Company Description
Actively engaged in multi-asset class investment activities across various geographies, carried out by a highly qualified and experienced in-house team of investment professionals using an ‘Asset Allocation Matrix’ to realize risk adjusted returns on invested capital over a long-term period. Investment activities include direct investments in startups, taking stakes in established businesses, acquisitions of business enterprises and setting-up new businesses through collaborative joint venture routes. Ghobash Trading & Investment is also active in private financial investments, including private equity and debt, venture capital, real estate and publicly listed financial investments.
Job Description
The Treasury Manager will play a pivotal role in managing the day-to-day operations of the treasury function, acting as the second-in-command to the Group Treasury Head. This role involves overseeing cash and liquidity management, supervising trade finance activities, managing banking relationships, and supporting the establishment of new financial facilities. Additionally, the Treasury Manager will lead one-time strategic initiatives, such as implementation of Treasury Management System.
Strategic & Project Activities:
- Support the Group Treasury Head in consolidation and structuring of group-wide credit facilities, setting up scalable banking arrangements that improve cost of funds and liquidity visibility.
- Design, implement and maintain treasury policies and governance frameworks covering liquidity, intercompany lending, investments, cost allocations, risk management, and trade finance to ensure consistency and compliance across all entities.
- Develop and maintain reporting templates, dashboards, and covenant monitoring processes that enable senior management and the Board to make informed, timely decisions.
- Support Group Treasury Head in negotiation and managing financing and banking rates across the Group to secure competitive terms, directly reducing the cost of funds and improving financial efficiency.
- Implement and oversee cash pooling structures and intercompany lending frameworks to optimize working capital, while maintaining robust documentation and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Responsible for communications with banks, rating agencies, and financial institutions for management of new and ongoing financing & liquidity access.
- Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the Treasury Management System (TMS) to deliver automated, real-time treasury operations that strengthen control and decision-making across the Group.
Liquidity & Risk Management:
- Monitor daily cash positions across all entities and ensure accurate cash flow forecasting (CFS).
- Manage intercompany funding, loan documentation, and interest calculations, ensuring compliance with transfer pricing rules.
- Track FX and interest rate exposures; recommend and execute hedging strategies.
- Prepare treasury dashboards and liquidity reports, ensuring covenant compliance and audit readiness.
Trade Finance:
- Supervise issuance, amendment, and settlement of Letters of Credit (LCs), Bank Guarantees (BGs), Trust Receipts (TRs), and bill discounting.
- Conduct analysis to provide insights for negotiation of pricing, commissions, and fees with banks for trade transactions.
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or economics
- 10+ years’ experience in corporate treasury, trade finance.
- Expertise in cash pooling, intercompany funding, FX/IR risk management, and trade instruments.
- Financial modelling, forecasting, and risk analysis.
- Knowledge of treasury regulations, trade compliance frameworks, and banking practices.
- Proficiency in ERP/TMS (Oracle, Kyriba, or similar).
- Leadership and mentoring capabilities.
