Sr. Lead Analyst, Treasury Capital Markets

Overview

The Treasury Financial Risk Analytics (Capital Markets) team strives to be ambassadors who take calculated risks to provide value-added analysis and maintain a Center of Excellence bounded by forward thinking and integrity.  We aim to tell stories that bridge the gap between data and decision making.  Our team is responsible for mitigating the financial risk for the company. The Financial Risk Analytics team manages credit risk, interest rate risk, commodity risk, currency risk, liquidity risk, payment risk, market risk, bank risk, operational risk, vendor financial health risk, fraud risk, working capital, and economic market risk.

 

The Chick-fil-A Financial Risk Sr. Lead Analyst will lead data intensive projects to help manage and mitigate financial risk for the company.  This corporate treasury role will focus on complex problem-solving by leveraging financial data to complete analysis related to forecasting, financial metrics, process automation, lease versus buy exploration, net present value & return on investment metrics, annual review of weighted average cost of capital (WACC) analysis published company-wide, bank risk, assess vendor financial health for existing strategic vendors and all new vendor relationships, economic market risk, as well as additional cash flow modeling projects.

 

The Financial Risk Analytics team is responsible for all existing and new debt issuance and maintaining relationships with various banks, Credit Rating Agencies, Private Placement Investors (30+ Insurance Companies), and other external parties. This role will help maintain investor relation duties by aiding in development and enforcement of IR related policies, scheduling banking/investor related events, building financial & business update presentations to help manage communication with banks, private placement investors, and Credit Rating agencies; ensure compliance with all legal agreements and associated covenants and reporting requirements, responding to incoming questions and data requests from various investor groups and providing relevant data while also protecting the brand; and maintaining deal sites (Intralinks, SyndTrak). Analysis completed within this role will have internal stakeholders across the organization including but not limited to: Corporate Financial Reporting, FP&A, Treasury, Corporate Procurement, and Accounts Payable, as well as external stakeholders and therefore this role requires developing relationships business and industry wide.

 

The Financial Risk Analytics team also manages Dynamic Discounting, Supply Chain Finance, and static ERP payment terms in order to expedite payments to strategic vendors while also being a good steward of the Company's cash balances and working capital. This role will conduct analysis to help determine appropriate payment terms by industry and payment channel. Building trust and influence among Accounts Payable, Corporate Procurement, and Legal is paramount.

 

This role requires a thorough understanding of Microsoft Office tools but also allows for personal growth in various corporate financial aptitudes.

 

Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.

Responsibilities

• Manage the short-term investment portfolio, making decisions based on the individual’s expertise in that area
• Makes recommendations on changes to the investment, commodity, & FX hedging policy
• Leads the lease vs purchase analysis process with our leasing partners and being able to negotiate both terms & conditions and pricing independently
• Partnering with Supply Chain in evaluating methods to minimize our risks to the fluctuation in the movement of commodity prices making recommendations on hedging our commodity risk
• Evaluating options to minimize the risk of the movement in foreign currency based on market expertise and good understanding of monetary risk to the company
• Leading the Financial Risk work with Corporate Procurement, Legal, and Accounts Payable on working capital related payment questions and projects.
• Conducting analysis and making recommendations regarding Dynamic Discounting, Supply Chain Finance, and future early pay programs in order to show care to our vendors while being a steward of our liquidity and working capital
• Managing the debt compliance and financial reporting process for the company on a quarterly basis with both our credit banks and our private placement investors
• Managing reporting requirements for Credit Rating Agency; building relationships companywide to assist in procuring data necessary to address Rating Agency questions and updates
• Leading the effort on performing vendor financial health analysis to help the compan