Job Description :
Surplus Deployment & Investment Management :
- Execute the Boardapproved investment policy across instruments such as bank deposits, money market funds, bonds, and other permitted avenues.
- Monitor and manage returns, yield optimisation, marktomarket (MTM) movements, and portfolio performance versus benchmarks.
- Track and manage counterparty exposure, credit limits, and concentration risks.
- Ensure compliance with internal policies, Board mandates, and regulatory requirements at all times.
- Provide regular reporting on investment performance, risk metrics, and policy adherence.
Borrowing Strategy & Cost Optimisation :- Drive initiatives to reduce overall borrowing costs, including renegotiation of working capital facilities, pricing resets, and fee rationalisation.
- Optimise funding mix across term loans, ECBs, NCDs, and other debt instruments based on cost, tenor, currency, and flexibility.
- Monitor and manage weightedaverage cost of borrowing (WACB) against defined targets.
- Evaluate refinancing and prepayment opportunities aligned with liquidity and cost objectives.
Banking Relationships & Consortium Management :- Own strategic banking relationships across a multibank and consortium structure.
- Lead facility negotiations, credit sanctions, renewals, and enhancements.
- Ensure compliance with security creation, documentation, and covenant conditions.
- Act as the primary interface with relationship banks, lenders, and external advisors.
- Support credit rating interactions where applicable.
Liquidity Management & Cash Flow Forecasting :- Maintain strong visibility and control over liquidity through :
1. Daily cash positioning
2. Weekly forecasts
3. Rolling 13week cash flow forecasts
- Identify funding gaps or surplus well in advance and take proactive action.
- Implement and manage cash pooling and intercompany fund movements across entities to optimise liquidity.
- Support business units in improving forecasting accuracy and discipline.
Foreign Exchange & Hedging :- Manage foreign currency exposure arising from international operations, imports, exports, and crossborder M&A activities.
- Design and execute hedging strategies in line with risk appetite and Boardapproved policies.
- Ensure endtoend compliance with Ind AS 109 hedge accounting, including documentation, effectiveness testing, and disclosures.
- Monitor hedge performance, MTM impact, and residual risk exposures.
Treasury Systems, Processes & Controls :- Lead Treasury Management System (TMS) implementation and rollout, including integration with ERP and banking platforms.
- Drive automation of bank reconciliations (BRS) and cash reporting.
- Establish strong operational controls including foureyes validation, makerchecker controls, and clear authorization matrices.
- Design, implement, and maintain ICFR for treasury processes, partnering with Internal Audit and Finance Controllership.
- Continuously improve treasury efficiency, accuracy, and audit readiness.
M&A Funding & Capital Structure Support :- Support M&A transactions by assessing debt capacity, liquidity impact, and funding options.
- Design optimal funding mix (debt/equity/internal accruals) for acquisitions and major investments.
- Coordinate banker arrangements, term sheets, documentation, and drawdowns.
- Postdeal, support capital structure optimisation and integration of treasury operations for acquired entities.
Board, Audit Committee & CFO Reporting :- Provide monthly treasury updates and MIS to the Group CFO covering liquidity, debt, investments, and key risks.
- Present quarterly treasury and investment policy reports to the Board and Audit Committee.
- Highlight emerging risks, covenant positions, market movements, and strategic recommendations.
- Ensure transparency, accuracy, and decision oriented reporting for senior management and governance forums.
Preferred :
Work Experience :
- 8- 10 years post-qualification experience, with 5+ years in a dedicated corporate Treasury function (not Banking- Operations or AR/AP).
- Personally executed surplus-investment transactions across FDs, Liquid funds, T-bills, CPs, NCDs, FDs with documented yield uplift.
- Personally executed forex hedges forwards, options, currency swaps and managed MTM positions.
- Hands-on with multi-bank consortium structures, working-capital negotiations, term-loan / ECB / NCD instruments, LCs, BGs.
- Treasury Management System (TMS) implementation or operational exposure Kyriba, ION Treasury, IBS Fintech, or equivalent.
- Listed company or pre-listing company experience strongly preferred; multi-entity services-sector exposure useful.
- Demonstrated banker-relationship credibility relationship managers and credit teams of major lending bank