Head of Treasury

**Head of Treasury**

**Permanent contract - 100% activity rate **/ Lausanne, Switzerland

Employees living in Switzerland can telework up to 40% of their weekly working time.

Sommet Education is a hospitality management and pastry & culinary arts education group of more than 1200 employees that is home to five leading brands: Glion Institute of Higher Education, Les Roches Global Hospitality Education, Ecole Ducasse, Invictus Group and the Indian School of Hospitality. Our headquarters are based in Lausanne, Switzerland, with additional hubs in Marbella, Spain (Accounting) and London, UK (Enrolment, Marketing and Digital).

You share our values: Development, Distinctiveness, Joint commitment, Openness and Sense of service.

You have strong analytical and conceptual skills and a strong ability to structure and prioritise issues. You possess excellent verbal, oral communication and organisational skills. You have a hands on attitude and are a good team player. You have a high level of autonomy, drive, commitment and determination. You have a high sense of rigour and figure accuracy, and a good intercultural awareness. You have good management skills. You speak fluently English and French. You have at least 10 years’ experience in treasury in group functions, in an international environment. A prior experience in a private equity environment is a plus. You hold a Master’s degree from a highly reputable and duly accredited university. You are eligible to work in Switzerland.

As **Head of Treasury**, reporting directly to the CFO, you will be in charge of the cash management of the group which operates under a LBO ownership.

Your main missions will be:

- Understand, manage, and supervise all aspects of cash management and cash flow.
- Manage the Treasury organization and its processes in cooperation with management (Group Finance, Campus Finance, Group and local Accounting)
- Manage one group Treasury member (based in Spain)
- Coordinate daily cash movements in coordination with Shared Accounting Service Center (FAST)
- Develop, implement and manage systems to monitor and optimize Group’s actual cash flow tracking and forecasting (e-banking vs Treasury Management System tool)
- Forecast cash in and outflows and related borrowing needs (coordinate input from campuses, consolidate position for total and per site, including necessary intercompany transfer flows, direct / indirect method cash flow). Focus on reliability of cash forecast and completeness of data collected for the assumptions.
- Ensure that sufficient funds are available to meet on-going operational and capital investment requirements.
- Explain variances to budget / forecast based on actual receipts and spending.
- Coordinates and animates campuses’ student collection teams to foster on time billing and resulting early cash collection from students (weekly meeting). Set targets and follow-up results
- Advice and report to Management on the liquidity aspects of its short
- and long-range planning.
- Evaluate alternative long-term borrowing strategies and make recommendations in accordance with the capital structure guidelines.
- Arrange short term debt financing with local banks within the authorized limits of the bank documentation (LBO environment). Negotiate terms, ensure signature by authorized persons and follow-up drawing
- Monitor compliance to financing covenants and bank documentation (LBO environment).
- In charge of cash group reporting (collect from all entities, consolidate and prepare group reporting)
- Follow up of indebtedness and related financial costs
- Follow up of related guarantees / off balance sheet items
- Maintain banking relationships (including agent for senior debt). Evaluate their performance.
- Ensure payment security in the countries where the group operates and in other countries
- Manage FX risk (natural hedging, buy/sell currencies) as well as interest risk (hedging)
- Maintain up to date authorized account signatories
- Determine the Company's goals and risk tolerance.
- Maintain a system of policies and procedures that impose an adequate level of control over treasury activities.
- Assist Accounting and Group CFO in the preparation of the annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS and local GAAP if require supplementary schedules and information. Handle the year-end bank confirmations for statutory auditors.
- Provide technical and other support for mergers and acquisitions and any other projects as needed.