Deputy General Manager – Treasury MAGI Research And Consultants

The Corporate Institute; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Corporate Institute in Bengaluru seeks a Senior Treasury professional to manage cash, liquidity, and working capital across the organisation. The role leads banking relationships, funding strategies, and treasury automation while ensuring regulatory compliance and robust controls.

You will drive cash forecasting, optimize the cash conversion cycle, and oversee investment decisions, risk management, and capital allocation.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily cash position and forecasts across the Organisation.
• Ensure liquidity to meet operational and capex needs.
• Optimize cash utilization across business units.
• Oversee working capital financing and trade finance operations.
• Improve cash conversion cycle and optimize receivables/payables/inventory.
• Maintain relationships with banks, NBFCs, and financial institutions.
• Negotiate credit facilities, rates, and banking charges.
• Drive treasury investments, risk management, and policy adherence.
• Lead and mentor treasury and trade finance team; enable cross-functional collaboration.

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

1. Cash & Liquidity Management:

• Manage and monitor the daily cash position across the Organisation.
• Develop and maintain short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts aligned with Organisation needs.
• Ensure adequate liquidity to meet operational and capital expenditure requirements.
• Optimize cash utilization and fund deployment across business units.

2. Working Capital & Trade Finance Management:

• Manage end-to-end working capital financing, including fund-based limits (Cash Credit, Working Capital Demand Loans) and non-fund based limits (Letter of Credit, Bank Guarantees, Buyers Credit).
• Oversee trade finance operations, including import/export documentation and supplier/vendor financing arrangements.
• Drive initiatives to improve cash conversion cycle (CCC) and optimize inventory, receivables, and payables.
• Liaise with credit rating agencies to maintain/improve company ratings.

3. Banking & Financial Institution Management:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with banks, NBFCs, and financial institutions.
• Lead negotiations for credit facilities, interest rates, and banking charges.
• Optimize banking structure, including account rationalization and multi-bank arrangements including cash pooling.
• Ensure smooth documentation, facility utilization besides maintaining strong external stakeholder management.

4. Investment & Surplus Fund Management:

• Formulate and execute strategies for investment of surplus funds.
• Evaluate financial instruments considering risk, return, liquidity, and regulatory constraints.
• Monitor portfolio performance and ensure adherence to treasury investment policies.
• Maintain a balance between capital preservation and yield optimization.

5. Financial Risk Management:

• Identify, assess, and mitigate key financial risks including foreign exchange (FX) risk, interest rate risk, and counterparty risk.
• Design and implement hedging strategies using appropriate instruments.
• Establish robust treasury controls and risk frameworks.
• Monitor global/macroeconomic trends impacting financial exposure.

6. Financial Planning, Strategy & Corporate Finance Support:

• Support the CFO in capital structure planning, fundraising strategies, and project financing structures.
• Provide insights on capital allocation, cost of capital, and treasury efficiency.
• Participate in M&A, joint ventures, and restructuring initiatives, and support financial modelling for power projects.

7. Compliance, Governance & Reporting:

• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (RBI, FEMA, Companies Act, etc.) and internal treasury policies and audit frameworks.
• Manage treasury audits (internal and external).
• Track and report covenant compliance for all borrowings.
• Ensure accurate and timely MIS reporting to the CFO and leadership team.

8. Systems, Process Excellence & Automation:

• Drive implementation of Treasury Management Systems (TMS).
• Actively work towards enhancement of automation in cash forecasting, reporting, and banking interfaces.
• Improve process efficiencies and internal controls within treasury operations.
• Collaborate with IT and finance teams for digital transformation initiatives.

9. Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead and mentor a high-performing treasury and trade finance team.
• Define performance goals and ensure continuous skill development.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration with projects, procurement, finance, and commercial teams.