Head of Treasury

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Our organisation

Ageas is a listed international insurance Group with a heritage spanning of 200 years, offering Retail and Business customers Life and Non-Life insurance, and is also engaged in reinsurance activities. As an international insurance company, Ageas concentrates its activities in Europe and Asia through a combination of wholly owned subsidiaries and long-term partnerships with strong financial institutions and key distributors. Ageas ranks among the market leaders in the countries in which it operates. It represents a staff force of about 50,000 people and reported annual inflows of over EUR 17 billion in 2023. Ageas aims to be a Great place to Grow for all its people, while always staying true to its four values: care, share, deliver and dare. It fosters an inclusive culture, that values diversity and encourages everyone to get the best out of their talents. 

Ageas has been re-certified as Top Employer in 2024.

The vibrant Ageas Corporate Centre in Brussels is home to a variety of Group level functions including, amongst others, Risk, Finance, Legal & Compliance, Investor Relations, Human Resources, Strategy, Business Development and Corporate Communications. It sets out the long term strategy for Ageas and coordinates numerous initiatives across the Group to help realise the strategic ambitions. The Corporate Centre also facilitates knowledge and skills sharing amongst its local operating entities and JV’s, creating strong connections and leveraging on local strengths. It represents the Ageas Group towards external parties, managing relations with analysts, retail and institutional investors, regulators, rating agencies and the media.

 

Your function

As a Head of Treasury you manage the overall liquidity position, short term debt facilities and the financial investments of the General Account at the Group. You actively advice, structure and execute risk management transactions (including but not limited to interest rate & FX hedging strategies) that may help reduce P&L or Solvency volatility of the General Account at the Group.

• You manage a portfolio of assets, which are not only expected to be tactically placed at the best possible terms & conditions but also offer a liquidity profile to the Group to respect its known and evolving financial liabilities;
• You manage all the incoming and outgoing cash flows of the General Account at the Group. This may include business related transactions, such as M&A transactions and capital injections; This also covers transactions related to ordinary shares such as share buyback program;
• You ensure a timely debt servicing of any and all financial commitments and equally guard that the coupons from intra group or external loans or other debt like securities are duly collected;
• You organize the dividend collections across the European and Asian entities and the dividend collections between the different Group companies as well as the external dividend payments and any potential share buy program;
• You work in close collaboration with (i) Corporate accounting to ensure that all reported cash flows are identified and documented and (ii) Group Legal and Compliance to ensure that any financial transaction / cash flow is executed in full compliance with all international standards and regulations;
• You act as Ageas ambassador towards the external banks by engaging into plain and derivative like securities and structures (including various forms of credit lines) from time to time to manage the balance sheet of the group holding. This may entail negotiating both the legal (ISDA’s, long form, CSA) and financial conditions with the counterparts;
• Together with the Group Head of Capital Management, you organize the external debt issuances; Furthermore, you work closely with the Capital Management team to design, evaluate and execute relevant market transactions relevant under Solvency II
• You manage and account for the pool of Treasury shares;
• You are working in close collaboration with Group Legal, Group Tax, Company Secretary on a wide array of domains, which may include but not limited to, organizing Ageas share register, managing the list of Power of Attorneys, legalization and filing of documentation, conducting transfer pricing studies, advising on optimization of group legal structure and others;
• You remain responsible for daily valuations of various financial instruments (IRS, FX, …) and arranging accompanying collateral exchanges; constant monitoring of counterparty exposures;
• You are in lead to deliver the cash roll forward overviews at each reporting cycle to be published externally;
• You produce a weekly Treasury report, and periodical liquidity evolutions;
• You coach and develop the Treasury team and support other colleagues within the wider team. You advise other colleagues on all domains related to treasury & liquidity management.

Your profile

• You have a Master degree in Economics;
• You have a minimum of 10 years of relevant work experience including cash planning, liquidity management, financial products, hedging solutions & managing relations with senior bankers;
• You have worked at a regulated financial institution (bank or insurance company) and possess a good understanding of Solvency II;
• You have a good understanding of global economic situation and the functioning of financial markets;
• You are well-informed about current market practices and regulation;
• You have very good analytical and negotiation skills;
• You are a team player and you are able to socialize with different hierarchical levels;
• You are fluent in English.

Our offer

• The possibility of (maximum 50%) home working;
• A dynamic, multicultural working environment;
• An interesting and extensive salary package (including meal vouchers, eco vouchers, hospitalization, disability and group insurance, additional child benefit, mobile allowance and intervention in the internet reimbursement, ...);
• The possibility to optimize part of your salary package through a flexible income plan;
• A corporate culture where you are encouraged to share your views and opinions;
• A flat organizational structure with close collaboration and communication with management and cross departments;
• A company car with charging card;
• An extensive range of learning & development opportunities through our online learning platform;
• The opportunity to further develop yourself and to be part of a great team at a Top employer in Belgium. Find out more about it here.

Interested ?

Please apply online. We are looking forward to talking to you.