Director of Treasury

Company Overview:

Party City Holdco Inc. (PCHI) is a global leader in the celebrations industry, with its offerings spanning more than 70 countries around the world. Party City is the largest retailer of party goods in North America.

PCHI operates across multiple businesses within its Retail Division and Consumer Products Division. On the retail side, Party City (partycity.com) is the leading omnichannel retailer in the celebrations category, operating more than 750 company-owned and franchise stores. The Consumer Products Division includes design and manufacturing entity Amscan, an industry leader in celebration décor, tableware, costumes, and accessories.

PCHI is headquartered in Woodcliff Lake, N.J. with additional locations throughout the Americas and Asia.

Job Overview:

The Director, Treasury will have responsibility for corporate liquidity, investments, and risk management related to the company's financial activities. This Director, Treasury will play a key role on the finance team, overseeing the allocation of cash balances, ensure compliance with debt instruments, and preparation of corresponding financial forecasts. The incumbent will ensure departmental policies and procedures meet the organization's objectives, needs, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Monitor PCHI’s cash and debt balances; make recommendations on cash movements and debt repayments for each entity's liquidity structure
• Manage daily cash position, disbursements, bank accounts, and funds movement.
• Maintain strong relationships with lending and cash management banking teams. Responsible for all compliance reporting.
• Ensure PCHI’s cash flow is adequate to operate effectively:
• Forecast cash flow positions, related borrowing needs, and available funds for investment
• Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital investment requirements
• Oversee global cash movement and repatriation in collaboration with tax team to include overseeing transfer pricing, intercompany loan, shared service agreements, and foreign currency exchanges and positions
• Direct communication with the CAO, CFO and other finance leaders to provide regular insight and updates on status of Treasury-related activities, including interest rate risk, liquidity risk, the investment portfolio as well as overall market conditions
• Maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over treasury activities
• Partner with other departments, such as legal, FP&A, tax and accounting, on a range of topics
• Support the preparation of materials for Board of Directors meetings
• Evaluate/manage potential hedging opportunities to mitigate financial risks related to foreign currencies and certain commodities.
• Other ad hoc responsibilities

Skills Required:

• Collaborative team player with a hands-on approach; a roll-up-the-sleeves mentality
• Strong track record of success in driving execution and delivering business results
• Strong forecasting and modeling skills
• Solid analytical and quantitative skills.
• Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, for dealing with company funds and managing substantial contracts and capital projects

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of related experience in finance and/or treasury for a mid to large company
• Strong broad-based knowledge of capital and currency markets, accounting, finance, and tax
• Strong experience with Excel