a. Collect and control all funds received by the Institution for different concepts, and in the case of cash resources, deposit them in the respective bank current account designated for that purpose.
b. Make payment of travel allowance advances (adelantos de viáticos) and other petty cash (Caja Chica) disbursements up to the authorized sum, provided they have been duly approved by the authorized officials in the automated system used for this purpose.
c. Review and process payments issued for the cancellation of goods or services acquired by the Institution through transfers and/or checks (the latter only in highly justified and exceptional cases).
d. It is the responsibility of the Treasury to ensure at all times follow-up on those payments that for exceptional and duly justified reasons did not present the invoice at the time of settlement (INS policies, state and municipal permits, fees, among others) and to report in a timely manner to the headship on the fulfillment of said requirement.
e. Custody with the utmost care the securities entrusted in the performance of their duties, being liable for any damage or shortage caused to the Institution.
f. Prepare, at the end of each third week of the month, a bank and book closing and submit it to the headship of the Financial Unit and/or Administrative Coordination of the DRAT.
g. Operate the petty cash (Caja Chica) under their charge in accordance with the provisions of the internal and external regulations associated with this matter, and in accordance with the soundest sense of responsibility, where the referenced regulations are silent or unclear.
h. Timely manage and review the payments scheduled by the areas, as well as the disbursement of the institutional payroll.
i. Carry out the process of receiving, safeguarding, controlling, and delivering the physical bid and performance guarantees (garantías de participación y cumplimiento) in tenders, represented by negotiable instruments. Said guarantees must be deposited in accordance with the procedure defined by the established procurement system and the defined internal procedures.
j. Receive, safeguard, keep controls, and deliver the guarantee documents for credit operations (mortgages, pledges, fiduciary guarantees, and any other).
k. Manage, with prior authorization from Management and the Administrative Directorate, negotiable securities acquired by the Institution as temporary investments.
l. Safeguard the securities acquired by the Institution as temporary investments. When these securities are deposited in bank safety deposit boxes custody is shared jointly by the Treasurer with the authorized officials and with signatures registered with the respective bank to open this box, who may be the Manager, Deputy Manager, Administrative Director, head of Financial Unit, and/or Administrative Coordination of the DRAT (for transactions solely in the DRAT) and the Treasurer.
m. Maintain adequate controls for the required records of the Treasury operations.
n. Prepare the reports and attend to the requests of internal and external users indicated in these Regulations or any other procedure requested by the headship of the Financial Unit and/or Administrative Coordination of the DRAT, the Administrative Directorate, Management, or the Audit related to the competence of the Treasury area and related functions.
o. Timely manage, in accordance with regulations, the procedures for reimbursements of cards, advances, and liquidations for travel allowance (viáticos) expenses, as well as accounts receivable from private parties.
p. Custody and respond legally for the different securities or assets that for any reason come within the sphere of their control or the responsibility of their position.
q. Attend, in form and timely, all other functions inherent to the position, as well as those assigned by the head of the Financial Department and/or Administrative Coordination of the DRAT, pertinent to the institutional Treasurer and in accordance with the scope of their functions and those pertaining to the position.
r. Timely manage the correction of adjustments determined in the monthly bank reconciliations (conciliaciones bancarias).
s. Manage the opening of bank accounts with the validation of the following minimum requirements:
1. Formal request for the account opening with the signature of the applicant and the area director addressed to the Financial Accounting Unit. The content of the note must include at least:
2. Clear and detailed justification of the need to open the account.
3. Mention of the clause of the agreement, law, or regulation that mandates the opening of the account.
4. Name of the associated project.
5. Amount in the case of agreements.
6. Term.
7. In the case of inter-institutional agreements, the status of the agreement as of the date of the application must be validated as part of the justification, in order to have an estimate of the inflow of resources, and thus manage a reasonable period of account inactivity after opening, since the recognition of interest depends on the account's movement within the months established by the banking entity and this requires a subsequent procedure for it to be recognized.
8. Copy of the Draft Agreement, and once formalized, a copy of the original to attach to the account opening application file and verify the final data; in cases other than agreements, attach the law or regulation associated with the account opening. It is the responsibility of the Treasurer to follow up accordingly to have the signed agreement and to inform the headship in a timely manner.
9. In the event that, within 6 months following the opening of the account, it is not used and there is no justification on the matter, a request shall be made to close the account.
10. It is the responsibility of the applicant for the account opening to formally inform the Financial Unit of the project's completion and therefore the account closure at the time all related movements are settled.
t. Manage the verification of procedures for the assignment of invoices (cesiones de factura) regarding:
1. Original Assignment Contract.
2. Formal request for assignment of invoices by the supplier or contractor addressed to the contract administrator.
3. Original Certification of current Legal Status (Personería Jurídica).
4. Copy of the current and legible identity card, both sides.
5. Deliver the documents to the Reception of SENARA Central Offices or to the office of the Arenal Tempisque Irrigation District if corresponding to a payment from that Directorate.
6. Documents with a handwritten signature cannot be processed by mail; they must be delivered in physical form.
7. Once delivered to the SENARA reception, these must be transferred to the Institutional Treasury.
8. Inclusion of the assignment procedure in the automated procurement system according to the current regulations by the corresponding parties.