Regional Treasury Manager

Beschreibung:

Company Description:

Discover the World of Lesaffre!
As a global key player in yeasts and fermentation, Lesaffre designs, manufactures, and markets innovative solutions for Baking, Food Taste & Pleasure, Health care, and Biotechnology. In close collaboration with its clients and partners, Lesaffre employs 11.000 people in more than 90 subsidiaries based in more than 50 countries, achieving a turnover of 3 billion euros.
Founded in 1853 in Lille France, Lesaffre has grown into a key global provider of yeast and fermentation solutions, serving customers in more than 180 countries.
With a commitment to innovation, quality, and sustainability, Lesaffre has become a trusted partner to industries ranging from baking to animal nutrition. Through continuous research and development, Lesaffre has pioneered groundbreaking advancements that have transformed the way the world approaches fermentation and biotechnology.
One of the Most Vibrant and Diverse Regions: Middle East and Africa 🌍
The Middle East and Africa (MEA) region presents an exciting frontier for Lesaffre's expansion. Comprising more than 75 countries, this expansive region stretches across approximately 30 million square kilometers, from the Arabian Peninsula in the north to Cape Town in the south. Home to a significant portion of varying bread consumers, the MEA Region is often referred to as the "cradle of civilization".
At Lesaffre, we foster a culture of excellence, innovation, and collaboration. We invite you to explore the exciting opportunities available and become part of our global team, where your talents and passions can truly make a difference in contributing to our mission of "Working together to better nourish and protect the planet".
At Lesaffre, diversity is a strength that enriches our culture and our teams. We are committed to offering you a work environment where you can thrive, regardless of your background, gender, age or abilities. We encourage all applications, as we believe that diverse perspectives strengthen our ability to innovate and meet the challenges of tomorrow.
🔎We are looking for our new "Regional Treasury Manager" reporting to the Regional Finance Director based in the MEA Regional Office, Ataşehir İstanbul. This role will be responsible from working in collaboration with MEA entities to ensure a well balance between the entities' financial needs to maintain operations.

Job Description:

* Supporting the structuring of financing needs, developing good relations with the banks in the region,
* Ensuring strong bank relations, as well as securing MEA entities' short/long term credit requests,
* Working closely with the Legal & Compliance team to ensure that business processes and transactions comply with all relevant legal and internal guidelines,
* Following up and adapting the regulation changes both locally and globally,
* Leading the rolling annual treasury forecast of all entities, covering credit facilities position, external loans, loans, IC loans and fx exposure,
* Propose new digital solutions to smooth out treasury, banking and reporting processes in coordination with the group 3F (finance for future) program.
* Managing the trade finance operations activities as Letters of Credit; Guarantees; Bills/ TRs in collaboration with credit manager and finance department of all Group entities invoicing Middle East & Africa territory.
* Establish ties with market participants including international banks, African financial institutions, (trade finance intermediaries), corporates and commodity boards and organizations
* Effective management and consolidation of cash flow, liquidity, debt and foreign exchange positions in the region,
* Development and enhancement of treasury reporting and analysis processes.

Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Banking, or Finance from a recognized university or business school.
* Postgraduate degree in treasury, banking, or international finance,
* 5-10 years of proven track record in a similar role with Region dynamics,
* Fluent in English, additional languages of Arabic or French is a plus,
* Ability to communicate and operate in a culturally diverse environment,
* Ability to adapt to a change-oriented setting,
* Proven track record of meeting and winning the confidence of senior officials at regional financial institutions, banks (including central banks), corporations, and governments,
* Entrepreneurial mindset, strong sales and customer communication skills (verbal and written), and the ability to persuade stakeholders,
* Completed military service for male candidates.

Additional Information:

🔗An international environment where you get to discover new cultures every day
💆🏻‍♀️ Hybrid working model to ensure a well work-life balance,
🌱 Learning and growing while contributing to local or global projects,
💪🏼 An extensive global e-learning platform to support professional and technical development,
🍃 Varying numbers of initiatives in contributing to our CSR activities.
🚶 Please note that this role requires frequent visits to MEA countries