Treasury Director - Cash & Investments
The Johns Hopkins University, one of the world's premier teaching, research, and patient care institutions, is seeking candidates for the position of Director, Cash and Investments within its Treasury Office. The Director of Cash and Investments will report directly to the Deputy Treasurer. Johns Hopkins University was founded in 1876 and is one of the world’s premier teaching and research institutions with more than 30,000 students across nine academic divisions. The university attracts the finest undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, post-doctoral and professional degree students and more federal research and development funding than any other university in the United States.
The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of achievement at top-tier institutions and have training and work experience in economics and finance. The candidate should possess an excellent understanding of the treasury function and its impact on the organization. Personality fit within a dynamic team is essential. The ideal candidate should be enterprising, outgoing, and enjoy teamwork as well as lively debates.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Responsible for forecasting operating cash and short-term investments in conjunction with the General Accounting, Planning & Budget, and university Investment departments. Additionally, the role is responsible for the continuous monitoring of the cash and liquidity position of the university, which includes completing attribution and variance analysis.
- Ensure adequate operating liquidity, which includes daily review of cash management and investment activity; review and monitoring of A/P checks, ACH payments, and wire transfers; leads Kyriba initiatives and subsequent evaluation and integration of treasury software with other internal systems and spreadsheets.
- Responsible for overseeing the analytical framework used to support the decisions to use each of our financing tools to optimize the use of working capital.
- Creates and designs cash flow and working capital reporting - including visualizations for presentation to operating / functional leaders, executive leadership and other committees.
- Establishes and maintains controls to ensure corporate cash management and short-term investment guidelines are followed.
- Provides management and oversight of quarterly reports, including, but not limited to Fair Market Valuation of Investments, Credit Facility Economics, rating agencies, and Letter of Credit Reporting.
- Assists AVP – Deputy Treasurer as needed for special projects, analysis, and other departmental needs.
- Work with AR/AP Managers to create weekly dashboards and reports related to Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that affect working capital.
Special Knowledge Skills & Abilities
- Proactive with sense of urgency.
- Intellectually curious, relentless lifelong learner.
- Team-oriented, accountable, supportive, conscientious.
- Self-aware, confident, non-defensive, willing to take risks.
- Honest and direct, transparent, ethical, mission driven.
- Apply strong judgment to problem solving with imperfect information through use of both quantitative and qualitative inputs and analyses.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships across the finance department.
- Energetic, inspiring and impactful communication and presentation skills.
- Financial modeling and creative analytical skills implemented in Excel and other tools.
- Project management skills with a focus on results.
- Strong academic and career achievement are required along with the highest standards of personal and professional ethics and integrity.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, or other related field required. MBA preferred.
- 10 years of treasury operations, finance, or related experience required.
- Management experience required.
- This position does not allow for education or experience substitutions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required, five to ten years work experience in a treasury department with working knowledge of a wide range of asset classes.
- Master’s Degree, CFA, and/or MBA strongly preferred.
Classified Title: Director Treasury Operations
Working Title: Treasury Director - Cash & Investments
Role/Level/Range: ATP/05/PH
Starting Salary Range: $113,170-$155,650-$198,110/Annually (Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F, 8:30-5:00
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid
Department name: 10001516-Treasury Operations
Personnel area: University Administration
Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University’s good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate’s conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
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