Scheduled Hours

37.5

Position Summary

Treasury Services (“Treasury” or the “Group”) is comprised of three main functional areas: Treasury Planning & Operations, Insurance & Risk Management, and Student & Parent Loan Programs. Treasury manages the University’s banking, financial, and merchant services, which includes commercial/investment banking/financial vendor products, relationships, and accounts. Treasury manages the University’s in operating assets known as the Treasurer’s Investment Pool (“TIP”), as well as the strategy, operation, and performance of the University’s external long-term debt portfolio and the Internal Bank. The management of TIP includes assessing liquidity levels and working capital through forecasting, recommending appropriate asset allocations, and evaluation of investment options. The Group monitors and projects the University’s cash flow, as well as manages all operating lines of credit and a taxable commercial paper program. Debt management includes market analysis, modeling, issuance, compliance, credit strategy, and management of the Internal Bank. Treasury maintains a collaborative and productive relationship with the WashU Investment Management Company (“WashU IMC”) and ensures that the University’s strategic and tactical liquidity and funding needs are met. Treasury collaborates with finance and campus stakeholders on capital planning and provides oversight of the financial aspects and reporting of the University’s consolidated capital plan. Treasury provides regular updates throughout the year to the WashU IMC Board and other standing committees of the Board of Trustees.

The Assistant Director, Treasury Planning (“Assistant Director”), reports directly to the Director, Treasury Planning & Operations (the “Director”), and is responsible for producing and managing analytics and reporting to support financial decision-making and strategy for Treasury matters. The Assistant Director serves as an integral member of the Director’s team and works with colleagues throughout Treasury Services, as well as various finance and accounting colleagues and campus stakeholders to provide the Treasurer, the CFO, and members of executive leadership with timely and accurate analytics and reporting. The Assistant Director will develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of WashU’s Internal Bank, the Treasurer’s Investment Pool (TIP) and their components, credit and balance sheet strategies, and capital and resource planning. Therefore, the Assistant Director will need to develop a comprehensive understanding of WashU’s institutional goals and support how they relate to the administration and operation of areas within Treasury and vice versa. In addition, the Assistant Director will partner and collaborate with the Senior Financial Projects Analyst to provide day-to-day financial management and reporting of the University’s consolidated capital plan, as well as reporting and tracking of central reserves and resources. The Assistant Director will have expert-level proficiency in developing and utilizing proprietary models and tools. The Assistant Director will be adept at utilizing the University’s enterprise financial system (Workday) and other sources of data. The position supervises one Financial Analyst.

Job Description

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Modeling, Analytics, and Reporting

• Create and maintain complex proprietary Treasury financial models and reports.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance models for short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts to support liquidity and Treasury planning. In collaboration with the Associate Director of Treasury Operations, investigate variances to facilitate strategic decision making. Recommend practice improvements that will lead to greater efficiency of funds utilization.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to source, analyze, and improve complex data sets, including creating new Workday reports and enhancing existing ones.

• Perform analysis to determine the liquidity needs for University operations and the excess liquidity that can potentially be invested in longer-term investments.

• Supervise one Financial Analyst, including providing technical and knowledge training and guidance, managing projects and timelines, and reviewing models, reports, and other work products in alignment with priorities from the Director and the Treasurer.

• Prepare materials and analyses for use by senior management and for presentation to various standing committees of the Board of Trustees. Translate data and analysis into clearly articulated actionable insight.

• Prepare materials and analyses that will be used by financial management to communicate with senior leadership, debt rating agencie