Corporate Treasury & Funding Lead

Corporate Treasury & Funding Lead

UCB - Union Chimique Belge

Brussels, Belgium

About the role

In support of UCB's continued growth, we are strengthening our Treasury and Insurance team with the creation of this additional role. As a key member of the team, you will help shape and maintain UCB's global funding capabilities while supporting a broad range of treasury activities and strategic projects.

What you’ll do

• Maintain and enhance strategic funding frameworks and related documentation across debt capital markets, loan markets and other financing platforms, ensuring continued financing flexibility;
• Lead or support major funding, refinancing, liability management and working capital transactions, including the structuring, execution and negotiation of financing arrangements and related treasury arrangements;
• Support capital structure decisions and engagement with external stakeholders.

In addition to your core funding responsibilities, you will contribute to a broad range of corporate treasury activities, including:

• Contributing treasury expertise and support to M&A, business development, corporate finance, treasury projects and other strategic initiatives;
• Advising on financial risk management matters, including identification and assessment of financial exposures (primarily foreign exchange, interest rate and equity exposures) and development of appropriate hedging recommendations;
• Supporting treasury activities across international affiliates, including capital structures, banking arrangements, guarantees, cash centralization and intercompany financing;
• Treasury controlling activities, including financial results, cash flow and capital structure forecasting, treasury reporting and governance support.

Interested? For this role we’re looking for the following education, experience and skills

• A master’s degree in finance, economics, business, law or another relevant discipline;
• A proactive and self-driven mindset, with the ability to take ownership, anticipate stakeholder needs and drive initiatives to completion;
• Extensive experience in corporate treasury, funding and debt documentation in an international environment;
• Strong knowledge of debt capital markets, loan markets, financing instruments, financial derivatives and valuation;
• Proven experience in reviewing and negotiating complex financing and treasury documentation, supported by strong legal acumen and commercial judgement;
• Experience identifying financial exposures, developing hedge strategies and applying relevant International Financial Reporting Standards;
• Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with confidence working independently and across functions.