Treasury Director

Fort Lauderdale, FL - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

GA Telesisis a global leader providing integrated solutions to the aviation and aerospace industrieswith a continuously expanding presence in new countries worldwide. We serve over 2000 customers including airlines original equipment manufacturers maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) Telesis Ecosystem is a vast global network spanning 54 locations in 30 countries on six continents. At GA Telesis our core business is integrated aviation solutions and our mission is customer success.

The Treasury Director of Operations is a senior individual contributor role responsible for establishing and leading the global treasury function for GA Telesis a multi-entity multi-currency commercial aerospace organization engaged in parts trading MRO and aircraft engine and component leasing.This role blends hands-on execution with strategic leadership across cash and liquidity management banking and lender relationships and financial risk management. A key near-term priority will be leading the transition of the companys primary working capital financing from an asset-based lending (ABL) facility to a cash flow revolver.

This is a standalone position with no direct reports initially working closely with FP&A and Accounting teams. The Director will oversee day-to-day treasury operations while designing and implementing a scalable framework to support future growth including the potential to build out a team over time. This role reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

**Important Notice:
Eligibility Requirement: Only U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents will be considered for this position.

Responsibilities:
1. Cash and liquidity management

Own and manage daily global cash positioning including monitoring bank balances funding operating accounts managing cash sweeps and optimizing use of revolving credit facilities.
Work with FP&A team to prepare short and mediumterm cash flow and liquidity forecasts (weekly monthly and longer horizon 13 week) working closely with CFO FP&A and Accounting to align forecasts with business plans capex lease flows and working capital requirements globally.
Work with CFO and FP&A team to manage working capital from a treasury perspective in a parts inventory MRO and aircraft leasing environment ensuring sufficient liquidity to support trading activity and MRO activity and a dynamic cash cycle while minimizing idle cash.
Execute and approve payments and receipts (wires ACH FX settlements intercompany transfers) in line with delegated authorities and controls and oversee bank reconciliations in coordination with global accounting AR and AP teams.

2. Treasury operations systems and controls

Establish document and maintain treasury policies procedures and control frameworks appropriate for a private company including segregation of duties using existing finance resources.
Jointly administer with Controller and legal teams all bank accounts and banking platforms globally: openings/closings signatories user access and entitlements KYC/AML documentation and bank fee reviews.
Select implement and directly use a Treasury Management System (TMS) or other bespoke tools to improve visibility automation and control over cash forecasts and exposures.
Ensure robust control over cash investments and financial instruments and support any SOXlike or lenderdriven control requirements.

3. ABL to cashflow revolver transition

Act as the treasury lead for the transition from an ABL facility to a cashflowbased revolver owning the treasury workstream across structuring documentation and operationalization.
Design and implement processes and reporting to support a covenantdriven revolver (e.g. leverage ratio fixedcharge coverage minimum liquidity) replacing borrowingbase mechanics as the primary capacity constraint.
Build maintain and continuously refine practical dashboards and analytics for liquidity revolver availability covenant headroom and earlywarning indicators providing the CFO and C-suite and lenders with clear actionable insight.
Coordinate closely with lenders and internal/external counsel on treasuryrelated sections of credit agreements cash management requirements reporting packages and ongoing compliance.

4. Industry / domain: commercial aerospace parts trading MRO and leasing

Manage liquidity and risk in a commercial aerospace environment with significant parts inventory (including rotables repairables new parts) long lead times and long repair cycles and complex commercial arrangements.
Understand working capital dynamics in parts trading and MRO: LOT and tear downs new part distribution consignment management brokering and exchange arrangements and how these affect cash conversion and financing needs.
Understand complex commercial aircraft leasing financing structures and airline payment structures and behaviors

5. Risk management and investments

Identify monitor and manage key financial risks including liquidity risk foreign exchange risk (multicurrency client cost structure and vendor base) interest rate risk on floatingrate debt and counterparty/bank risk as well as protect against all forms of potential financial fraud
Analyze and recommend and where appropriate execute pragmatic FX and interestrate risk management strategies (e.g. natural hedging selective hedging match funding matching of currency flows).
Manage investment of excess cash within boardapproved policies with emphasis on capital preservation daily liquidity and compliance with lender requirements.

6. Stakeholder management

Serve as the primary point of contact for all treasury matters with the CFO executive team owners/sponsors banks and private credit lenders.
Prepare and deliver concise decisionoriented reporting on cash liquidity revolver utilization covenant status and key treasury KPIs for the CFO executive management and board.
Work closely with Accounting FP&A Tax Legal and business units to ensure treasury considerations are embedded in budgeting capital allocation M&A lease transactions and major commercial/operational initiatives.
Represent treasury in discussions with external stakeholders including auditors rating agencies (if applicable) and key commercial partners where treasury topics are relevant.

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Economics or related field; MBA CPA CFA or CTP strongly preferred.
10 years of progressive experience in corporate treasury investment or corporate banking corporate finance or related roles including substantial handson cash management and liquidity forecasting.
Experience operating in a privately held or sponsorbacked company with at least midmarket scale (ideally $500M revenue; preference for $1B and global footprint).
Preferred demonstrated experience leading or being the primary treasury owner on a transition from an ABL facility to a cashflowbased revolver including design of new processes reporting and covenantmonitoring tools.
Strong understanding of credit agreements and financial covenants (leverage ratios fixedcharge coverage minimum liquidity restricted payments etc.) and comfort interacting directly with lenders and their advisors.
Industry or adjacent experience in commercial aerospace parts trading MRO aircraft/engine/component leasing or complex industrial and trading profiles
Proven ability to operate as a senior standalone practitioner: equally comfortable running daily cash building models/dashboards and engaging in highlevel discussions with lenders sponsors and the CFO/board.
High proficiency in Excel and strong familiarity with ERPs bank platforms and (ideally) a TMS; bias toward automation and process improvement.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex treasury and covenant topics in clear practical language to nontreasury stakeholders.

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GA Telesisis a global leader providing integrated solutions to the aviation and aerospace industrieswith a continuously expanding presence in new countries worldwide. We serve over 2000 customers including airlines original equipment manufacturers maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) Telesis Ecosy...

Own and manage daily global cash positioning including monitoring bank balances funding operating accounts managing cash sweeps and optimizing use of revolving credit facilities.
Work with FP&A team to prepare short and mediumterm cash flow and liquidity forecasts (weekly monthly and longer horizon 13 week) working closely with CFO FP&A and Accounting to align forecasts with business plans capex lease flows and working capital requirements globally.
Work with CFO and FP&A team to manage working capital from a treasury perspective in a parts inventory MRO and aircraft leasing environment ensuring sufficient liquidity to support trading activity and MRO activity and a dynamic cash cycle while minimizing idle cash.
Execute and approve payments and receipts (wires ACH FX settlements intercompany transfers) in line with delegated authorities and controls and oversee bank reconciliations in coordination with global accounting AR and AP teams.