Director - Treasury

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Director - Treasury

KBR — Delivering Solutions, Changing the World.

KBR brings together the best and brightest to deliver science, technology and engineering solutions that help governments and companies around the world accomplish their most critical missions and objectives.

In everything we do, we are guided by our ONE KBR Values:

• We Value Our People – We create diverse, inclusive environments in which each person can feel safe, respected and valued, and where everyone has opportunities to grow and reach their full potential.
• We Deliver – We are uncompromising in our commitment to deliver innovative, high-quality, technology-led solutions for our customers and exceptional, sustainable value for all our stakeholders.
• We Are People of Integrity – We value honesty, trust, courage, fairness, prudence and tenacity. We believe doing what’s right for the planet, the communities where we work, and our people is good for business.
• We Empower – We empower our people with a shared purpose, the right tools and the supportive culture they need to be proactive decision-makers, to be adaptive to change, and to succeed.
• We Are a Team of Teams – We have a will to succeed, but we value the achievements of our team of teams over individual accomplishments. Our collective focus makes us a better, stronger, more effective company.

We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals. Worldwide, KBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries. At KBR, We Deliver.

Position Description

This position uses technical treasury and managerial expertise to lead/ perform functions to maximize liquidity, optimize capital structure, and reduce financial risks.  The position also leads initiatives for improving KBR’s Treasury and Corporate Finance operating framework to better serve KBR’s business units globally and advance automation and best practices.  This is a highly influential role where coaching, developing and training people is a top priority for building a high-performance organization. The successful candidate will have high impact and be highly visible interfacing with internal colleagues and external parties including senior management, business division finance teams, commercial and investment banks / financial partners, rating agencies, etc. This role also supports the VP & Treasurer as needed during strategic M&A.

Duties and Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include the following activities:

• Prioritize, plan and oversee work activities of departmental personnel to advance KBR financial goals, while providing coaching, training, and development to team members and cross-functional team members.
• Oversee KBR’s daily cash position and daily money movements using internal workbooks/models; maintaining programs linked to external banking systems
• Identifying opportunities to maximize cash availability, and reduce FX volatility, and potentially invest daily cash surpluses.
• Oversee KBR’s currency and interest rate hedging program including the identification of risk exposures, placement of derivative contracts, periodic reporting, and internal control monitoring.
• Lead the financial forecast preparation for cash, debt, and other financial matters (e.g. AR factoring, hedging, banking fees) collaborating with FP&A Accounting and KBR Shared Services in Huntsville, Dubai., and Chennai.

• Oversee maintaining records of KBR public / inter-co debt, performing corporate activities related to AR factoring program, tracking /paying interest and principal payments, administration of interest rate hedges, and analytics of KBR borrowing rates and costs.
• Oversee short-term and quarterly cash flow forecasting process to maximize liquidity while improving the process through collaborations with colleagues in FP&A/Accounting and Shared Services.
• Lead working capital related matters, including, analysis of DSO, DPO, DWC, interest expense/income.
• Assist managing existing corporate banking relationships and other financial institutions to optimize the corporation’s cash management, investment, debt, equity, and risk management decisions.
• Analyze and recommend financial products or services to better serve KBRs capital structure.
   

Additional, periodic responsibilities include:

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