Introduction to Specific BU/Country
Regional Treasury is a core function within Group Finance with specific focus on cash and liquidity management, funding strategies, FX management, and payment solutioning. Regional Treasury provides oversight to all the treasury activities that are executed in the respective countries that Lazada operates in.
The Role
The candidate will be the Treasury Business Partner (TBP) supporting one or multiple countries based in Malaysia. Treasury BP is one of the key pillars within Regional Treasury, acting as the treasury partner and advisor to facilitate business growth in the countries. Being the main treasury point of contact for the business on the ground, the candidate will interact with multiple stakeholders on a frequent basis, including Country Business teams, Logistics teams, Product Development Tech teams and Finance Business Partners. The candidate must be able to collaborate across internal stakeholders in Finance, Treasury, Legal and Tax as well as manage external partners like banks and payment service providers.
Reporting
The candidate will report into the Vice President of Treasury based in Singapore.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities
Perform analysis to understand the cash flow and working capital requirements for all entities within the assigned country; Provide insight to relevant stakeholders from cash flow perspectives to help drive business decisions.
Provide updates on Treasury related projects at regular meetings with local, senior Finance management.
Partner with internal teams on new initiatives in order to drive business growth, capture market opportunities or to improve operations and customer experiences; Work closely with customer care teams to understand customers' requirements, identify opportunities for improvement, formulate solutions and drive implementation.
Provide advisory and banking or financial market expertise support to the business.
Manage local bank relationships.
Develop strategies, evaluate, structure and drive implementation of banking solutions to optimize business cashflows and drive commercial value in support of business objectives; Lead and manage other treasury projects/initiatives as needed.
Streamline bank account structures across all group entities.
Establish liquidity management structure to achieve operation and cost efficiency; Explore solutions to improve cash-on-delivery collection & management.
Keep up-to-date regulatory changes in the region/local countries that could improve treasury management and practices.
Provide guidance and mentorship to the Shared Service Centre treasury team who will support Treasury operations.
Job Requirements
Qualifications & Skills
Bachelor's degree in Finance or Accounting; Master's degree or CPA/CA/AMCT/CFA Charter Holder is a plus.
Minimum 5 years of working experience in Finance-related fields including 3 years of experience in Corporate Treasury in multi-national company.
Solid understanding of treasury management practices and payment landscapes (particularly for ASEAN region), treasury systems, policies and procedures for a global organization.
Strong analytical skills; Good in problem solving.
Results and detail-oriented, strong project management and collaboration skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and Mandarin are required.
Strong communication skills and experience interacting with all levels of Management.
Ability to excel in a fast paced environment where multi-tasking and short timelines are met with ability to deliver consistent results.
Proficiency with Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
Have strong ethics and integrity; risk-oriented and controls mindset.
A team player with the ability to work independently.
Able to work in a fluid and sometimes ambiguous environment; capable of adjusting and adapting based on new information and developments; open to change.
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