Director, GBS Treasury (APAC & AMEI)

About the role

Air Liquide's ALBS entity in Kuala Lumpur, which groups the APAC Business Service Centers (Kuala Lumpur and Shanghai) and the Global Functions (IT, Digital and Procurement), is hiring a Director, GBS Treasury (APAC & AMEI). The role provides strategic direction, operational leadership and high-performance management for GBS Treasury across the APAC region and the AMEI region through the Global Capability Center. It covers cash management, short-term funding and investments, foreign exchange, interest rate management, banking relationships and treasury accounting.

Key responsibilities

• Define and drive the Treasury vision and strategy for APAC and GCCI, aligned with Global Treasury, Hub Treasury and GBS objectives.
• Oversee cash concentration, cash flow forecasting, cash pooling, short-term investments and intercompany financing, and manage FX exposure and interest rate hedges.
• Lead the establishment of new legal entities, banking structures and regional expansions, and oversee bank account management and modern payment technologies.
• Supervise daily cash operations, bank reconciliations, payment approvals and month/quarter/year-end closing and reporting.
• Define and monitor KPIs against SLAs, enforce the Internal Control Framework, coordinate internal and external audits, and act as liaison with AR, AP, R2R, Legal, Tax, IT and business units.
• Lead the transition of treasury processes and resources into the GBS center, and champion automation, process mining, data analytics and TMS/ERP enhancements.
• Apply LEAN methods to standardize workflows and lead a team of 25 professionals (managers, supervisors and analysts).

Required profile

• 12+ years of progressive experience in treasury, cash management and financial operations in a multinational corporation.
• 5-6+ years managing multi-country treasury teams in a large Shared Services Center or GBS in the APAC region.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics or a related field; MBA or MS in Finance/Economics preferred.
• Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) or Certified Cash Manager (CCM).

Required skills

• Cash concentration, liquidity structures, cash pooling, FX and interest rate hedging.
• Treasury Management Systems (TMS), ERP, financial modeling, RPA and process mining.
• IFRS and local tax/legal frameworks across APAC.
• Leadership, stakeholder communication and project prioritization.