Senior Director – Treasury Operations
Tenneco
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Northville • Missouri • United States
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About the role
- Senior Director of Treasury operations – Treasury Operations leads day-to-day global treasury execution for ensuring strong liquidity, disciplined cash forecasting, efficient payment operations, effective bank relationship management, and robust treasury controls.
- This role partners closely with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Procurement, Shared Services, and business unit finance to optimize working capital and support strategic initiatives across plants and commercial operations and leadership team.
- Own daily cash positioning for domestic and international entities; ensure sufficient liquidity across operating units.
- Lead short-term and medium-term cash forecasting (e.g., daily/weekly/13-week) and variance analysis; drive continuous improvement in forecast accuracy.
- Manage intercompany funding, cash concentration/zero balancing, and cash repatriation.
- Manage working capital facilities, factoring, supply chain financing.
- Oversee treasury operational workflows.
- Drive standardization and automation of payment processes.
- Manage balance sheet optimization, including working capital management, leveraging financial metrics to ensure efficient use of assets and liabilities.
- Develop strategies to manage and maintain adequate liquidity levels, ensuring that the business can meet its operational and financial obligations while maximizing return on capital.
- Support M&A activity related to treasury functions and manage treasury integration with business units.
- Oversee operational execution of FX hedging program and interest rate risk management.
- Own treasury operations configuration and data integrity within ERP/TMS (e.g., bank statement integration, payment connectivity, interfaces).
- Partner with IT and Shared Services to improve bank connectivity (SWIFT, host-to-host, APIs) and reduce manual processing.
- Maintain treasury policies, procedures, and desk manuals; ensure SOX compliance and audit readiness.
- Support compliance requirements related to sanctions screening processes, payment approvals, and banking regulations.
- Coordinate responses to internal/external audit requests related to cash, payments, and bank controls.
- Lead/mentor treasury operations team and/or shared service teams; set priorities and performance expectations.
- Partner with Tax on repatriation, withholding tax considerations, and cross-border funding support.
- Collaborate with Procurement and Supply Chain on supplier programs (e.g., supply chain finance, dynamic discounting) where relevant.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
- 15+ years of progressive treasury experience, with significant focus on treasury operations/cash management.
- 10+ years of leadership experience in multinational environment
- Strong knowledge of payment methods and bank platforms; practical experience with bank account management and controls.
- Experience in a SOX-controlled environment; strong understanding of segregation of duties and audit requirements.
- Advanced Excel skills; ability to analyze large datasets and build forecasting models.
- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
- Expertise in working capital programs and structured finance
- Preferred Automotive, manufacturing, or multi-site industrial experience (plants, complex supplier base, high-volume payments).
- Experience with a Treasury Management System (e.g., Kyriba) and ERP payment integrations (SAP).
- Exposure to global cash management structures, FX execution support, or intercompany funding.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities
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Hard Skills & Tools
cash forecastingvariance analysisworking capital managementfinancial metricsFX hedginginterest rate risk managementpayment processes automationdata integritybank account managementforecasting models
Soft Skills
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