Lead - Treasury

Responsibilities

Treasury & Liquidity Management

• Lead treasury operations, cash flow forecasting, liquidity planning, and fund management across the business.
• Develop short-term and long-term cash flow plans to ensure uninterrupted business operations.
• Drive working capital optimization initiatives and improve cash conversion cycles.
• Monitor fund utilization, liquidity positions, borrowing costs, and treasury risk exposure.
• Coordinate with Group Treasury for fund deployment, cash pooling, and liquidity management strategies.

Fund Raising & Project Finance

• Lead end-to-end fund-raising activities for existing and upcoming projects.
• Manage project financing, including lender engagement, financial closure, documentation, drawdowns, and disbursements.
• Evaluate and implement optimal financing structures through debt, equity, structured finance, and hybrid instruments.

Banking Relationship Management

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with banks, financial institutions, NBFCs, investors, and rating agencies.
• Negotiate competitive pricing, credit facilities, banking limits, and financing terms.
• Lead consortium banking arrangements and multi-bank financing structures.
• Manage enhancement and renewal of working capital and project finance facilities.

Trade Finance & Banking Operations

• Manage end-to-end trade finance transactions, including: 
  • Import & Export Letters of Credit (LCs)
  • Bank Guarantees (BGs)
  • Standby Letters of Credit (SBLCs)
  • Buyers' and Suppliers' Credit
• Oversee issuance, amendments, negotiations, renewals, and closure of trade finance instruments.
• Ensure timely settlement of import/export transactions and compliance with banking obligations.

Debt Management & Compliance

• Manage debt portfolio, including drawdowns, repayments, refinancing, interest servicing, and covenant monitoring.
• Ensure compliance with financing agreements, lender reporting, and debt covenants.
• Prepare CMA data, stock statements, drawing power calculations, utilization certificates, and banking MIS.
• Ensure compliance with RBI, FEMA, banking regulations, and trade finance guidelines.
• Monitor documentation, statutory submissions, and regulatory reporting requirements.

Forex & Risk Management

• Manage foreign exchange exposures arising from imports, exports, borrowings, and cross-border transactions.
• Develop and implement hedging strategies through forward contracts and other treasury products.
• Monitor interest rate and currency risks and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Ensure adherence to treasury risk management frameworks and policies.

Treasury Digitalization & Process Excellence

• Drive treasury automation initiatives and implementation of digital banking platforms.
• Improve treasury workflows through technology-enabled solutions and process optimization.
• Establish treasury controls, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Enhance operational efficiency through dashboarding, automation, and reporting tools.

MIS & Leadership Reporting

• Prepare treasury dashboards, cash position reports, debt reports, banking MIS, and fund utilization reports.
• Present key treasury metrics and funding updates to senior management.
• Provide actionable insights on liquidity, borrowing costs, treasury risks, and capital deployment.

Qualifications

Educational Qualification

• CA / MBA (Finance) / CFA / FRM from a reputed institution.
• Additional certification in Treasury, Project Finance, Financial Modelling, or Risk Management will be preferred.

Experience

• 15-20+ years of relevant experience in Treasury, Project Finance, Corporate Finance, or Fund Raising.
• Proven experience in large manufacturing, metals, mining, natural resources, infrastructure, power, EPC, or capital-intensive industries.
• Extensive exposure to project funding, structured finance, lender negotiations, and debt management.
• Experience in handling multi-bank arrangements, consortium financing, and large capital expenditure projects.