Group Treasury & Trade Finance Director (M/F)

Company Description

REEL is an industrial group specializing in complex lifting and handling equipment as well as integrated systems solutions. REEL is involved at all stages of the product cycle, from design to maintenance, via all stages of the production phase. REEL has a wide range of skills: mechanical, electrical, instrumentation & control, hydraulics, etc.

Position

Group Treasury & Trade Finance Director (M/F)

Mission

Your mission is to lead Treasury & Trade finance activities for the Group, to ensure daily liquidity, protect the Group against FX and credit risks, negotiate and set up the facilities needed to finance operations. With your direct team of three people (trade finance manager, group cash manager and a cash manager junior), you work closely with Business Units sales, project and Management teams to understand customer expectations, propose solutions, and build pro-actively financing offers to increase REEL’s competitiveness. You develop awareness and knowledge of financing policies and develop appropriate tools to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of your operations. You will be reporting to the Group CFO and are part of the Group Finance committee.

Key Responsibilities

• Trade Finance
  • Set up appropriate bank guarantees and letters of credit, advise operational teams on the most effective financing solutions
  • Perform financial risk analysis in the offer phase together with Sales and Legal
  • Develop export financing for large projects, including ECA‑backed solutions with public and private insurers
  • Estimate and appropriately manage financial costs
• Cash Management
  • Oversee the Group’s cash organization in relation with key internal and external stakeholders
  • Steer cash across the group’s scope, manage cash pool and optimize treasury
  • Ensure the appropriate tools interfaces are in place and deployed across all entities in the group for a “global cash vision”
  • Consolidate and analyze the Group cash forecast (short, medium and long term) and participate in redesigning the cash forecast process and Group Cash Agreement
• FX Risk Management
  • Protect the Group from FX risk exposure with appropriate hedging operations
  • Manage FX lines and instruments, evaluate impacts on projects and operations
  • Update and circulate the FX policy (exposure management and accounting) and support integration into new ERP systems
• Corporate Finance
  • Negotiate and set up facilities to finance working capital, investments and operations
  • Help optimize the bank landscape; develop an adequate banking strategy
  • Anticipate financing needs based on key projects and short‑/long‑term cash forecasts
  • Contribute to Group programs on digitalization, ensure alignment with treasury, financing and risk‑management requirements, and integrate ESG considerations into financing choices

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Finance, Treasury, Accounting/Controlling or equivalent
• At least 7–10 years’ experience in corporate treasury, trade finance and/or corporate finance, ideally in an international industrial group with project business
• Strong technical skills in:
  • Structuring financing facilities and managing banking relationships at Group level
  • FX risk management and hedging instruments
  • Cash management and multi‑entity, multi‑currency cash forecasting
  • Bank guarantees, LCs and ECA‑backed export financing
• Proficiency with TMS (ideally NEOFI or equivalent) and good understanding of ERPs (including IFS)
• Proven team‑management and transversal‑working abilities; fluency in English is mandatory

Personal Skills

• Rigor and reliability, strong analytical mindset, ability to simplify complex topics
• Team-player, seasoned at building strong cross‑functional relations
• Excellent communication
• Autonomy and proactivity in an international environment under transformation
• Strong capacity to operate as a business partner, industry acumen

Location

Full‑time job based in France, Saint-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or