at The Kraft Heinz Foods Company in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Description
Summary:
The Director, Treasury Analytics and Strategy will report to the Treasurer and will need to be highly analytical and able to solve complex financial problems, with recurring interaction with company leadership. Our ideal candidate must have the gravitas to positively lead within the department, engage positively with stakeholders and have excellent communication and presentation skills (both building the presentations and delivering them as needed).
Our ideal candidate should not only have experience in this space but with the following materiality thresholds: global revenue of $20B to $40B, long term public debt between $20B to $40B, revolving credit facility between $5B to $10B, commercial paper program of $1B to $2B, operating in 40+ countries and managing 20+ currencies with both manufacturing and distribution, as well as geographic earnings dispersion of 50 / 50 (US and OUS, with experience in emerging markets).
Areas of Responsibilities:
Cash Management and Treasury Strategy: Work with the existing team to:
Reevaluate treasury controls over ~500 global bank accounts - particularly in emerging markets or where there are large pockets of trapped cash and local bank usage. Responsible for effective communication to senior leadership on findings, improvements and execution.
Reevaluate KHC's counterparty risk to contingency plan and mitigate impacts from bank defaults, global liquidity crunch, geopolitical impacts to the banking sector and protect KHC's balance sheet, liquidity, and ability to operate and finance itself
Reevaluate cash forecasting, global cash consolidation, dividends, intercompany funding, debt alternatives, capitalization, and related documentation. Involves cross functional work to develop tax efficient repatriation vehicles and documentation
Supports M&A, new business ventures, new international markets, new legal entities, and cross-border financing
Take primary responsibility for building board and audit committee presentations
Debt Capital Markets / Liquidity / M&A and Other: Work with the existing team to:
Realign $20B DCM portfolio with geographic dispersion of earnings. Evaluate local issuances / currency mix.
Optimize $4B Global Revolving Credit Facility and ensure adequate corporate liquidity coverage while managing global banking partner relationships.
Develop reporting and modeling capabilities required to support the Company's M&A funding requirements.
Interest Rate and Foreign Exchange Risk Management: Work with the existing team to
Lead development and implementation of FX and Interest Rate hedging strategies, for unique transactions, e.g., M&A or capital raises
Provide thought-leadership on identification and risk mitigation of global FX exposures through optimal risk management across Net investment, Debt to EBITDA, Cash Flow and Balance Sheet strategies, as well as oversee the operational execution of all hedging activities.
Reassess the company's cash flow at risk to build out hedging program including forecast accuracy assessment, cost of hedging, tenor, volatility and changes to business strategy across $9B derivative portfolio and communicate the same to leadership / audit committee.
Reevaluate interest rate hedging strategies for the new debt issuances as well as for the existing debt portfolio
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required, Advanced degrees or certifications (MBA. JD. CPA. CFA. etc,) strongly preferred
Minimum 10+ years of experience is required for this position, overseeing all aspects of the Treasury
3+ years of experience working in Corporate Banking at a large banking institution is highly valued though not required.
Experience managing 5 to 7 direct reports at different levels in their career including experience with all aspects of people leadership, including recruiting, hiring, succession planning, mentoring, and developing talent
Ability to maintain a strong collaborative team and can work within a matrix organization
Must be highly analytical and able to solve complex financial problems, with recurring interaction with company leadership as well as the audit committee
Must have strong technical skills and have excellent communication and presentation skills
Must have significant experience evaluating and driving change to improve... For full info follow application link.
It is the continuing policy of The Kraft Heinz Company to afford full equal employment opportunity to qualified employees and applicants, regardless of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental handicaps, military or veteran status, sexual preference, or any other protected condition or characteristic in conformity with all applicable federal, state, provincial and local laws and regulations.
Final candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without Company sponsorship. Exceptions requesting work visa sponsorship will be reviewed on a case to case basis.
