Director, Treasury & Insurance

Scorpion Therapeutics; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 182,000 - 247,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity incentive

Retirement match

Paid leave

Medical/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Scorpion Therapeutics in San Diego is seeking a Director of Treasury to develop and execute the treasury strategy, governing plans, and policies. You will lead cash forecasting, liquidity management, and capital markets activities, while overseeing investment strategy, debt facilities, and risk management.

The role partners with Tax, Accounting, Legal, and senior leadership to optimize capital structure and payouts.

Qualifications

• Develop and execute treasury strategy, operating plan, and policies.
• Lead cash forecasting, liquidity management, and stress testing.
• Oversee investment portfolio strategy and debt facilities.
• Manage banking relationships and treasury operations.
• Support capital markets activities and covenant compliance.
• Lead treasury tech roadmap and automation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute treasury strategy and multi-year capability roadmap.
• Lead treasury governance, controls, and policy compliance.
• Oversee intercompany funding/settlement and tax/accounting collaboration.
• Partner on acquisitions, divestitures, and licensing via treasury due diligence.
• Build risk management framework for FX, rates, and liquidity.
• Drive treasury technology adoption (Kyriba, automation).

Skills

Treasury leadership

Cash forecasting

Liquidity management

Capital markets

Risk management

TMS Kyriba

Financial modeling

Intercompany funding

Education

BS/BA or MBA/MS Finance

Tools

Kyriba

Job description

About The Role (Director of Treasury)

• Develop and execute treasury strategy, operating plan, policies, performance measures, and multi-year capability roadmap.
• Build scalable treasury capabilities (governance, processes, controls, technology).
• Lead cash forecasting, liquidity management, and short-/long-term liquidity planning (incl. stress testing).
• Lead investment portfolio strategy/execution (cash deployment, maturity/duration, liquidity segmentation, counterparty/custody, policy compliance).
• Manage banking/financial institution relationships; lead treasury operations (cash positioning, bank administration, signatories, payment controls, fraud prevention, compliance, documentation).
• Manage intercompany funding/settlement processes; partner with Tax/Accounting/Legal.
• Support capital markets/financing (credit facility administration, covenant compliance, lender communications, interest rate risk, credit rating/debt access).
• Recommend capital allocation (liquidity reserves, investments, debt, acquisitions, shareholder returns).
• Build financial risk management framework (FX, interest rate, liquidity, counterparty); evaluate hedging/derivatives and partner on accounting/reporting.
• Support strategic transactions (acquisitions/divestitures/licensing) via treasury due diligence.
• Lead treasury technology roadmap (Kyriba, connectivity, reporting, automation/AI).

Insurance

• Lead property & casualty and D&O program administration; annual renewals/placements; broker/carrier management.
• Oversee global clinical trial insurance programs; partner across functions for risk/contractual requirements.

Requirements

• BS/BA (or MBA/MS/MA) with 12+ (or 10+) years in treasury, capital markets, investments, corporate finance, and/or insurance.
• Deep corporate treasury/insurance knowledge; advanced modeling/forecasting/stress testing.
• Experience with credit facilities, debt compliance, capital markets; corporate insurance placement/design.
• Working knowledge: hedge accounting/ASC 815 and related reporting/controls.
• Kyriba or other TMS, bank connectivity/process transformation (preferred); AI/workflow automation/analytics.
• Preferred: acquisition/geographic expansion experience; CTP/CFA/CPA/MBA/MS Finance.

Compensation/Benefits

• Base salary: $181,500–$247,000; annual bonus (target 35%) and equity incentive eligibility; retirement match, paid leave/vacation/holidays, medical/dental/vision.