Cash Manager
Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Fr
• Forecast and manage all cash functions, including a $16 billion Mexican Peso credit line, cash flow, banking relationships, and reporting.• Ensure sufficient funds are available to meet ongoing operational and capital requirements. • Develop and improve upon the accuracy of the rolling daily and 3-month cash forecast. • Monitor interest payments on credit line and ensure the validity of lender calculations.• Collaborate with AP, AR, Legal, and Accounting to continuously update financial forecast models and maintain proper liquidity for Michelin entities. • Manage relationships with banking partners at HSBC, Citi, Citi Banamex, Santander, and Bank of America to ensure all bank accounts are up to date and efficient with innovative banking products. • GCE bank implementation project. Worked with Citi Banamex directly in Mexico to implement the GCE product replacement for the ZBA bank structure for automatic cash pooling between bank accounts and reduce overall bank fees charged. • Negotiated credit line limit between Michelin Mexico and Citi Banamex to a new increased limit of $316 million MXN.• Helped review liquidity and long-term forecasts to restructure debt for Michelin Mexico. Replaced the current $6 billion MXN loan for an equity injection of $3 billion MXN and a credit line increase with internal bank. • Key User for Treasury Management Systems Quantum and FIS-Trax. First point of contact between users of the systems and the in-house IT department. Worked on 2 system wide upgrades. • Worked with Bank of America and Prime Revenue to open a virtual bank account to facilitate Supply Chain Finance with suppliers. Collaborated with Accounts Payable and Legal to open the new virtual bank account and begin uploading suppliers into the system which allows them to negotiate payment terms directly with Prime Revenue without impacting Michelin.