Treasury Specialist

Location: 

HK

The Atlas Corp. and Seaspan teams are goal-driven and share a high-performance culture, focusing on building services offerings to become a leading asset manager. Seaspan provides many of the world's major shipping lines with alternatives to vessel ownership by offering long-term leases on large, modern containerships and pure car, truck carriers (PCTCs) combined with industry leading ship management serves. Seaspan's fleet has evolved over time to meet the varying needs of our customer base. We own vessels in a wide range of sizes, from 2,500 TEU to 24,000 TEU vessels. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Corp, Seaspan delivers on the company's core strategy as a leading asset management and core infrastructure company.

Position Description:

Reporting to the Manager, Treasury, the Treasury Specialist is responsible for maintaining data & documentation necessary to drive daily operations for Atlas Corp. and its subsidiaries as well as ensuring adequate liquidity is sufficient for daily operational cash flows. The Treasury Specialist will be the key point of contact for the Company’s global banking platforms and a specialist in managing the various banking connections. This role is responsible for “Know Your Client” (KYC) documentation related to banking regulations and requirements in the various countries where the organization operates and includes requirements for the management of bank accounts and related processes and remaining compliant with changing bank requirements. The Treasury Specialist is the primary administrator for the Treasury Management System (TMS); the Marine Insurance program as well as the Corporate Credit Card program for Atlas and it’s subsidiaries.

 

Job Responsibilities:

  • Updates and maintains accuracy of all bank documentation with global banking partners including resolutions and certificates of incumbency 
  • Maintain Master Bank Account list, ensuring list is kept current, including signatories, administrators, and banking functionalities for all bank accounts globally 
  • Prepare documentation for all bank account openings and closings 
  • Prepare KYC documentation as required for opening new accounts as well as for meeting banking requirements for existing accounts   
  • Execute daily Treasury operations, ensuring timely and accurate transaction processing in line with organizational policies, proper funding of bank accounts, initiation of borrowing and pay down requests, and completion of all required reporting.
  • Investigate and troubleshoot payment related discrepancies in collaboration with other teams and work towards resolving them.
  • Main point of contact and primary administrator for all global banking platforms responsible for tracking and maintaining all bank account information through the Treasury Management System (TMS) 
  • Accountable for daily cash management processes to ensure that all transactions are processed with 100% accuracy, bank accounts are funded, borrowing and pay down request are initiated, and all necessary reporting is completed    
  • In accordance with established guidelines and targets, performs daily operational activities for Treasury, including ensuring that various payments and transfers are performed, approved, and released in accordance with organization policies and practices 
  • Monitoring and managing bank accounts and funding across Atlas and its subsidiaries 
  • Coordinate and prepare daily cash positioning and cash reports 
  • Investigate and troubleshoot payment related discrepancies in collaboration with other teams and work towards resolving them 
  • Execute Foreign Exchange spot trades 
  • Ensure Treasury Administration task are managed through the internal Bank Administration portal and the portal is kept current 
  • Files daily automated reports to correct locations for the liquidity reporting to refresh 
  • Assures accounts are set up on the company's TMS accurately and efficiently 
  • Inputs data into the TMS to report accurate balances and transactions 
  • Maintains data integrity in TMS and creates logic to code bank transactions properly for the Financial Reporting team 
  • Research failed file imports and troubleshoots to resolve 
  • Creates payment templates in TMS for upcoming activity 
  • Assists with the documentation and management of Treasury processes & procedures 
  • Monitors & assist with resolving exception reporting for Positive Pay issues 
  • Primary Administrator for the Corporate credit card programs for Atlas and subsidiaries  
  • Manage all projects related to enhancing the global credit card program as well as exploring other card options such as P-Cards/Virtual Cards. 
  • Participate in the year end Audit process by arranging bank confirmations, process reviews and other Administrative related request from external Auditors 
  • Monitors incoming payment demand notices from lenders and ensure that the LIBOR/SOFR rates and amounts indicated are aligned to facility agreements. 
  • Coordinate with the APR to prepare, have approved and distribute to Lender, the monthly APR collateral report. 
  • Prepare monthly cash sweeps 
  • Collaborate and communicate with other departments on projects such as acquisition integrations, new banking arrangements, solving banking issues, reviewing internal controls and cash processes, identify areas for improvement or resolution, and communicate Treasury guidelines and provide guidance as appropriate.  
  • Participates in cross-functional initiatives as the Treasury representative. 
  • Assists in maintaining relations with banks and other financial institutions. 
  • Other duties as assigned by the Treasury Manager

 

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree from a recognized institution
  • Minimum two years' experience in a corporate treasury role
  • Experience working with a TMS or ERP system
  • Must be highly analytical with sound business judgment, proven documentation skills and attention to detail
  • Comfortable dealing with multiple internal and external parties, in a fast-paced environment 
  • Comfortable working with competing priorities
  • Good understanding of Excel
  • Strong attention to detail and time management skills
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, and a professional writing style
  • Team player - able to collaborate and communicate with stakeholder departments

 

Additional/Desired Qualifications:

  • Ability to work under tight deadlines, and autonomously with a high level of responsibility is considered an asset
  • Ability to pick up new systems/software quickly considered an asset

 

Job Demands and/or Physical Requirements:

  • Periodic overtime to meet deadlines or accommodate time zone differences.

 

A WEEK AT SEA WITH SEASPAN

This video was taken on board our 4250 TEU vessel, Seaspan Santos, during a six-day passage in September 2013.

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