Manager, Treasury
Newport Beach, CA - USA
Job Summary
BKM Capital Partners is a growing real estate private equity firm seeking a driven experienced professional to join our Newport Beach California office. The Treasury Manager will lead the Companys day-to-day treasury function with responsibility for cash management and forecasting liquidity planning banking relationships Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable and loan draw activities across BKMs corporate and property-level entities.
This position will oversee a small team of Treasury professionals and will be responsible for maintaining strong processes controls and reporting across the treasury function. The Treasury Manager will work closely with senior Finance & Accounting leadership Property Management Asset Management Construction Management and other teams across the organization to ensure efficient management and movement of cash throughout the platform.
This role is 100% in-office due to the collaborative nature of our business.
Essential Functions
Treasury & Cash Management
- Lead the Companys day-to-day treasury operations across corporate and property-level entities.
- Oversee cash positioning and liquidity across the organization ensuring sufficient cash is available to meet operating debt service and other funding requirements.
- Lead the preparation and maintenance of short- and medium-term cash forecasts incorporating expected operating activity capital expenditures debt activity acquisitions dispositions and other significant cash flows.
- Monitor actual cash activity against forecasts and identify material variances upcoming liquidity needs and potential funding issues.
- Coordinate cash movements intercompany transfers and other treasury activities to efficiently manage liquidity across the organization.
- Maintain appropriate cash reserves and help identify opportunities to optimize excess cash balances.
- Develop and maintain treasury reporting that provides Finance leadership with clear visibility into cash balances liquidity upcoming funding requirements and other key treasury metrics.
- Establish and maintain appropriate treasury policies procedures internal controls and approval processes.
- Identify opportunities to automate and improve treasury processes controls reporting and systems.
Banking & Financial Institution Relationships
- Serve as a primary point of contact for the Companys day-to-day banking relationships.
- Manage bank account administration including account openings and closings authorized signers user access payment permissions and other banking controls.
- Oversee banking services and platforms including ACH wires positive pay fraud prevention and other treasury management services.
- Review and monitor banking fees and service arrangements and proactively identify opportunities to improve pricing and reduce unnecessary costs.
- Periodically evaluate the Companys banking structure and recommend opportunities to consolidate accounts improve efficiency strengthen controls or optimize services.
- Coordinate with banking partners to resolve operational issues and implement new treasury products and services as appropriate.
- Maintain strong controls over bank account access and payment authority and periodically review user permissions and approval structures.
Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable
- Oversee the Companys Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions across corporate and property-level entities.
- Manage the Treasury teams execution of invoice processing payment workflows collections cash application and related activities.
- Monitor AP and AR aging and ensure outstanding items approval bottlenecks collection issues and other exceptions are actively addressed.
- Ensure payments are processed accurately and timely and in accordance with established approval policies and internal controls.
- Coordinate with Property Management Accounting Asset Management Construction Management and other departments to resolve payment and collection issues.
- Maintain appropriate controls over vendor setup payment changes and cash disbursements to mitigate fraud and operational risk.
- Develop and monitor key AP and AR performance metrics including processing times aging outstanding approvals collections and other relevant measures.
- Lead continued improvement and optimization of the Companys AP and AR processes systems reporting and controls.
Loan Draws
- Lead the Companys loan draw process across the property portfolio and ensure eligible project costs are identified documented submitted and funded timely.
- Oversee the review and tracking of loan draw requirements including eligible costs documentation requirements funding thresholds timing requirements and other lender provisions.
- Coordinate with Construction Management Property Management Asset Management Accounting and other teams to identify reimbursable costs and maximize the timely recovery of capital from lender-controlled reserves and holdback facilities.
- Oversee the preparation review and submission of loan draw packages and ensure required invoices proof of payment lien waivers project documentation and other supporting materials are complete and accurate.
- Maintain visibility into submitted draws outstanding lender requests funded amounts remaining loan availability and expected funding dates.
- Ensure the Treasury team actively follows up with lenders and loan servicers on outstanding draws and promptly addresses lender questions or documentation requests.
- Escalate material delays funding issues or potential covenant and eligibility concerns to Finance leadership.
- Review funded draws against submitted requests and coordinate with Accounting to ensure proceeds are appropriately recorded and applied.
- Continuously improve and standardize the Companys loan draw process tracking documentation and reporting across the portfolio.
Team Leadership & Management
- Manage develop and provide day-to-day leadership to a small team of Treasury Analysts and Senior Treasury professionals.
- Establish clear responsibilities priorities deadlines and performance expectations for the Treasury team.
- Review team deliverables for accuracy completeness and timeliness while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties and internal controls.
- Develop team members through ongoing coaching feedback training and increased responsibility.
- Establish a disciplined operating cadence for AP AR loan draws cash forecasting and other recurring treasury activities.
- Build scalable processes and procedures that support the continued growth of the Companys investment and operating platform.
- Partner closely with Finance & Accounting leadership and other departments to continuously improve the effectiveness of the treasury function.
The Qualifiers
- Bachelors degree in Finance Accounting Business Administration Economics or a related field required.
- 5 7 years of experience in treasury corporate finance accounting commercial real estate banking or a related financial environment.
- Prior experience of managing or supervising team members is strongly preferred.
- Commercial real estate real estate private equity or investment management experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of cash management cash forecasting liquidity management banking operations and payment processes.
- Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) preferred.
- Experience with a Treasury Management System (TMS) especially Kyriba preferred.
- Experience overseeing Accounts Payable and/or Accounts Receivable processes strongly preferred.
- Experience managing banking relationships bank account administration and treasury management services preferred.
- Experience with Yardi or similar real estate accounting and property management systems preferred.
- Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop team members and create accountability.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively across departments and with external partners.
- Motivated and results-driven with a strong work ethic.
- Demonstrates the highest ethical standards.
- Champion the use of AI and emerging technologies to improve process efficiency.
The Perks:
- Competitive Pay Bonus Eligible
- Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance Short & Long Term Disability Pet Insurance Etc.
- Paid Time Off
- 401k Plan Company Match
- Professional Development Resources
- Fun Work Vibe (Indoor basketball/gym creative office space team-building events company training opportunities and much more!)
Required Experience:
Manager
About Company
Why BKM Capital Partners. Our team has worked together for over two decades & our track record totals over 150 million square feet facilitated and...