Treasury and CRM Specialist

Leveraging its deep expertise as the global leader in catalysis and precious metals, BASF Environmental Catalyst and Metal Solutions (ECMS) serves customers in many industries including automotive, aerospace, indoor air quality, semiconductors and hydrogen economy, and provides full loop services with its precious metals trading and recycling offering. With a focus on circular solutions and sustainability, ECMS is committed to helping our customers create a cleaner, more sustainable world. Protecting our elements of life is our purpose and this inspires us to ever-new solutions. ECMS operates globally in 15 countries with approximately 20 production sites and over 4,000 employees.

About the Role / Job Purpose

• Responsibleforexecutionofcashmanagementandforeign currencyhedgingof the legal entity
• Preparation of monthly liquidity forecast reports of legal entity
• Ensurecompliancewithinternalandexternalrulesandregulationsandcorporate governance
• Serveasexpertforcashandforeignexchangemanagementaswellasmoneymarket and currency market development
• Engage with internal and external partners to focus innovations.
• Takeinitiativestostreamline orre-engineertreasury processestowardsdigitalization and best practice standards

Main Task

Responsibleforexecutionofcashmanagementandforeigncurrency hedging of assigned companies under the Treasury Services

Monitor cash management and foreign currency exposure of assigned companies on daily basis and make decisions on cash investment, loan draw-down/repayment and foreign currency hedging. Initiate deal entries in SAP and work closely with Back Office to ensure smooth execution, settlement and accounting entries

Keepuptodateonbankingproducts,moneymarket,currencymarketsandtrading systemsforassignedcountries.Contributetoimprovementincashandcurrencyrisk management strategies and IT infrastructure

Assess and select trading partners for competitive bidding within the scope assigned

Optimizebankaccountstructureintheassignedcountryandmanagingbanking relations

Preparation of monthly liquidity forecast reports of assigned companies

Prepare6-monthrollingcashflowforecastonmonthlybasisfordesignatedcompanies based on business trends and working capital KPIs

Improvecontinuouslyonforecastaccuracybyknowledgesharingandcontributionto global liquidity planning community

Ensurecompliancewithinternalandexternalrulesandregulationsandcorporate governance

StrictlyfollowGroupguidelines,policiesandproceduresinconductingallFrontOffice operation

Ensurefullcompliancewithexternalregulationforallcashmanagementandforeign currency transactions

Support internal and external auditing of Front Office operation

Serveasexpertforcashandforeignexchangemanagementaswellasmoneymarketand currency market development for assigned countries in Asia Pacific

Monitor macroeconomic development in assigned countries

Monitormoneymarketandcurrencymarketdevelopmentofassignedcountriesand contributetocashmanagementandhedgingstrategiesdevelopmentjointlywithCFT.

Provide advisory services to team members as well as non-treasury colleagues

Takeinitiativestostreamlineorre-engineertreasuryprocessestowardsdigitalizationand best practice standards

Review regularly AS-IS operational work flows and identify improvement areas

Maintainrelationshipwithinternalandexternalbusinesspartners,identifynew opportunities in operational efficiency

Identifyareasfordigitalizationtooptimize/improvedatatransparencyandprocess efficiency

RepresentasRegionalTreasuryinglobalandregionalprojectsforcashandforeign currency management topics

Collaboratewithglobalandregionalrelevant units(e.g.TreasuryMiddleOffice,Back Office, Process Experts) in cash and foreign currency management projects

Providecashandcurrencymanagementexpertiseandsupporttootherprojectsas required

CRM Related

• AccordingtoglobalandregionalCRMguidelines,performperiodiccreditriskanalysis and monitor risk development and KPIs for India customers
• ResponsibleforandensurequalityandtimelycompletionofperiodicCRMrelated reportsinclosecollaborationwithlocalBusinessUnits, and controllers
• ProactiveOrderManagement(marketprinciple,excludingprepayment/tech),prompt review and actions according to guidelines
• Support global l CRM projects by sharing country specific CRM knowledge.
• ReviewcurrentCRMprocessesanddrivecontinuousprocessimprovementtomaximize efficiency and maintain proper risk control
• WorkverycloselywithGlobalCreditManagementcolleaguesforspecific projects
• Liaise with the Internal and External statutory auditors for the area of responsibilities.

Education

• Education: CA
• WorkingExperience:3-7years’experienceintheareaofcreditriskmanagement,cash managementandforeignexchangetradingandriskmanagementpreferablyin automobile industry
• Knowledge in SAP and advance computer skills in MS Office application

Desired

Profoundunderstandingandoperationexperienceinfinanceandtreasurysuchascash forecasting,pooling,netting,bankdeposits,loans,moneymarket,foreigncurrency derivativesaswellaslocalfinancerelatedregulatoryframeworkandenvironmentin major Asia countries

Ability in developing and analysing cash flow statement and liquidity forecast plans

ProficientskillsinExcel,Word,PowerPoint,SAP,360T,,BloombergandPower BI

High proficiency in English with strong communication and interpersonal skill