Director, Global Treasury

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The Director of Global Treasury is responsible for leading and optimizing the company's global treasury function across a complex, multi-currency environment. This role oversees liquidity management, global cash visibility, forecasting, credit and financial risk management, and global banking operations. The position plays a critical leadership role in ensuring efficient cash utilization, strengthening banking relationships, and enhancing treasury infrastructure, controls, and processes. The Director of Global Treasury partners closely with senior finance leadership to support strategic decision-making, drive operational efficiency, and enable scalable growth across global operations.

Global Liquidity & Cash Flow Management:
* Oversee daily global cash positioning across all regions, currencies, and operating entities.
* Lead short and long-term cash forecasting, incorporating key drivers (seasonality, fuel costs, and freight volume fluctuations).
* Manage global cash pooling, ZBA, and liquidity structures across global operations to ensure efficient cash concentration.
* Lead cash repatriation activities across AIT subsidiaries in alignment with liquidity needs.
* Lead and oversee cash pooling initiatives, ensuring appropriate structure and ongoing monitoring.
* Establish and maintain global banking policies and procedures related to global bank account opening, closing, and maintenance.
• Credit Management:
  * Manage the company's debt portfolio, including revolving credit facilities and term loans.
  * Support borrowing activities, partner closely with EVP and senior finance leadership to support borrowing decisions, optimizing financing structures, and maintain strong lender relationships.
  * Oversee AIT and its subsidiaries surety bonds, letters of credit (LOC), and bank guarantee programs, ensuring accurate tracking and documentation.
  * Lead initiatives to optimize the use of financial instruments by converting restricted cash to LOC structures in partnership with global banking partners.
  * Ensure timely renewal, amendment, and administration of all debt, LOC and guarantee programs.
• Banking & Global Payments Infrastructure:
  * Manage relationships with global, regional, and local banking partners.
  * Maintain and optimize global bank account structures, payment platforms.
  * Improve cash visibility across entities and regions.
  * Drive initiative to transition global subsidiaries into single banking provider.
  * Drive payment efficiency initiatives, including automation and cost reductions.
  * Ensure strong governance over account signors, admins and account access, signatories, and fraud prevention controls.
  * Establish and maintain global treasury procedures and controls.
• Treasury Operations & Controls:
  * Oversee treasury operations across North America and Canada, including payments, cash management, and banking activities.
  * Ensure compliance with internal policies, regulatory requirements.
  * Strengthen fraud prevention measures, particularly in high-volume payment environments.
  * Drive automation, digitization, and continuous improvement in treasury processes.
• Strategic Business Partnership:
  * Partner with CFO, EVP, finance, operations, procurement, and commercial teams to support business objectives.
  * Support M&A, including due diligence and integration of treasury processes.
• Team Leadership:
  * Lead and develop a global treasury team, including Treasury Manager
  * Establish clear governance, performance metrics, and development plans.
  * Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards
• The wage range for this position is $161,340.00-$242,000.00 and may vary based on geography as well as relative knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience.

Education
* Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field (required)
* Master's Degree (preferred)

Experience
* 10+ years of treasury, corporate finance, or banking experience, at managerial level (required)
* Must have a proven track record managing global treasury operations in a multi-currency environment (required)
* Work experience with treasury management systems (TMS), ERP systems, and payment platforms. (required)
* Work experience in logistics, transportation, freight, enviroment strongly (preferred)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
* FX and interest rate risk management and Intercompany Netting/Clearing programs. Medium
* Cash forecasting in high-volume transaction environments, accuracy and liquidity optimization High
* Cash Pooling High
* Strategic and operational mindset with strong financial acumen High
* Ability to operate in a fast-paced, margin-sensitive, and operationally complex business High
* Excellent stakeholder management across finance, operations, and external partners. High
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities. High
* Treasury process efficiency and automation High
* Banking and transaction cost optimization High

Licenses and Certifications
* Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - (preferred)
* Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) - (preferred)
* Certified Treasury Professional (CTP)-AFP - (preferred)

In addition to your base compensation, you may be eligible for a bonus based on achievement of business and/or individual performance metrics (dependent on position). Benefits offered include Medical, Prescription, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Accounts, Dental, Vision, Life, AD&D, Disability, Supplemental Health, Employee Support, Paid Parental Leave, Pet Insurance, 401(k) and Tuition Reimbursement. In addition, teammates may be eligible for up to 10 to 20 days of vacation (depending on tenure), 2 personal days, 1 floating holiday, 5 sick days, 5 volunteer hours, and 6 company holidays (plus Veterans Day for Veterans) annually.

AIT Worldwide Logistics is a global freight forwarder that helps companies grow by expanding access to markets all over the world where they can sell and/or procure their raw materials, components and finished goods. For more than 40 years, the Chicago-based supply chain solutions leader has relied on a consultative approach to build a global network and trusted partnerships in nearly every industry, including aerospace, automotive, consumer retail, energy, food, government, high-tech, industrial, life sciences and marine. Backed by scalable, user-friendly technology, AIT's flexible business model customizes door-to-door deliveries via sea, air, ground and rail-on time and on budget. With expert teammates staffing more than 150 worldwide locations in Asia, Europe and North America, AIT's full-service options also include customs clearance, warehouse management and white glove services.

AIT Worldwide Logistics is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Veterans/Disabled. If you are unable to apply online due to a disability, contact Human Resources at 630-766-8300 ext 5218.