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Responsible for optimizing global liquidity and mitigate financial risks to support the company’s growth and ensure long-term financial stability reporting to Chief Financial Officer.• Liquidity Management: Ensuring the company has sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations. This includes cash forecasting and managing working capital for 75 operating entities and over 150 bank accounts. • Debt Management: Managing the company's $150 million debt, including issuance, refinancing, and repayment strategies.• Currency and Foreign Exchange: Managing exposure to foreign currency risk by implementing hedging strategies.• Banking Relationships: Building and maintaining relationships with global banks and financial institutions.• Financial Risk: Identifying and managing risks related to interest rates, foreign exchange, and credit.• Operational Risk: Ensuring that internal processes are efficient and secure to avoid financial losses due to errors or fraud.• Insurance: Managing the company's global insurance policies to protect assets and mitigate potential risks.• Compliance: Ensuring that the company adheres to global regulatory requirements related to financial reporting, risk management, and capital structures.• Strategic Risk: Collaborating with senior executives to assess risks that could affect the company’s long-term strategy.

Greater Atlanta Area

Global leader of Treasury reported directly to the Chief Financial Officer and held responsible for corporate Treasury operation controls and analysis, cash and liquidity management, finance and invested activities, internal controls, risk management and loss prevention, and other financial modeling and analysis related to finance activities. Additional responsibility consisted of global cash flow forecast and KPI reports, managed FX and interest rate exposure/hedging, debt management, consolidated bank relationships, negotiated bank facilities, compliance reports, drove process improvements, assisted/coordinated the integration of acquisitions, divestures, and special projects.Key Accomplishments:• Annual Negotiation of Global Insurance Policies• Refinanced Credit Facilities• Managed RFP and implementation of Corporate Travel and Entertainment and Purchasing Card Program• Re-engineered Canadian Banking Structure• Implemented new banking structure for newly JV acquisition and separation of US entities

Greater Atlanta Area

Managed and oversaw all Treasury operations for North and South America with key responsibility which consisted of cash and liquidity management, cash flow forecast, regional KPI reports, managed bank relationships, negotiated bank facilities, streamline cost, re-engineered regional banking structure, drove process improvements, implemented a new Treasury infrastructure comprised of cash pool structure and TMS, assisted with acquisitions, divestures, and special projects. • End-to-End Process Optimization• Fully Utilize Existing Technology• Mitigate Risk and Improve Operational Controls

Greater Atlanta Area

Led worldwide treasury operations that included US, Canada, Europe, and Asia Pacific which consisted of global cash and liquidity management, global consolidated cash flow forecast, foreign exchange, interest risk, and guarantee management incorporated credit facilities and letters of credit. • Oversaw execution of all letters of credit and bank guarantees which consisted of reviewing and negotiating terms of the agreement and management of lines of credit.• Established and maintained a centralized global banking network structure; executed integrated bank relationship strategies in alignment with Corporate Treasury’s business plan.• Successfully completed the setup of Treasury as part of the carve-out business from Siemens Industry Inc. which consisted of the transition of all processes from central Germany.• Implemented new robust global cash flow forecast tool and cash reporting.• Executed Cash Management infrastructure (processes, products, systems, and policies).• Provided project management for Treasury operations initiatives, including RFP implementatio

Developed and implemented worldwide cash management strategy and structure throughout Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific consisted of maintenance of adequate controls which included the development, implementation of efficient cash management systems, policy and procedures to optimized the mobility of funds, cash balances and network of bank relationships; cash flow forecast, KPI reports; investments and borrowings, acquisition due diligence and integration, currency risk management. • Global Cash Management - Managed the daily Treasury activities of cash position, funds management and reporting; implemented TMS system (Kyriba); promoted policies and controls to ensure security, compliance, and best practices.• Budget - Accountable for the short and long-term growth and financial performance for regions by managing treasury related operating plans and budgets. • Debt/Investment Management - Negotiated and implemented debt facilities; managed debt including borrowings, repayments, loan resets, etc.; managed forecast and regional interest expense and income; reviewed and evaluated recommendations on investment options.• Foreign Exchange Management - Executed foreign exchange policy; identified and managed foreign exchange exposure; executed foreign exchange trades via online banking platforms, Bloomberg, and FX dealers.• Sox Compliance - Ensured compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures; developed and monitored treasury operational policies and controls. Worked with internal/external auditors for quarterly compliance testing.

Led international cash management functions of Newell Rubbermaid throughout Europe, South America, and Asia Pacific, cash and short-term investment management, interest and cash forecasting, overseen bank accounts, 3rd party and intercompany loan reconciliations and established local country credit facilities. Developed and maintained bank relationships, financial risk management, FAS 133, SOX compliance and special assignments included acquisitions and divestures. Managed company’s commercial paper program.

Managed the daily global cash management activities which consisted of cash flow forecasting, management of global bank accounts and bank relationships, cash accounting and cash positioning, subsidiary and intercompany funding, bank administration, and investment proceedings averaging from $6 million to $1 billion per month. Managed debt, conducted investment research, managed the implementation of special projects, provided oversight and executed of Letters of Credit, initiated foreign currency transactions and minimized foreign exchange exposure. Worked very closely with Legal, Tax (domestic & international), Financial Accounting, Accounts Payable/Receivable on internal financial arrangements relating to capital expenditures, repatriation of cash, acquisitions and refinancing. Interacted with internal and external auditors to ensure SOX compliance.

Managed treasury functions totaling $2.4 billion, which consisted of managing cash positions, subsidiary funding, investments, bank account administration, liaison between property agents and equity analyst; reengineered procedures for reporting Global cash positions to Corporate Treasurer, negotiated external credit facilities, increased efficiency of cash flow availability, budget preparations and strategic planning, cash forecasting strategy, intercompany borrowings and repayments, and covenant compliance reporting; coordinated and communicated with management cost-effective controls over the corporate cash position, international liquidity and risk management.

Managed fixed income portfolio averaging $110 million in assets; served as a liaison between Fixed Income Managers and Wall Street brokers, utilized exceptional business and communication skills to ensure accurate investments and integrity; administered strategic analysis, cash flow evaluation, liquidity management, trade execution, performance measurement and client reporting; executed all short-term investment trading for cash management funds totaling $1.5 billion; determined cash forecast, market projections, implemented investment perimeters, investment research, enforced compliance guidelines and traded short-term investment securities averaging $100 million daily.