The Treasury Specialist is responsible for optimizing the company's financial performance on a risk adjusted basis. The Treasury Specialist leverages the external financial markets via bankers, investment managers, expert service providers and external agencies to meet the evolving needs of the business. This person is prepared to develop long-term and tactical solutions and be able to convey risks and returns to enable decision making at the Board, Executive Management, Operations and Finance levels.
- Develop currency risk management solutions for corporate and Operations, and trade foreign exchange via spot and derivative products.
- Develop interest rate and currency exposure strategies for Debt Capital Market transactions including interest rate and cross-currency derivatives.
- Optimize corporate liquidity and invest excess liquidity in short term investments; fund requirements via commercial paper markets.
- Optimize the asset allocation for employee deferred benefits including defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans and healthcare plans to generate sustainable long-term risk adjusted returns.
- Search for, hire and manage the External Investment Manager to invest deferred benefit assets in fixed income, publicly traded equities markets and less liquid private investments.
- Search for, hire and manage external service providers to execute foreign exchange and interest rate trades and derivatives, asset servicing services, investment consulting, trustee and actuarial services.
- Support customer receivables management via credit risk monitoring and risk mitigation via Letters of Credit or other solutions.
- Develop internal and external financing structures, including structured project, export financing or Treasury financing vehicles.
- Supervise the production of audited financial statements for specialized Treasury entities or trust and investment vehicles.
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- Master in Finance
- 24 years of Investment experience
