Senior Manager Corporate Treasury (m/f/d)

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Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

 

The purpose of Corporate Treasury is to manage the company’s liquidity, solvency and financial market risks. This includes Financial Operations (whereby the Company’s daily global cash position is managed), Corporate Funding (whereby the Company’s funding activities and cash flow forecasts are managed), Middle Office (whereby the Company's currency exposure and all internal and external Treasury reporting are managed) and Financial Risk Management (whereby the Company’s foreign exchange, interest rate and commodity risks are managed).

 

Key Responsibilities:

 

  • Determine the daily cash position from bank balances and expected cash flows; execute liquidity transfers and manage short-term surpluses or deficits within policy and delegated limits.
  • Drive cash-management digitization, including bank, ERP and treasury management system connectivity; strengthen data quality, automated workflows and controlled implementation with IT.
  • Develop and implement adequate communication packages to present derived results, recommendations, and solutions
  • Manage medium to large sized projects and/or actively participate in projects; implement findings and ensure sustainability of achievements
  • Design, develop and implement state of the art analytic tools/ KPI’S
  • Actively keep up to date with latest trends in Corporate Treasury
  • Significantly enhance and improve working methods for day-to-day processes
  • Develop new processes, standards or operational plans and deliver results with direct impact on the department and overall targets
  • Identify significant improvement potential through variance analysis, derive solutions and facilitate related decisions
  • Ensure secure treasury payment processing and settlement within assigned authority, observing cutoffs and approvals; investigate exceptions, escalate incidents and apply fraud-prevention controls
  • Provide comprehensive expertise for assigned functional areas/systems and processes towards team and business partners
  • Coordinate short-term cash forecasting inputs and operational liquidity needs with the forecasting function; identify potential shortfalls early and escalate beyond delegated limits
  • Execute reporting and ad-hoc analysis in order to support financial strategies
  • Support successful negotiations with internal & external stakeholders to achieve department/corporate goals & targets
  • Enforce adherence to M1 Treasury Policy

 

Key Relationships: 

 

  • Corporate Treasury and HQ Finance
  • Other Corporate Functions (e.g. IT, Accounting, Controlling, GBS)
  • Internal auditors
  • Project Teams
  • External advisors and external auditor
  • Industry organizations and peers
  • Financial institutions

 

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

 

  • Practical knowledge of cash management and cash pooling, in-house banking, intercompany reconciliation, netting and interest processes
  • Ability to think and act strategically and develop operational plans
  • Strong interpersonal communication skills
  • Highly motivated, driven to deliver and succeed
  • Comfortable working independently and within a team
  • Ability to manoeuvre in consistently changing environment
  • Ability to operate cross-functionally and understanding of external business drivers
  • Understanding of the complexity, interactions and dynamics within an international organization
  • Ability to manage multiple and varied tasks with enthusiasm and prioritize workload with attention to detail
  • Deep business understanding of processes and structure
  • High degree of global commercial finance orientation
  • Proven experience in Project Management
  • Very good communication skills for persuasion and convincing others both internally and externally
  • Excellent analytical skills, managing large data quantities from multiple sources
  • Business fluency in English (written and spoken)

 

 

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: 

 

  • University degree in Business Administration/Finance/Controlling or equivalent background in related fields
  • CFA level 2 or equivalent skills
  • Comprehensive understanding of Treasury system landscape and strong Treasury systems experience
  • Minimum of 5-8 years working experience in related fields


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By recruiting talent and developing our people to reflect the rich diversity of our consumers and communities, we foster a culture of inclusion that engages our employees and authentically connects our brand with our consumers.

Job Title:  Senior Manager Corporate Treasury (m/f/d)

TEAM:  Finance
Location:  Herzogenaurach
State:  BY
Country/Region:  DE
Contract Type:  Full time
Number:  550764
Date:  Oct 9, 2026