Treasury Manager

Hapag-Lloyd AG; Dubai; On-site; AED 320,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Hapag-Lloyd AG is seeking a Treasury Manager to lead cash management, liquidity optimization and FX risk mitigation in Dubai. The role involves acting as the primary contact for regional banks, guiding treasury technology implementations across jurisdictions and driving process standardization.

You will supervise a team of managers, influence strategic treasury direction, and ensure compliance with local regulations while partnering with HQ for cross-functional financial initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field. A Master’s or MBA is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive treasury and cash management experience, including 3+ years in a senior or people-management role.
• Deep knowledge of cash management principles, practices and procedures, including liquidity management, cash forecasting, FX risk and bank relationship management.
• Advanced financial modeling in Excel, proficiency in ERP systems, and experience with treasury management platforms.
• Experience managing multiple bank relationships and negotiating with regional and global banks.
• Hands-on experience implementing or optimizing treasury systems across multiple countries.
• Excellent communication skills i.e spoken and written English

Responsibilities

• Resolves complex and variable issues, recommends and implements course of action.
• Leads the development of new procedures and opportunities to meet specific needs and targets.
• Cooperation with QSC/Areas teams of professionals within day-to-day business.
• Execute cash positioning, forecasting and concentration across regional entities and bank accounts.
• Optimize regional liquidity through pooling, netting, intercompany funding and working capital initiatives.
• Plan and execute cash repatriation to HQ in line with group policy, local regulations, tax and exchange control constraints.
• Identify, measure and mitigate FX exposure in multiple currencies.
• Monitor country, counterparty and convertibility risks in the region and report on them to the Director.
• Act as the primary point of contact for regional banking partners, owning the relationship strategy and performance.
• Manage complex bank relationships, guarantees and service levels.
• Rationalize the bank and account structure, and oversee KYC, mandates and signatory governance.
• Drive implementation of treasury technology (TMS, bank connectivity, SWIFT/host-to-host, cash visibility and payment tools) across jurisdictions.
• Standardize and automate treasury processes, controls and reporting to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.
• Guide QSC and Area teams on difficult treasury, collections and payment issues.
• Resolve escalated complaints and disputes with internal and external customers, including banks, agents and counterparties.
• Draw on specialized knowledge of cash management and broad cross-functional understanding to build consensus on complex issues.
• Support the Director in setting treasury strategy and contribute to business-wide financial strategy.
• Ensure compliance with group treasury policy, internal controls, audit requirements and local regulations.
• Supervise and develop other Managers and/or Supervisors as needed, coaching the team and building regional treasury capability.

Skills

Treasury management

Cash forecasting

FX risk

Bank relationships

Financial modeling

ERP systems

Treasury platforms

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

Master’s or MBA preferred

Tools

TMS

SWIFT

Host-to-host

Bank connectivity

Job description

What You'll Do

We are looking for a Treasury Manager to join our Finance team, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Role Reports to: Director Accounting & Finance Overall Job Purpose: Ensures that the treasury function executes efficient cash management, optimizes regional liquidity, and mitigates foreign exchange risks. He or She will act as the primary point of contact for regional banking partners and drive the implementation of treasury technology across diverse jurisdictions. As a Manager, the incumbent in this position assists the Director with strategic direction and contributes to the business wide strategy. He / She is responsible for providing QSC/Areas teams with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems and in resolving complex, escalated complaints or disputes. He / She will assist both internal and external customers in resolving complex issues requiring specialized knowledge of a functional area and / or broad knowledge across functions. The Manager possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of cash management to resolve complex issues or to build consensus. He / She may supervise the work of other Managers and / or Supervisors, as well as manage complex bank relationship.

Key Accountabilities

Resolves complex and variable issues, recommends and implements course of action. Possesses and applies comprehensive knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of cash Management. Leads the development of new procedures and opportunities to meet specific needs and targets. With exceptions within HQ tasks include cooperation with QSC/Areas team(s) of professionals within day-to-day business.

Cash and liquidity management

• Execute cash positioning, forecasting and concentration across regional entities and bank accounts.
• Optimize regional liquidity through pooling, netting, intercompany funding and working capital initiatives.
• Plan and execute cash repatriation to HQ in line with group policy, local regulations, tax and exchange control constraints.

FX and financial risk

• Identify, measure and mitigate FX exposure in multiple currencies.
• Monitor country, counterparty and convertibility risks in the region and report on them to the Director.

Banking relationships

• Act as the primary point of contact for regional banking partners, owning the relationship strategy and performance.
• Manage complex bank relationships, guarantees and service levels.
• Rationalize the bank and account structure, and oversee KYC, mandates and signatory governance.

Treasury technology and process

• Drive implementation of treasury technology (TMS, bank connectivity, SWIFT/host-to-host, cash visibility and payment tools) across jurisdictions.
• Standardize and automate treasury processes, controls and reporting to improve efficiency and reduce operational risk.

Support to QSC and Area teams

• Guide QSC and Area teams on difficult or complex treasury, collections and payment issues.
• Resolve escalated complaints and disputes with internal and external customers, including banks, agents and counterparties.
• Draw on specialized knowledge of cash management and broad cross-functional understanding to build consensus on complex issues.

Strategy, governance and leadership

• Support the Director in setting treasury strategy and contribute to business-wide financial strategy.
• Ensure compliance with group treasury policy, internal controls, audit requirements and local regulations.
• Supervise and develop other Managers and/or Supervisors as needed, coaching the team and building regional treasury capability.

What Makes You A Fit

Requirements for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field. A Master’s or MBA is preferred.
• 10+ years of progressive treasury and cash management experience, including 3+ years in a senior or people-management role.
• Deep knowledge of cash management principles, practices and procedures, including liquidity management, cash forecasting, FX risk and bank relationship management.
• Advanced financial modeling in Excel, proficiency in ERP systems, and experience with treasury management platforms.
• Experience managing multiple bank relationships and negotiating with regional and global banks.
• Hands-on experience implementing or optimizing treasury systems across multiple countries.
• Excellent communication skills i.e spoken and written English