Treasury Manager, Europe

JELD-WEN is currently seeking a Treasury Manager, Europe to join our growing team. 

Role Summary
The Treasury Manager, Europe is responsible for managing the European segment’s cash management, liaising with local and regional finance teams, assisting with foreign exchange risk management and settlements, as well as project management lead and assistance, budgeting, forecasting, and maintaining robust internal controls for the treasury function. 

Critical Performance Objectives
•    Support the head of EMEA Treasury in designing the Cash Management structure for the region in order to protect cash assets and optimize returns.
•    Support the roll out of the new foreign exchange hedging programs and act as the main contact and reviewer for the region. 
•    Analyse data and trends to aid and inform business decisions and risk management. 
•    Manage the Treasury budgeting and forecasting for the region.
•    Act as the main liaison with the accounting team to ensure the accuracy of the Treasury actual data.

•    Challenge processes and look for ways to improve.

Key Accountabilities
•    Act as liaison between the DCM and regional finance team on required analysis for equipment and site acquisitions.
•    Assist with the Identification and implementation of new bank technologies, products and services to improve the cash conversion cycle and to simplify treasury operations.
•    Support the financial compliance team on the implementation of the global corporate card solution across Europe.
•    Provide information and support to Global Treasury and Finance leadership.
•    Governance policies and internal controls and procedures.
•    Other ad-hoc projects as needed.
 

Departmental Responsibilities
•    Drive standardized cash and liquidity forecasting across numerous European subsidiaries and currencies, investigate and understand variances versus forecast.
•    Centralized liquidity management, including European cash pool and sub-facilities covering eight different currencies.
•    Administration and management of KYC and AML processes and responses to banks.
•    Control and coordination of bank guarantee issuance programs while ensuring associated costs are minimised.
•    Compliance with credit line and overdraft facility requirements.
•    Co-operation with the U.S. head office for liquidity management and debt agreement compliance.
•    Management of cash pooling activity, in coordination and collaboration with tax function with a focus on eliminating unrequired positions and repatriating surplus funds to U.S. in order to optimise use of cash.
•    Sarbanes-Oxley (internal controls) related review and reporting, esp. around system administration of on-line banking portal access and responsibilities, as well as foreign exchange hedging programs.
•    Budgeting and forecasting of interest, fees and other treasury related items while ensuring associated costs are minimised.
•    Travel- Periodic same-day and overnight travel to subsidiary and bank partner offices in UK and continental Europe.

Behavioural Competencies
•    Results orientation / manages performance (self-starting, motivating and directing).
•    Builds collaborative relationships, being highly communicative, but with efficiency.
•    Analytical, thorough and strategic thinking.
•    Learning orientation and fosters innovation.
•    Manages time, priorities, dependencies/relationships.
•    Flexibility and cultural sensitivity.
•    Develops team and fosters resilience.
•    Ethical, honest and open.
 

Experience / Knowledge
•    Hands-on knowledge on cash pool implementation and management.
•    Planning and forecasting from the ground up, including cash and foreign exchange forecasting.
•    Expert in the use of MS Office, especially Excel (database functionality, pivot tables, conditionality).
•    Extensive knowledge of international cash and risk management, forecasting and internal controls.
•    Familiarity with treasury operations.
•    Accounting qualifications an asset.
•    Experience and knowledge using OneStream and SAP a plus.
•    ERP and TMS implementation experience a plus.
 

Education / Qualifications
•    Bachelor in Finance or Accounting.
•    2+ years of relevant experience in Finance and/or Treasury Management with a large multinational company.
•    CPT or ACT/MCT a plus.
 

Language Skills
•    Fluent in both written and spoken English.
 

About JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. 

JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. (NYSE: JELD) is a leading global designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-performance interior and exterior doors, windows and related building products serving the new construction and repair and remodeling sectors. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company operates across North America and Europe. Our associates are dedicated to bringing beauty and security to the spaces that touch our lives through our market-leading product brands across the world. The JELD-WEN family of brands includes JELD-WEN® worldwide, LaCantina® and VPI™ in North America, and Swedoor® and DANA® in Europe. For more information, visit corporate.JELD-WEN.com or follow LinkedIn.

JELD-WEN has been named by Forbes as one of ‘America’s Best Employers’ and by Newsweek as one of the ‘World’s Most Trustworthy Companies’. 

What We Offer

Investing in People is one of our Core Values, we strive to attract & retain great people! As such, JELD-WEN offers competitive compensation & benefits packages. As a global organization, specific benefits may vary, however typically including medical & dental, generous leave policies, retirement program, etc.

JELD-WEN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation based on individuals’ physical traits, beliefs, and/or other characteristics that are protected under applicable laws.

JELD-WEN does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.