Finance – Treasury, Manager level
Overview
This is a highly senior individual contributor role based in Singapore, serving as the institutional face of the Treasury function in the Asia-Pacific region. The role represents the company before banks, payment partners, currency exchangers and regulators, and leads the Treasury workstream of expansion into new countries in the region, combining relationship ownership, regulatory and market intelligence, and hands-on treasury expertise in complex, high-growth markets.
Responsibilities
● Act as the senior representative before banks, regulators, payment and FX providers, and other financial institutions in the APAC region.
● Strengthen the company's institutional positioning in the region as a trusted counterpart, in partnership with HQ leadership, Legal, Compliance and Business teams.
● Lead the Treasury workstream of expansion into new APAC countries, from early market assessment to go-live.
● Map each market's banking landscape, payment rails, FX regime, repatriation rules and liquidity constraints.
● Identify, negotiate and onboard banking, FX and settlement partners needed to operate in each new market, ensuring efficient integration into the global Treasury structure.
● Align with HQ and execute the global FX strategy in the region, designing and implementing efficient flows to convert local currencies into USD.
● Work with Treasury Operations to ensure daily operations in the region are executed with resilience, control and appropriate time-zone coverage.
● Negotiate with partners to improve FX results and the efficiency of the treasury cost structure.
● Own Treasury operations for the licensed entity in Singapore, ensuring ongoing compliance with regulatory requirements on safeguarding, liquidity and other treasury-related obligations.
● Provide specialized support to Sales and Business teams in commercializing APAC markets, including participation in key merchant interactions.
● Identify, propose and implement innovative treasury solutions, and provide regular market intelligence to HQ on regulatory changes, banking developments and liquidity conditions.
Requirements
● Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering or a related field from a well-known university.
● Extensive experience (10+ years) in treasury, FX, cash management, transaction banking or cross-border payments, with a clear track record at a senior level.
● Proven experience representing an institution before banks, financial partners and regulators in APAC.
● Hands-on experience launching or scaling financial operations in new countries, including banking set-up, regulatory mapping and partner onboarding.
● Solid knowledge of FX markets, multi-currency liquidity and cross-border flows, including emerging-market currencies and non-conventional rails.
● Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks applicable to payments and cross-border flows across APAC jurisdictions.
● Executive-level communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work autonomously across time zones.
● Fluent English.
Preferred Qualifications
● Previous experience in payments companies, fintechs or international banks with an emerging-markets focus.
● Existing network of relationships with banks, payment partners and regulators in APAC.
● Postgraduate degree or relevant certifications in Finance or Treasury.