KERING Treasurer APAC

Your opportunity

Reporting to the APAC Senior Treasury and Payment manager, you will be in charge to manage financing, treasury and payment topics for our activity in APAC (excluding China, Japan and Korea) across all brands liaising with the Group Payment manager and the Corporate Treasury team in Paris. The position is based in Kering Malaysia Shared service office in Petaling Jaya.

How you will contribute:

Cash & Liquidity Management

• Compile liquidity forecast and analyze and monitor the liquidity position.

• Handle and monitor region cash pool and perform cash dis-positioning via SAP.

• Manage Internal and External loan application and rollover.

• Cash Pooling and Interest Scale in house posting and Bank system.

Banking Infrastructure

• Manage Banking Credit Facilities limits, ensure limits sufficient allocate to Brand.

• Bank E-Banking Portal account administration, bank authorization and service set-up, manage user access and role.

• Advisory and troubleshooting of bank account and payment related topics.

• Implement new bank account (BAM) and payment infrastructure and SWIFT connectivity.

• Maintain bank account master data in BAM, create, modify and close bank account when it is needed.

• Manage Electronic Bank Statement (EBS), prompt action solving if EBS not received in SAP.

• Liaise with the Brand and Internal Legal on the process of opening and closure of external bank accounts and update group banking database to ensure accurate capturing of local bank and BAM account data.

Bank Power of Attorney (POA)

• Manage update bank signatories, liaise with Internal Legal, advise and assist Brand in Power of Attorney (PoA) process.

• Manage Board Resolution (BR), liaise with Bank Officer's on the draft BR of confirmation proceed circulate Board Director.

• Support all the required Bank documentation of update Bank Signatories, including Certify True Copy.

In Store Payment

• Manage and coordinate Terminal new request in store and new user store staff/Kering OTC access

• Manage Payment Link user access and termination.

Bank Guarantee

• Manage new, renewal of Bank Guarantee (BG), ensure BG limit is sufficient allocate.

• Reconciliation BG records montly, ensure accurate record, no duplicate BG earmark in Banking Facilities Limits and Brand return the expired/open-ended BG to Bank and uplift from liability and limits.

• Inform Brand monthly of the BG utilisation and liaise with Brand if any BG limit matter.

Overarching Activities

• Ensure compliance with each local regulation and Global standards process on above topics.

• Manage Treasury documentation and administration in accordance with standard process and ensure compliance with Global policy .

• Continued process and solution optimization and automate work process.

• Ensure accurate record keeping, consistency and transparency of transactions.

• Support internal control and audit for above activities.

• Job scope rotation in MY/ SG/ HK/ MO/ AU/ NZ/ TH/ VN/ PH/ IN/ TW, one head count in charges 3 - 4 countries, depending on seniority level and experience.

• Any additional operational tasks as assigned by Regional Treasury and Payment Senior Manager.

Who you are?

• Academic background: minimum bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in business administration, Accounting or Finance or Banking

• 3-5 years’ experience in Corporate Treasury, preferably in an MNC environment.

• Excellent communication skills and proficient in business English and Chinese and ability to articulate thoughts clearly, written and verbal.

• Proactive and Effective in communication with Brand/Internal Legal team and Bank Officers.

• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office, experience in create and using Microsoft Forms and Power Automate.

• A great teammate with strong sense of ownership.

• Decent learning agility and analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Experienced user of bank portals and understands the flow.

• Inquisitive and reciprocal to other functions.

• Good understanding of information system, workflows and technologies in workplace.

• Important behavioral traits which must have includes accountable, responsible, transparent, and reliable.

• Have a strong functional knowledge of treasury.

• Good business acumen and understands cross-function interdependencies.

• Experience with a Diapason and Treasury knowledge of SAP is a plus, but not mandatory.

• Experience in handling Regional stakeholders.

• Experience working with International Financial/Banking Institutions, and a thorough knowledge of Commercial Banking Practices is an added advantange.

Why work with us?

This is a fabulous opportunity to join the Kering adventure and to actively contribute to the development of the business by becoming part of a dynamic team in a global Luxury Group that offers endless possibilities to learn and grow. Talent development is a managerial principle at Kering, and we are committed to fostering internal mobility. Our common vision promotes leadership skills and helps every employee to reach their full potential in a stimulating and fulfilling workplace environment.

Kering is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms – gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation – enrich the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.