Zendesk · 1 week ago
Vice President, Treasury
California, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$240K/yr - $360K/yr
15+ years expZendesk is seeking a Vice President, Treasurer to lead and scale our global treasury function, propelling growth and optimizing liquidity. This role is responsible for developing strategic vision, driving capital structure, and managing day-to-day treasury operations while collaborating with cross-functional executive stakeholders.
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Responsibilities
Treasury Strategy: Drive growth and scalability by building and implementing global and international treasury strategies that bridge strategy to execution with a focus on outsized outcomes
Treasury Operations: Assess and manage enterprise level risk around cash management, payment processing, banking systems, funding processes, and foreign exchange fluctuations; seize opportunities to maximize cash outcomes
Cash Management: Develop and drive policies and controls to provide effective stewardship of Zendesk’s cash across our global entities. Proactively partner with Corporate Development to plan for inorganic moves and structures
Risk Management: Responsible for overseeing the development of best-in-class risk management and insurance programs, owning renewals and balancing risk appetite with costs
Collaboration: Collaborate closely with executive leadership across Finance & Strategy, Accounting, Tax, Legal, Cybersecurity and others to develop and implement cash forecasting models and reporting for cash management and cash needs ensuring the business is fully informed of key treasury metrics and partnering to deliver cash max
Expertise & Insights: Be the strategic advisor to the executive leadership team and our owners on all things relating to treasury, ensuring expertise is sought after by the company for all strategic cash management and structuring decisions
External Insights: Develop strategic partnerships across asset management and the banking community to identify trends and insights that can be translated into the identification of opportunities and proactive management of macroeconomic and secular risks
Executive Reporting: Responsible for the presentation of all treasury metrics and key strategic insights to the executive leadership team, our private equity sponsors, and the Zendesk Audit Committee
Team Leadership: Lead and develop a high-performing organization that attracts, retains and develops the best talent while fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, innovation, change agency and influence
Qualification
Required
Minimum 15+ years proven experience in Treasury strategy operations in a global and publicly traded company
Deep understanding of the global treasury environment and regulations with knowledge of best practices and emerging trends in banking and asset management
Exceptional leadership with a proven track record of attracting, retaining and developing the best talent
The ability to embrace ambiguity, solve complex problems and operate with velocity
Systems level design thinking, developing scale solutions across people, processes, and tools
Championship of AI capabilities
Strategic and transformational thinker
Adept at navigating and building relationships in large, matrixed organizations
Ability to influence executive level internal and external audiences
A builder's mentality with a willingness to question assumptions and conventional wisdom
Excellent oral and written communication skills, including framing narratives for the Executive Leadership Team, Audit Committee and external stakeholders
Preferred
Private equity experience is also desirable
Benefits
Bonus
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Company
Zendesk
Zendesk develops a customizable customer service platform for organizations.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (50)
2024 (69)
2023 (37)
2022 (92)
2021 (93)
2020 (44)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$85.5MKey Investors
RedpointMatrixBenchmark
2022-11-22Private Equity
2022-06-24Acquired
2019-09-18Grant
Leadership Team
Mikkel Asger Svane
CEO and Co-Founder
Adrian McDermott
Chief Technology Officer
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