Senior Treasury Analyst - Financial Services

Washington University in St. Louis • Clayton, MO

4d • $75,200 - $128,800 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Treasury Services Group manages the University’s banking, financial, and merchant services, including commercial/investment banking/financial vendor products, relationships, and accounts. The Group manages the University’s operating assets (Treasurer’s Investment Pool - TIP), as well as the strategy, operation, and performance of the University’s external long-term debt portfolio and the Internal Bank. Treasury monitors and projects the University’s cash flow, manages operating lines of credit and a taxable commercial paper program. Debt management includes market analysis, modeling, issuance, compliance, credit strategy, and management of the Internal Bank. Treasury collaborates with finance and campus stakeholders on capital planning and provides oversight of the financial aspects and reporting of the University’s consolidated capital plan. The Senior Treasury Analyst reports directly to the Director, Treasury Planning & Operations and is responsible for producing analytics and reporting to support financial decision-making and strategy for Treasury matters. The Senior Treasury Analyst serves as an integral member of the Director’s team and works with colleagues throughout Treasury Planning & Operations, as well as various finance and accounting colleagues and campus stakeholders to provide timely and accurate analytics and reporting. The Senior Treasury Analyst will develop and maintain an in-depth understanding of WashU’s Internal Bank, the Treasurer’s Investment Pool (TIP) and their components, credit and balance sheet strategies, and capital and resource planning. The Senior Treasury Analyst will have expert-level proficiency in developing and utilizing proprietary models and tools and will be adept at utilizing the University’s enterprise financial system (Workday) and other sources of data.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Or Related Field (5 Years)
• Accounting
• Code Maintenance
• Code Reuse
• Collaboration
• Confidentiality
• Credit
• Deadline Management
• Detail-Oriented
• Financial Report Analysis
• High-Integrity
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Microsoft Excel VBA Programming
• Microsoft Office
• Prioritization
• Problem Solving
• Project Organization
• Python (Programming Language)
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Spreadsheet Modeling
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Supervisory Management
• Taking Ownership
• Version Control
• Working Independently
• Written Communication

Nice To Haves

• Experience in accounting, finance, banking or credit.
• M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration - Finance
• No additional certification/professional licenses unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.
• No additional work experience unless stated elsewhere in the job posting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare materials and analyses for use by senior management and for presentation to various standing committees of the Board of Trustees.
• Translate data and analysis into clearly articulated actionable insight.
• Create and maintain proprietary Treasury financial models and reports.
• Prepare materials and analyses that will be used by financial management to communicate with senior/executive leadership, debt rating agencies and financial institutions.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance models for short-term and long-term cash flow forecasts to support liquidity and overall Treasury planning.
• In collaboration with Treasury Operations colleagues and other campus stakeholders investigate variances to facilitate strategic decision making.
• Perform analysis to assess the liquidity needs for University operations and the excess liquidity that can potentially be invested in longer-term investments.
• Develop an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of TIP and monitor and analyze performance and asset allocation of TIP.
• Assist in the evaluation of investment opportunities for operating funds and bond proceeds by assessing manager’s investment philosophy and return and risk characteristics and reasonableness.
• Assist in maintaining and/or updating investment policy documentation.
• Develop an in-depth, comprehensive understanding of the University’s internal bank and its overall portfolio and portfolio characteristics and impact to the University’s balance sheet and liquidity profile.
• Maintain and improve the University’s credit model, debt repayment model, and other proprietary financial models for historical analysis, forecasting, scenario/sensitivity analysis, and data management.
• Prepare analyses of the University’s current debt capacity and create projections of future debt capacity and credit rating based on rating score methodologies utilized by rating agencies.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to source, analyze, and improve complex data sets, including creating new Workday reports and enhancing existing ones.
• Assist with developing and maintaining comprehensive consolidated capital plan model and tools to steward the University’s long range capital plan.
• Assist with establishing and managing capital plan process, governance, and coordination of capital-related information with Facilities, School of Medicine, Real Estate, Information Technology, and other stakeholders.
• Assist in analyzing impacts of funding and financing of different capital initiatives and provide recommendations to leadership.
• Create and support comprehensive Treasury reporting, including preparation of materials for Board and management presentations.
• Manage the data stack and analysis for capital expenditures based on the University's projected capital plan and capital project initiatives.
• Prepare ad hod reports for the Board and management as requested.
• Analyze timing and amount of capital expenditures based on the University’s projected capital plan and assess impact to liquidity, debt portfolio, and credit profile.
• Assist in all phases of the debt issuance process; monitor capital market factors and use relevant data to prepare analyses to determine structure, timing and amount of new debt issues; provide relationship support with debt-rating agencies, and partner with internal departments and stakeholders to respond to requests for financial and marketing information in an accurate and timely manner; and identify and analyze financial risks and manage associated compliance requirements including compliance with debt covenants and other relevant compliance matters.
• Meet with the Director generally weekly to report on and discuss issues, review analyses and reports. Also meet with the Director or the Treasurer periodically to discuss issues, review analyses and reports.
• Identify and implement process and modeling improvements through automation, reporting enhancements, and system optimization to enhance efficiency, accuracy, usability/readability, and risk controls.
• Provide back up for other Treasury functions (e.g. cash management area), as needed.
• Engage in special projects which may include initiatives that support the department or the broader University, as assigned by the Director and/or the Treasurer.
• Coordinate with IT and Workday teams to obtain, analyze, and enhance data, reports and other tools.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation
• 10 recognized holidays
• Sick time
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance
• Free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees
• 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child
• Family care resources
• Adult care resources
• Tuition coverage for you and your family (up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior