience in being highly adaptable; comfortable working in a dynamic, high performing work environment is required.

• Advanced ability to coordinate projects working with diverse groups of people is required.

• Intermediate experience in extensive knowledge of principles and best practices of global cash management and treasury functions is required.

• Intermediate experience in strong quantitative and analytical skills to successfully evaluate economic and financial data is required.

• Intermediate experience to form and maintain relationships across departments and company lines to ensure consistent communication and understanding of cash management goals and needs is required.

• Intermediate experience with all Microsoft Office applications including PowerBI is required.

• Must reside in Southern California or be willing to relocate upon hire.

• We offer a hybrid work environment.  Although the schedule may vary, typically this will allow you to work from the office three days per week and work remotely on the remaining workdays.

Licenses and Certifications

• Treasury certification is preferred.