Director, Treasury

Independence Pet Holdings® (IPH) is one of North America’s largest pet insurance and services organizations. Our impressive family of brands supports insurance for more than 1,000,000 pets in the U.S. and Canada and provides well-being, safety, resources, and business solutions to the pet industry, including microchip identification and an online pet registry.

IPH’s mission is to strengthen the unique bond between pets and their people through our family of innovative products and services. We understand how important pets are: they’re family. Our pack of 1,200 team members embodies a shared passion for positively impacting the lives of our four-legged friends.

Job Summary

IPH is seeking a Director, Treasury responsible for supporting the cash and investing activities for all businesses across North America. An experienced treasury professional, working closely with finance leadership across our assets to promote efficiencies, internal control, and compliance. This key position is expected to be a strategic thought partner, driving capital efficiency, and ensuring the company’s treasury function supports maximizing long-term value creation.

The Director, Treasury reports to the VP, Group Controller-IPH. This role’s responsibilities span across establishing consistent and fundamental processes & procedures within a modern treasury function, standardizing key performance metrics reporting, promoting transparency, and facilitation of communication streams across brands, all while producing reliable cash, credit, and investment management. This is a rapidly growing organization. The drive to deliver timely and effective results in a fast-paced environment is required for this role to be successful.

Location: New York City with 15% travel

Main Responsibilities

• Management of the daily liquidity for our portfolio of brands.
• Preparation of weekly and monthly cashflow reports.
• Partner with finance leaders of our brands to monitor cash flow funding plans, among other liquidity requirements. This includes preparing documentation and facilitating payments for intercompany interest, capital contributions, and dividends.
• Review fund transfers and alignment of cash accounts on a recurring basis.
• Develop and maintain policies related to treasury activities and treasury management.
• Ensure that all proper controls, both internal and regulatory, are in place, documented, and actively followed.
• Actively engage with the controller and FP&A leader to understand and implement planning actions around forecasted cash inflows and outflows.
• Establish and apply impactful key performance indicators and internal communication mechanisms.
• Create and design cash flow and working capital reporting for business and executive leaders, and other committees.
• Assist with cash flow statement projections.
• Develop and manage our new treasury management system, while identifying and implementing opportunities to automate processes.
• Establish and maintain strong banking relationships.
• Manage bank account administration to promote efficiencies and streamlined processes for cash movements.
• Develop and implement risk mitigation strategies.
• Own fixed income investment portfolio. Serve as the primary contact with investment advisors.
• Work with internal M&A partners on acquisition funding.
• Manage corporate cards and enforce policies.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ corporate treasury, banking, or relevant experience to include leadership.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Economics or Accounting
• MBA
• Strong understanding of bank regulations, compliance, and investment options.
• Expertise in cash management, general treasury principles and processes.
• General accounting knowledge.
• High level of familiarity with treasury platforms.
• Proven track record of delivering solutions with a company-first mindset.
• Full-strength skillset using Microsoft Office products.
• Experience with Treasury Management Systems including selection and implementation.
• Experience with global transactions with multiple currency transactions options.
  
  

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All of our jobs come with great benefits including healthcare, parental leave and opportunities for career advancements. Some offerings are dependent upon the location of where you work and can include the following:

• Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance
• Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee
• Company paid short-term and long-term disability
• 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Retirement savings plan
• Personal Paid Time Off
• Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off
• Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations
• Pet friendly office environment
• Commuter Benefits
• Group Pet Insurance
• On the job training and skills development
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)