Senior Director – Treasury, Capital Structure, Investor Relations
Firm Overview:
Cambridge Associates is a leading global investment firm. We work with the world’s largest and most sophisticated non-profit institutions, pension plans, and private clients to build investment portfolios that help them meet their philanthropic goals, pensioners’ obligations, or personal endeavors. Our goal is to meet clients wherever they are in the investment process. We offer a variety of services to complement those needs, from acting as an outsourced investment office to providing access to our world-class digital research platform. Committed to independence since our founding 50 years ago, we are motivated only by what is best for our clients.
Our clients trust the experience, leadership, and integrity of our investment professionals. We have a global team of outstanding investment advisors and an extensive research platform to support them. With more than 1,400 employees in 11 locations around the globe, we are constantly looking to discover new ideas for our clients’ portfolios. This extensive network helps us to identify and access the best global investment opportunities all over the world.
Position Summary:
This Senior Director reports to the Chief Financial Officer and plays a key leadership role in managing the firm’s financial resources efficiently, ensuring liquidity, and optimizing investment and capital structure, while minimizing financial risk. The role leads the annual and interim valuation, dilution modeling and reporting, credit origination and management, and supports any capital transactions such as capital raise efforts and shareholder repurchases, and ongoing liquidity management. Supports investor and credit relations activities, including new and ongoing investors and lenders, as well as for special projects and/or business investments.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Treasury Management: Develop and implement effective strategies for managing the Firm’s treasury operations, including cash flow management and investment, and capital allocation.
- Team Leadership: Lead a small team of treasury professionals, provide guidance, mentorship and oversight to ensure the departments’ effectiveness and efficiency.
- Cash Management & Liquidity Planning: Monitor daily cash balances and manage cash flows to ensure liquidity needs are met (US and International); evaluate and manage surplus cash and short-term investments to optimize returns.
- Capital Structure Management: Evaluate debt and equity financing options and strategies for optimization, including debt repayment, rollover and equity buybacks; key role in debt and equity fund raising efforts and supports ongoing requirements.
- Financial Forecasting: Prepare and maintain cash forecasts and models to optimize working capital and to support the firm’s strategic planning and decision-making processes.
- Financial Reporting: Prepare and present financial reports related to treasury activities, capital structure, and risk management to senior management and stakeholders.
- Risk Management: Identify, assess and monitor financial market risks related to interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and market fluctuations; develop and implement hedging strategies to mitigate risks.
- Banking Relationships: Maintain relationships with financial institutions, negotiate terms, and manage banking services; oversee compliance with banking agreements and financial covenants.
- Valuation: Lead the annual valuation process for the Firm; monitor implications to the valuation for intra-period activities such as share repurchases.
- Compliance and Documentation: Stay updated on relevant financial regulations and ensure compliance; maintain accurate documentation of treasury transactions and policies.
- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for process improvements, system enhancements, and technical solutions to streamline treasury operations.
Qualifications and Skills:
- 15+ years experience in corporate finance, preferably with asset/wealth management background.
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field - MBA or CFA designation a plus.
- Proven experience in global treasury operations, capital management and investor relations within the financial services industry, including management of international cash positions, foreign exchange and repatriations.
- Strong knowledge of financial markets, and ability to execute investment strategies, and risk management both domestically (US) and globally.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
- Strong strategic thinking, organizational and business acumen.
- Proficiency in financial modeling, particularly in complex valuation modeling and IRR, and reporting.
- Exceptional analytical, quantitative and problem-solving skills; ability to make informed data-driven strategic decisions to support the Firm’s goals.
- Strong initiative and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated experience in investor and lender relationship management – comprehensive financial reporting and support.
- Comfortable interaction with senior business leaders and shareholders.
- Strong service orientation and partnering style with Finance and business peers; ability to work collaboratively and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
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