Lifestyle Design Group Treasury & Credit Manager Milano

Lifestyle Design Group Treasury & Credit Manager
Milano
Lombardia, Milano

About Lifestyle Design

Our continuous journey to transform some excellences into an integrated group, leading at a global level the high-end furniture market, starts in 2014 when Haworth acquires Poltrona Frau Group.

Lifestyle Design is now a federation of 9 Brands, Poltrona Frau, Cassina, Cappellini, Ceccotti Collezioni, Karakter, Luminaire, Janus et Cie, Luxury Living Group, Interni, with 1. 900 employee worldwide.

We operate in over 75 countries, with 80 Showrooms.

**Job description**The Group Treasury & Credit Manager will maintain, optimize and improve the financial standing of all Brands/Companies under the umbrella of Lifestyle Design - Haworth Group.

S/he will manage the net financial position and implement across all Brands treasury policies and guidelines in compliance with the indications and priorities given by the Global HQ in USA.

Areas of accountability include, among others, third party and intercompany borrowings management, liquidity management, cash flow projections, corporate credit risk management, treasury & credit operations, reporting and controls.

**Main activities**:

- Managing daily cash balances, relationship with banks, optimizing costs of banking operations;

- Short/medium term cash flow monthly projections in coordination with Group Financial Planner;

- Proactively improve working capital management of each Brand, follow-up on collections and disbursements;

- Ensuring a sound credit risk management by setting and enforcing a Global Credit Policy;

- Manage corporate Cash Pooling and evaluating new structures with the goal of minimizing "lazy cash" across all companies of the Group including foreign subsidiaries;

- Taking responsibility for the treasury & Credit IT projects to enhance efficiencies and effectiveness of the systems and reporting;

- Interest rate and FX risk management within Group Policies;

- Fulfil treasury & credit corporate reporting needs.

**Qualifications for the role

- A proven knowledge of cash pooling systems, preferably TMS Piteco, will be required.

- Fluency in both Italian and English.

**Soft skills requirements**:

- Proactivity and problem solving attitude

- Negotiation skills

- Analytical mindset and strong attitude in managing financial data

- Empathy and teamworking

- Ability to influence others

- Inclusive leadership

**Workplace**: Milan.