Director, Treasury

The Director, Treasury is responsible for optimising the return on liquid assets consistent with the risk appetite articulated by the Board and managing FX and interest rate hedging in accordance with policies.

The Director, Treasury reports to the Chief Financial Officer with responsibilities and accountabilities set by the Board’s Treasury Policy. The role will manage the Treasury Risk Management Committee that is chaired by the Chief Financial Officer.

Leadership of the Treasury Function and Financial Risk Management specifically:

• Treasury strategy and roadmap. 
• In charge of Liquidity, Capital structure strategy.
• In charge of Financial exposure, counterparty credit exposure and Hedging structure. 
• Bank account structure. 
• Bank strategic counterparty for relationship management (OTC contracts management, loan & facility contracts, deposit, pricing negotiation).
• Internal & External Business Partnering.
• Assessing financial risk and mitigations on new projects (structured financial solutions).
• Collaborate with the innovative finance team in the financial negotiations with MDBs, Banks, etc. 
• Short-term investments oversight and revenue optimisation.
• Ownership of treasury policy and policy compliance, including monitoring of adherence with limits and conducting stress loss analyses.
• Responsible for the effective implementation of the action plan and decisions taken by the respective management and governance bodies.
• Complete Treasury risk management oversight.
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• Leadership of Treasury and Risk Management best practices in Global Treasury Management, with expert proficiency, functional and technical leadership of: Liquidity, Multi-currency Foreign Exchange and Investment management (short-long term), Treasury Reporting and Disclosures (analysis, evaluation, assessment, documentation).
• Deploy treasury industry standard forecasting and predictive evaluation approaches, using econometric models, e.g., Value at Risk (VaR) and Monte-Carlo simulations, term structures of interest- rate yields, providing analysis and interpretation of treasury specific exposure management/ currency balance sheets.
• Manage advanced investment analysis, financial analysis, corporate finance to assess financial initiatives/ innovative financing projects.
• Manage an integrated global treasury risk management strategy, framework, policy and develop specific guidelines, with Treasury assessment and review, criteria to monitor and mitigation of risks: credit, interest rate, liquidity, and market.
• Manage and perform all related duties in global Treasury and Risk, integrations of systems, financial management, accounting, treasury reporting and disclosure requirements.
• Assess, document, and report upon any compliance requirements: Central Banks, Sanctions etc.
• Lead the design and integration of Gavi’s Global Treasury Management Systems, Processes and Procedures.
• Manage real time, auditable traceability in Treasury decision and risk management, embed risk control measures for standardization, integrity of data and information, mitigation of treasury risk and fraud.
• Deploy and apply treasury industry standard risk management analysis, risk evaluation methodologies, assessment, periodic reviews, risk parameters evaluation, documentation, reporting, and comprehensive disclosures.
• Manage functional and technical investment evaluations, consulting with financial industry experts applying expertise in investment evaluation, methodologies, utilizing appraisal approaches for short-term investments.
• Manage and leverage current/next generation Treasury Management Systems (TMS), support digital transformation, using next generation financial technology, automations in applying robotics, machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI).
• Negotiate best banking conditions and manage bank relationships, financial services providers (including MNDBs/FinTechs,...), providing Gavi with access to global financial ecosystems potentially at all levels including region/country.
• Accountable for a full compliance to Gavi’s Treasury management policy, guidelines, benchmarks, performance, reporting requirements.
• Manage Gavi’s foreign exchange risk in compliance with its foreign exchange policy
• Manage and coordinate a dedicated team of highly skilled, and expert Treasury staff, provide leadership in Treasury coordination across the Organisation.
• Partner with internal risk management team to develop, document, and execute controls over treasury processes.
• Ensure timely and relevant escalation to the CFO and AFC / IC as deemed necessary  
• Responsible to develop treasury reporting dashboards appropriate for internal and external  stakeholders (CFO, EO, AFC, IC, Board)  and track performance indicators.
• Prepares and delivers communications to a variety of management levels on strategy, performances and change management. 
• Serve as the primary contact with investment advisors to ensure alignment with investment policy, recommend funding for enough cash flow, review monthly returns and assess manager performance as applicable. 
• Generate innovative ideas and challenge the status quo, strong collaboration with Innovative Finance team.
• Drive discussions in structured financial instruments in conjunction with new deals.
• Work closely with the accounting teams to ensure that the relevant treasury activity and exposures are being properly accounted for and disclosed in the annual report.

Note: The essential functions listed in this section are not exhaustive of the job responsibilities; other duties may be assigned consistently with the department needs.
 

If you wish to apply, please provide a cover letter and resume through our Careers webpage and apply by clicking on “Director, Treasury”. Deadline for applications is 17 April 2023.

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Gavi brings together the public and private sectors to save lives and protect people’s health by increasing equitable and sustainable use of vaccines against 18 infectious diseases. You will be joining an organisation at the centre of the international COVID-19 response, at the most critical time in global health in a lifetime. You will work in a culturally diverse environment with over 70 nationalities. You will collaborate with partners such as WHO, UNICEF, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank – and from business, civil society and government. And you will work in the first global health organisation to receive equal gender salary certification. Your unique experience, skills and talents can help us achieve our vision of leaving no one behind without the life-saving power of vaccines.