Overview
This role will lead the Group's treasury function across all regional and global entities, ensuring effective liquidity management, funding optimization, financial risk management, and treasury governance. The Treasury Director will work closely with senior management and the Group Finance Director/CFO to drive strategic financing initiatives, optimize capital structure, strengthen banking relationships, and support the Group's long-term growth objectives.
The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on treasury oversight, including cash management, corporate financing, FX and interest rate risk management, treasury operations, and investment management across multiple jurisdictions.
Responsibilities
Cash & Liquidity Management
- Oversee the Group's daily treasury operations, including cash positioning, fund transfers, loan drawdowns, settlements, and liquidity monitoring across all entities.
- Lead Group-wide cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and working capital optimization initiatives.
- Implement and manage cash pooling structures and intercompany funding arrangements.
- Monitor surplus cash positions and recommend short-term investment strategies aligned with Group policies.
- Ensure sufficient liquidity to support operational, investment, and strategic requirements.
Group Financing & Capital Strategy
- Lead the Group's financing activities, including banking facilities, refinancing exercises, syndicated loans, and capital raising initiatives.
- Evaluate and optimize the Group's capital structure and funding strategies to minimize financing costs and enhance financial flexibility.
- Support M&A, restructuring, and new market expansion projects from a treasury and financing perspective.
- Analyze market conditions, interest rate trends, and macroeconomic developments to support strategic funding decisions.
- Prepare and review financing proposals, treasury budgets, and long-term funding plans.
Risk Management & Treasury Governance
- Develop and implement treasury policies covering liquidity management, investments, FX exposure, hedging, counterparty risk, and treasury controls.
- Lead the execution of FX and interest rate hedging strategies to minimize financial risk exposure.
- Monitor loan covenant compliance and ensure adherence to internal treasury policies and external regulatory requirements.
- Establish strong governance frameworks over bank signatories, payment controls, treasury systems, and operational processes.
- Ensure compliance with audit, tax, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements across all entities.
Banking & Investor Relations
- Manage strategic relationships with banks, financial institutions, investors, and credit rating agencies.
- Negotiate banking facilities, pricing structures, and treasury-related services to achieve optimal commercial terms.
- Oversee Group bank account administration, including account openings, closures, mandates, and online banking access controls.
- Act as the key treasury contact for external stakeholders on financing and treasury matters.
Treasury Operations & Process Improvement
- Oversee treasury reporting including cash positions, liquidity forecasts, FX exposure, investment performance, debt maturity profiles, and covenant compliance.
- Drive treasury transformation initiatives, including system enhancements, automation, digitalization, and process optimization.
- Develop standardized treasury operating procedures and strengthen operational efficiency across the Group.
- Collaborate with finance, accounting, tax, legal, and business teams to support strategic and operational objectives.
Leadership & Stakeholder Management
- Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to team members across the Group.
- Partner closely with regional finance teams and overseas subsidiaries on treasury-related matters.
- Support senior management with financial analysis, treasury insights, and strategic recommendations.
- Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely delivery of financing and treasury requirements.
Requirements
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related discipline.
- Professional qualifications such as CPA, CFA, CA, ACT, or CTP are highly preferred.
- Minimum 8-12 years of treasury, corporate finance, or banking experience, preferably within multinational or regional environments.
- Strong expertise in liquidity management, corporate financing, cash management, FX and interest rate hedging, and treasury operations.
- Proven experience in leading banking relationships and negotiating financing facilities.
- Solid understanding of treasury governance, financial risk management, and regulatory compliance.
- Experience managing treasury activities across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
- Strong analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage senior leadership and external financial partners.
- Self-driven, commercially focused, and capable of operating in a fast-paced regional environment.
- Prior exposure to banking, investment, or multinational corporate environments will be an added advantage.
