Global Senior Treasury Manager (all genders)

At Bakelite, you’ll help us create a better tomorrow with sustainable and innovative chemistry today. We’re Everywhere. Everywhere you look, you’ll find products enabled by Bakelite, from stronger homes to safer automobiles and everywhere in between. With more than 100 years of history and strong customer relationships, we boldly engineer sustainable products to tackle our world’s most challenging demands. Join Our Team and Help Us Build a Stronger, Safer, Better World. It’s Better with Bakelite. Global Senior Treasury Manager (all genders) What does a typical day look like? These are your main tasks: Lead the global cash management, liquidity forecasting, ABL compliance, and treasury operations across the US and Europe. Be responsible for ensuring disciplined liquidity management, accurate lender reporting, and strong treasury controls within a leveraged capital structure environment What exciting challenges will you take on in this role? These are your Job Responsibilities Liquidity Management & Cash Forecasting Own the global 13-week rolling cash flow forecast, including weekly updates, variance analysis, and executive reporting Develop forecast assumptions in partnership with FP&A, AR, AP, procurement, and operations Identify liquidity risks, timing gaps, and short-term funding needs Provide weekly liquidity reporting to senior leadership Drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy and visibility Establish structured variance tracking and root cause analysis. Daily Cash Operations & Working Capital Oversee global daily cash positioning across multiple legal entities and banking platforms Optimize cash deployment, intercompany funding, and account structures Ensure efficient payment execution and funding prioritization Support working capital improvement initiatives (DSO, DPO, inventory impact on liquidity) Monitor bank balances, cash concentration, and pooling structures ABL Borrowing Base & Debt Compliance Lead preparation and review of ABL borrowing base certificates Validate collateral reporting (AR, inventory, reserves, ineligibles) Ensure compliance with borrowing base requirements and advance rate calculations Coordinate lender reporting and respond to lender inquiries Monitor debt covenant compliance and support quarterly debt reporting Partner with Accounting and FP&A to ensure data integrity in reporting. Treasury Systems & Controls (Kyriba Preferred) Own administration, governance, and optimization of the Treasury Management System Maintain bank connectivity, payment workflows, and user access controls Ensure compliance with internal control framework and SOX requirements Document and standardize treasury processes Lead audit support related to treasury operations Identify automation opportunities and reduce manual processes Banking & External Relationships Maintain and manage global banking relationships Support negotiations related to banking services, fees, and credit facilities Coordinate account openings, closures, and signatory updates Oversee KYC documentation and compliance requirements. Team Leadership & Organizational Development Directly manage US and Europe treasury team members Establish clear accountability and role ownership Provide coaching and technical development Improve team structure to reduce key-person dependency risk Create scalable operating procedures for global treasury Risk Management & Governance Identify liquidity, operational, and compliance risks within treasury Implement controls to mitigate execution and reporting risk Support enterprise risk management initiatives as they relate to treasury Ensure accurate and timely reporting to executive leadership What is required to be successful in this role? (Education & Experience): 6+ years of progressive treasury experience Strong experience managing 13-week cash flow forecasting Experience operating in a leveraged or private equity-backed environment preferred Treasury Management System experience (Kyriba strongly preferred) Prior experience managing or mentoring team members. We are an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, minority status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, status as a qualified individual with a disability or any characteristic protected by law. Disclaimer: We are not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms/employment agencies for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails to an employee about this position. All resumes submitted by search firms/employment agencies to any employee of the Company via email, the Internet or in any other form and/or method without a valid written search firm agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Company; no fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by the Company as a result of the unsolicited referral or through other means.