Global Treasury Director

About the Position

The Global Treasury Director will lead the company’s global treasury function, covering cash and liquidity management, funding, financial risk management, banking relationships, capital structure support, treasury governance, and insurance-related coordination.

This role is responsible for ensuring that the company maintains sufficient liquidity, optimizes global cash deployment, manages foreign exchange and interest rate risks, and supports strategic financing initiatives aligned with the company’s global growth strategy.

Given the company’s semiconductor manufacturing and operation footprint across Japan, Asia, Europe, and the Americas, the role requires strong experience in global cash management, cross-border funding, FX exposure management, bank negotiations, insurance program management, and treasury operations in a complex multinational environment.

Responsibilities

Global Cash and Liquidity Management

• Lead global cash forecasting, liquidity planning, and cash visibility across all regions.
• Ensure adequate liquidity to support manufacturing operations, capital expenditures, R&D investments, and working capital needs.
• Optimize global cash allocation across subsidiaries while considering tax, regulatory, and operational constraints.
• Oversee cash pooling, intercompany funding, dividend planning, and repatriation strategies.
• Improve the accuracy and discipline of short-term and long-term cash forecasting.

Funding and Capital Structure

• Support the CFO and senior management in developing and executing global funding strategies.
• Evaluate financing alternatives together with other functions within the company, including bank loans, bonds, hybrid financing, and other capital market instruments.
• Manage debt maturity profiles, refinancing plans, borrowing capacity, and covenant compliance.
• Lead negotiations with banks and financial institutions to secure favorable financing terms.
• Provide analysis and recommendations on capital structure optimization, leverage, cost of capital, and liquidity buffers.
• Structure, evaluate, and negotiate acquisition finance schemes for strategic M&A transactions, including bridge loans, term loans, committed acquisition facilities, bonds, convertible bonds, hybrid financing, equity linked instruments, and other financing alternatives, in close coordination with internal stakeholders and external financial advisors.

Foreign Exchange and Financial Risk Management

• Lead global FX risk management across transactional, translational, and economic exposures.
• Develop and implement hedging strategies for major currencies relevant to the business.
• Oversee execution of FX forwards, swaps, options, and other hedging instruments as appropriate.
• Monitor interest rate risk, counterparty risk, commodity-related financial exposure, and other market risks.
• Ensure compliance with internal treasury policies and applicable accounting requirements for hedge accounting where relevant.

Bank Relationship Management

• Manage strategic relationships with global and regional banks.
• Lead bank negotiations, including pricing, credit facilities, transaction banking services, and FX execution terms.
• Rationalize and optimize the global bank account structure to improve control, efficiency, and visibility.
• Evaluate banking partners based on service quality, credit capacity, geographic coverage, pricing, and strategic value.
• Maintain strong external relationships with banks, rating agencies, auditors, insurance brokers, and other financial advisors.

Treasury Operations and Governance

• Establish and maintain global treasury policies, procedures, and controls.
• Ensure strong governance over payments, bank account administration, manual payments, signatory controls, and fraud risk mitigation.
• Drive standardization and automation of treasury processes across regions.
• Oversee treasury systems, bank connectivity, payment platforms, and ERP integration.
• Partner with Accounting, Tax, Legal, Procurement, Internal Audit, and IT to ensure robust treasury operations and compliance.

Insurance and Risk Financing

• Oversee or coordinate global insurance programs, including property, casualty, D&O, cyber, and other corporate insurance programs.
• Work with insurance brokers and internal stakeholders to assess coverage adequacy, risk retention levels, deductibles, and premium efficiency.
• Support claims management and insurance renewal processes.
• Evaluate risk financing strategies aligned with the company’s operational and financial risk profile.

Strategic Initiatives and Transformation

• Lead treasury transformation initiatives to enhance efficiency, control, analytics, and scalability.
• Support global ERP transformation projects, treasury management system implementation, and bank connectivity optimization.
• Develop strategic treasury analytics and dashboards for senior management.
• Identify opportunities to centralize, automate, and digitize treasury operations.
• Support M&A, post-merger integration, business restructuring, and regional expansion from a treasury perspective.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Act as a strategic treasury advisor to senior management.
• Provide treasury updates and recommendations to the CFO and executive leadership.
• Lead and develop a global treasury team with strong technical capability and business partnership mindset.
• Collaborate effectively with regional finance teams and business leaders.
• Build organizational capability in treasury governance, risk management, and financial discipline.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum 12–15 years of progressive experience in treasury, corporate finance, banking, or related finance roles.
• Significant experience in a multinational manufacturing or technology company.
• Strong knowledge of global cash management, FX risk management, debt financing, banking, and treasury controls.
• Experience managing treasury activities across multiple jurisdictions and currencies.
• Proven track record of negotiating with banks and financial institutions.
• Strong understanding of financial statements, accounting, tax, and legal implications of treasury transactions.
• Business-level fluency in English.
• Japanese language capability is highly preferred, especially for interaction with Japan headquarters and local financial institutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the semiconductor, electronics, or high-tech manufacturing industry.
• Experience working in a Japanese-headquartered multinational company.
• Experience with SAP, S/4HANA, treasury management systems, bank connectivity platforms, or payment factory structures.
• Experience in capital markets transactions, credit rating agency interactions, or large-scale refinancing.
• Knowledge of IFRS.
• Professional certifications such as CFA, CPA, CMA, CTP, or MBA are a plus.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to work in a leading semiconductor manufacturing company
• Career growth and development opportunities
• Collaborative and innovative work environment

About the Company

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