Director of Treasury (role is based in Singapore)
Airwallex
Accounting & Finance
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Friday, July 14, 2023
Airwallex is a global payments fintech company transforming the way businesses move and manage money globally. We have built a global financial infrastructure platform to help businesses transact, collect and pay across 130+ countries and 50+ currencies, without the constraints of the traditional global financial system. We've grown to 13 global locations and have raised over $900 million in funding. To support our ambitious growth plans, we’re looking for smart, collaborative and passionate people who are looking to make a genuine impact.
Responsibilities
- Investment Management: Develop investment policies, analyze investment opportunities, and make both short-term and long-term investment decisions that could strike a good balance between liquidity efficiency and investment return
- Risk Management: identify, develop, and implement risk management strategies to mitigate potential risk exposures around counterparty risk, liquidity risk, FX risk, and other financial risks. etc., to protect the company's financial position.
- Strategic Financial Planning: participate in strategic financial planning by providing insights and recommendations on financial matters. Collaborate with senior management and other departments to align treasury strategies with the organization's strategic goals and objectives.
- Continuous Improvement: drive continuous improvement initiatives within the treasury function. Stay updated on industry best practices, emerging technologies, and market trends to identify opportunities for process improvements, automation, and optimization of treasury operations.
- Leadership and Team Management: The Treasury Director will be responsible for managing and developing the treasury team. This includes recruiting and retaining talent, providing guidance and mentorship, setting performance objectives, and fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or similar related fields;
- Minimum 10 years of Treasury experience in a global company with complex cash and FX activities, preferably banking and payment industry;
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills in working with very large amounts of data and using tools to generate business insights;
- Experience in implementing technology-based Treasury solutions; can identify, influence and implement opportunities to make existing processes more efficient and enable new capabilities;
- Work independently with solid communication skills, leadership skills, responsible and pay attention to the details and respect the deadline;
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced and autonomous environment
- Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and urgency; a problem-solver who takes initiative and is able to prioritize and execute tasks;
Who we are looking for:
- Someone who is not afraid of taking up challenges
- Someone who is not willing to settle with status quo and always looking for better solutions
- Someone who has strong problem solving skills
- Someone who is open minded and has strong fast learning capability
- Someone who is comfortable with ambiguity and uncertainty
At Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We organize regular team building events, encourage hybrid/flexible working, and we give our people the freedom to be creative.
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters.
Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.