Director – Treasury – Assistant Treasurer

Director – Treasury – Assistant Treasurer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in finance, accounting, business, economics, or a related field are desirable.
• Professional certifications such as CTP (Certified Treasury Professional), CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst), CPA (Certified Public Accountant), or MBA (Master of Business Administration) are highly desirable.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a treasury or finance role within a multinational company in corporate finance or treasury roles such as Financial Analyst, Accountant, or Treasury Analyst.
• Knowledge of treasury management principles, including cash management, risk management, and corporate finance.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in managing liquidity, financial analysis, and team leadership.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of daily cash positioning and forecasting, ensuring accurate and timely reporting.
• Optimize cash flow, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Collaborate with other finance teams to improve cash flow forecasting and reporting.
• Administration of bank accounts, including opening, closing, cash pooling, and maintaining account documentation.
• Regulatory compliance, bank KYC, internal controls and support internal and external audit as required.
• Oversee daily cash management operations, ensuring adequate liquidity for WPP’s US operations.
• Oversee short-term investment and borrowing activities, complying with Group Treasury policies.
• Oversee short-term funding including up to $1bn of commercial paper, short term credit lines and receivables finance lines.
• Support other corporate finance activities as needed, such as dividend payments and debt management.
• Support the optimization and standardization of the global treasury management system (TMS) within the US and on Global deliverables overseen by the Treasury Steering Committee.
• Assist with the integration of treasury data and reporting into relevant financial systems.
• Collaborate with Finance, Finance+ (WPP shared services), and other relevant teams on treasury-related projects.
• Administration of banking portal and ensure compliance to Data and Technology audit requirements.
• Build deep relationship with CFOs, Finance and Commercial leaders across WPP’s Agencies and influence decisions.
• Develop and enhance relations with WPP’s relationship banks bringing their advice and expertise to bear as required for risk management or other purposes.
• Help the integration, development and reporting of this in the central treasury system, IT2 and in the recently formed Treasury Shared Services team in Bangalore.
• Assist in identifying and mitigating financial risks related to treasury activities.
• Support the implementation and monitoring of FX hedging strategies, ensuring compliance with Group Treasury policy.
• Contribute to regular treasury risk and other reporting as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• CFA, CTP or MBA or any relevant Accounting/Treasury or Risk related qualification.
• Experience with treasury management systems (IT2 a plus, Wells Fargo Vantage, Citibank Citi direct, JP Morgan Chase Access, Bank of America CashPro, HSBCnet, RBC Express).
• Experience in Power Platform (Power BI, Power Automate, Power App and Power Query).
• Experience in the media, advertising, or a related sector.