AVP, Corporate Cash Management

Pacific Life•Charlotte, NC

6d•$210,000 - $260,000•Onsite

About The Position

At Pacific Life, we’re investing in bright, driven leaders who want to make an impact. Here, you’ll be supported in your career growth while helping us provide financial security and peace of mind to our policyholders, partners, and communities. We’re seeking an experienced AVP, Treasury Operations to lead enterprise cash management, liquidity, banking, and payment operations across a complex, regulated organization. This role offers broad exposure, senior‑level partnership, and the opportunity to modernize and strengthen Treasury operations that are critical to our business.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in a Corporate Treasury department for a multi-divisional Fortune 500 company; 5 years leading teams.
Insurance, financial services, or other regulated industries plus.
Knowledge in calculating a company’s daily cash position, short-term borrowing and investing, electronic payment methods and various alternatives for collecting and disbursing cash
Understanding of short-term investments, borrowing facilities, counterparty risk, and policy governance
Ability to comprehend and review monthly Account Analysis and knowledge of ICFR and regulatory requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related financial fields are required
The Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) designation by the Association of Financial Professionals (AFP) is required
Master’s Degree or commensurate experience/certification in the financial industry
Strong analytical and problem solving; adept at scenario planning and variance analysis
Ability to effectively present information and respond appropriately to questions both internally with senior management and externally with key financial partners
Ability to collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions
Ability to effectively manage team functions with limited supervision
To be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook)
Possess a working knowledge of using internet applications to perform treasury and financial activities
Banking connectivity (SWIFT, MT/XML, API’s) payment rails, bank fees analysis, collections practices
TMS platforms (FIS Integrity, Kyriba, SAP) and Erp integration
Program/project management, change management, and operational excellence mindset

Responsibilities

Lead daily cash positioning, concentration, and liquidity management across operating, claims, and investment accounts.
Oversee 30-day cash forecasts; ensure variance analyses and actionable insights.
Optimize working capital (collections, disbursements, premium cash flows) and coordinate intercompany funding strategies.
Manage the borrowing facilities to support daily cash funding needs.
Own bank relationship program (fee benchmarking, service optimization, credit facilities coordination in partnership with Corporate Finance).
Manage global bank connectivity (SWIFT, APIs, host‑to‑host), payment rails (ACH, RTP, wires), and account governance (KYC, signers, mandates).
Drive payment factory/POBO structures where appropriate; reduce exceptions and improve straight‑through processing (STP).
Lead short-term borrowing strategy: execute on our $1 billion Commercial Paper program & execute loans on our $3 billion FHLB lending program.
Advance our two $500mm Repurchase Programs to raise cash for daily operations.
Establish policy‑aligned deployment of surplus cash (MMFs, time deposits, short‑duration instruments) in partnership with Investments; ensure compliance with limits and counterparty guidelines.
Monitor yield, duration, and counterparty exposure; provide executive reporting on liquidity thresholds and return on cash.
Maintain SOX/ICFR‑compliant treasury processes (segregation of duties, user access recertification, dual approvals, system controls).
Partner with ISO (Information Security Office) to strengthen cyber resilience for payments and banking channels; lead incident response within Treasury scope.
Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies; remediate audit findings.
Drive automation and process improvements to enhance cash management, liquidity forecasting, and payment workflows.
Implement tools for real-time reporting, dashboards, and analytics to support decision making.
Collaborate with Treasury Systems to enhance TMS capabilities (bank statements, cash positioning, forecast models, payment approval workflows) and integrate with the enterprise ERP.
Build self‑service dashboards for executives (cash, forecast accuracy, bank fees, investment returns); standardize data lineage.