Head, Corporate Treasury

Preamble

Corporate treasury plays a strategic role in business strategy. It's essentially the life-line of an organization in ensuring steady cashflow, managing loans and balancing risk and reward

Job Purpose

Lead and manage Corporate Treasury team, for tactical solutions and execution of all aspects of Treasury operations including liquidity and cashflow management as well as forecasting, market risk management, investment management, interest rate management and counterparty risk management. It is key for this role to have strategic leader who can effectively manage financial resources efficiently, optimize capital structure and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements in all companies where the Axiata headquarter, and its business units are operating.

A critical strategic role and is required to collaborate with various internal stakeholders and business units to advise on appropriate choices within Treasury Corporate Finance framework, the trade-offs, compromises and mitigants involved, when decisions are taken.

Develop and execute forward looking strategies to aligned with Group's short/ medium- and long-term strategy and goals within areas of treasury operations, funding and risk management.

Involve closely and key stakeholder in various corporate funding exercises including funding exercises, capital structure management.

Scope & Authority

• Liquidity and cashflow management: Oversee liquidity to ensure adequate funding for operations and strategic initiatives. Identify and mitigate risks and optimize working capital
• Market risk management: assess foreign currency debt hedging exposure for the Company and business units. Execute strategies to mitigate foreign currency exposure taking into consideration structures, instruments and timing.
• Capital structure optimization: Evaluate and recommend strategies to optimize the Company's capital structure, including debt and equity financing options.
• Financial risk management: Implement strategies to manage financial risks, including interest rate. Execute hedging strategies when appropriate.
• Stakeholder management: Oversee relationships with banks, financial institutions, rating agencies and auditors
• Treasury policies and procedures:Develop, implement, and maintain treasury policies and procedures to ensure Company's guardrails are protected.
• Financial Reporting and analysis: prepare and present periodic reports for consolidated treasury activities across the Group, performance, risk management and market trends for the management and Board Audit Committee
• Dividend: Optimizing and maximizing dividend upstreaming from business units to ensure the dividend upstreaming to shareholders can be met.
• Special projects: Cross divisions collaboration for strategic related projects.
• Collaboration and leadership: Work closely with internal stakeholders including accounting, business planning, corporate development and strategy team to support business objectives and drive financial performance. Lead and mentor the team to achieve departmental goals and objectives.

Key Results Area:

• Optimal financing and cashflow
• Management of financial guardrails
• Monitor dividend receivables from business units in line with business strategy
• Maintain investment grade rating for Axiata
• Provide strategic support to various internal stakeholder
• Proactively support business units in managing macroeconomics headwinds
• Mitigate / minimize Treasury related risks including market risk, liquidity, interest rate and counterparty risks.

Job Requirement

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Accounting, Economics or related field with at least 10 years corporate treasury experience. Professional certification is an added advantage
• Experienced leader and ability to coach the team
• Solid knowledge in financial instruments and risk management
• Excellent analytical, problem -solving and decision-making skills is crucial
• Strategic mindset with ability to think critically, anticipate trends and develop innovative solutions to complex issues
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence and collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
• Commitment to integrity, ethics and professionalism in all aspects of financial management and decision making
• Self-motivated