Job Description

The Head of Treasury Front Office is responsible for managing the company’s financial resources in order to help meet the company’s business objectives. This is achieved through strategic planning and decision making, tactical implementation and building relationships across a wide group of stakeholders.

The role is responsible for the division’s financing activities, incl. revolving credit and loan facilities, and debt movements, as well as managing the overall relationship with the division’s banking relationships and with our Group Treasury. It is responsible for making effective use of cash to ensure there is always liquidity available for upcoming obligations and for managing a variety of different internal and external risks, such as foreign exchange risk and counterparty credit risk, leveraging the effective use of technology, as well as keeping up to date with regulatory requirements and ensuring compliance. The team has responsibility for approving manual (or urgent) payments but (for segregation of duties) is unable to set-up payments or payment details.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Managecompany's financing activities, incl. revolving credit facilities, bank and syndicated loan facilities (incl. LOCs) and internal and external debt movement
• Owning all aspects of short-term liquidity management across the division, including cash pool management and account funding, counterparty credit exposure, collateral requirements and interactions with the Investment department and Regional Finance teams
• Overall foreign currency management, involving exposure management, sensitivity analysis, market transactions (incl. hedging) and reporting, as well as validating FX results in company’s quarterly financial statements 
• Establishing comprehensive forward-looking view of cash flows for short-term forecasting and longer-term budgeting and managing the interactions with stakeholders, including Investments, FP&A and Regional Finance
• Lead relationship with Group Treasury as it relates to our policies and standards, as well as transaction activities (e.g., share plans, debt plans, etc.)
• Overseeing the relationship with company’s banking partners across all aspects of interactions, including banking service quality, systems, transaction activity

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or related degree or equivalent experience.
• Proven relevant experience either in Financial Services, Insurance or Treasury Operations. 
• Solid understanding of the banking system, financial markets, products and risk factors.
• A Treasury or Accounting qualification
• Significant experience partnering at the executive level. Takes initiative.
• Ability to lead and act independently, think in global terms and demonstrate excellent business acumen. 
• Solid and proven experience in FX and Cash management
• Strong leadership skills managing a global team and particularly ensuring the sharing of experience, knowledge and skills across the team to create a stable and sustainable Team, ensuring no dependency on one role. 
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Provide guidance and seek input from others as needed to achieve the best result possible.
• Capable of leading and collaborating with a virtual team, across multiple diverse geographies and cultures.