Associate Director, Treasury Operations

Westlake; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake seeks an Associate Director, Treasury Operations to lead global cash management, banking operations, FX, and treasury controls. You will ensure liquidity, optimize cash use, and manage bank relationships while enforcing DOA and corporate treasury policies.

Collaboration with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Legal, and business units supports funding, risk management, and capital markets activities. The role emphasizes partnership across FP&A and Tax teams, ensuring accurate ledger recording

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in finance, accounting, business, or related field.
• Advanced degree (MBA or related) and/or professional designation (CTP, CFA, CPA) preferred.
• 8–10+ years of progressive experience in treasury, corporate finance, or banking; multinational industrial/chemicals/manufacturing background preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead day‑to‑day global cash management, banking operations, FX and treasury control activities.
• Ensure liquidity and efficient use of cash, manage bank relationships, and enforce DOA and treasury policies.
• Own short‑term 13‑week cash flow forecasting and align with FP&A, Accounting, and business units.
• Optimize bank credit lines and debt service within delegated authority.
• Monitor cash balances and coordinate with Tax and Treasury leadership on cash redeployment.
• Improve core treasury processes including cash management, payments, intercompany funding, and bank fee analysis.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field

MBA or related

CTP

CFA

CPA

Job description

Summary

The Associate Director, Treasury Operations is responsible for leading day‑to‑day global cash management, banking operations, foreign exchange and treasury control activities. This role ensures adequate liquidity, efficient use of cash, effective management of bank relationships, and compliance with corporate Delegation of Authority (DOA) and treasury policies across Westlake. The position partners closely with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Legal, and business units to support funding, risk management, and capital markets activities.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Oversee daily cash positioning, including cash concentration, funding, and investing in accordance with approved guidelines and DOA.
• Owns short‑term 13 week cash flow forecasting processes and ensure alignment with FP&A, Accounting, and business units.
• Optimize use of bank credit lines, including revolver draws/repayments and debt service execution within delegated authority.
• Monitor global cash balances and support strategies to repatriate or redeploy cash efficiently, in coordination with Tax and Treasury leadership.
• Own and continuously improve core treasury processes (cash management, payments, intercompany funding, bank fee analysis, etc.).
• Partner with FP&A, Accounting, Tax, Legal, and Corporate Credit to align treasury operations with broader capital structure, working capital, and risk management strategies.
• Ensure accurate and timely recording of treasury transactions in the general ledger and sub systems.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related field required.
• Advanced degree (MBA or related) and/or professional designation (CTP, CFA, CPA) preferred.
• 8–10+ years of progressive experience in treasury, corporate finance, or banking; experience in a multinational industrial, chemicals, or manufacturing environment preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to touch, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate, as the role is primarily based in an office setting (e.g., Westlake Corporate offices in Houston 5, 6). Some travel may be required for investor conferences, roadshows, plant/site tours with investors and internal meetings. Travel is typically up to 15–25%, including domestic and international air and automobile travel.

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.

Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.