Position:                        Treasury Accountant 

Reference Number:       1787

Job Summary:

• Open and maintain bank, armored car for new and existing Brinker restaurants, negotiate charges for services and make initial selection.

Key Performance Elements / Essential Functions:

• Help to open all new Brinker Restaurants - set up bank account, armored car, and credit card numbers, ensure store has funds for daily operations, repare letter to pay training personnel, implement employee check cashing agreement, and ensure store has supplies to prepare funds for deposit.
• Continue to maintain and reconcile unit bank accounts for new and existing Brinker Restaurants.
• Negotiate with banks to secure best rates for Brinker accounts.
• Analyze bank service fees to determine if reasonable and within contractual terms.
• Produce and analyze electronic bank reconciliation reports to resolve deposit discrepancies, examine for trends, potential fraud, etc.
• Assure timeliness of investigating and reporting deposit discrepancies to management.
• Perform end of month reconciliation for all unit accounts.
• Concisely prepare and recap all deposit discrepancies for the end of month summary report which is distributed to Accounting and Operations.
• Solicit bids for armored car service and make initial selection.
• Negotiate with armored car to secure best rates for Brinker accounts.
• Communicate with operations and accounting to ensure contractual obligtions with armored car are being fulfilled.
• Maintain a knowledge of the industry in order to sense when re-negotiating might be needed.
• Maintain a positive, arms-length rapport with banks and armored car company reps to ensure continuity of relationships.
• Serve as primary contact for all questions related to banking or armored car.
• Other special treasury projects.

Qualifications:

Education / Training:

• College degree or related treasury experience.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Expert knowledge of Brinker systems relating to bank relationships, cash deposits and withdrawals, armored car company activity, credit card company activity and competitive bid process.
• Excellent communication skills with all levels-both internal and external.
• Excellent organizational and time managemetn skills.
• Effectively handles competing (multiple) priorities.
• Detail oriented
• Promotes cooperative behavior and team efforts.

Work Experience:

• 3-4 years of related Treasury experience.