Vice President – AvantGard Treasury Solutions recruitment

Job ID: 18983

Position Description:
SunGard's solutions for corporate liquidity help businesses facilitate connectivity across the ecosystem of buyers, suppliers, banks, data providers and other stakeholders to increase visibility of cash, improve communication and response time, reduce risk and help drive maximum value from working capital.

This is an instrumental role for the AvantGard Treasury group, focusing on the overall solution assessment and design effort for strategic sales opportunities, in cooperation with other pre- and post-sales specialists and partners. This includes business process, application, and integration layers of the AvantGard Treasury product.

Key Responsibilities
• Attend or lead solutions presentations, workshops and if necessary proof of concept work to ensure that the value and benefits of the solution are represented as business benefits for the prospective clients in a coherent and integrated manner.
• Gather key customer and market needs to set direction on product and solution roadmap.
• Be point person for the product management and development teams representing EMEA interests.
• Engage and form good working relationships with key financial client stakeholders such as Heads of Treasury, CFOs, Finance Directors and Cash Managers with a view to attaining a "trusted advisor" status.
• Assist with contributions to pre-sales activities such as responding to RFIs / RFPs, demonstrations, key industry events.
• Act as thought leader and spokesperson for AvantGard's Treasury presence and product management strategy.
• Work and collaborate with the product and development managers to ensure solutions are "world class" offerings that differentiate AvantGard from the competition.
• Represent the treasury solutions team internally and externally on product management direction, strategy, focus and key initiatives.

Position Requirements:
The ideal applicant will have substantial experience with Treasury processes and systems, covering the assessment, design, implementation and installation of complex end-to-end solutions. You will be a thought leader in architecture issues within Treasury, and have knowledge of Cash Management, FX, Hedge Accounting and Risk Management.

Additional Requirements:
• Exceptional communications skills, used to interacting at Functional Head level.
• Experience in working with multidisciplinary teams.

Desirable:
• Experience of development methodologies.
• Knowledge of AvantGard Treasury products - Quantum and/or Integrity.