Head of Treasury
- Montréal, QC, Canada
$250,000 to $300,000 CAD / year · Full-time
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Job details
- Pay
- $250,000 to $300,000 CAD / year
- Job type
- Full-time
- Apply by
- Experience
- 15–20+ years of relevant experience in treasury, financing, or capital markets
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Your new company
Sagard is a global alternative asset manager with a diversified platform spanning private equity, credit, venture capital, healthcare royalties, and real assets, operating across North America and Europe. Following a period of significant growth, Sagard is entering a new phase of institutionalization and scale. As part of this evolution, the firm is building a best-in-class global treasury function from the ground up. This newly created Head of Treasury role represents a rare opportunity to design, build, and lead a strategic function at the heart of a sophisticated, multi-asset investment platform.
Your new role
Reporting to the CFO, you will be responsible for establishing and leading Sagard’s global treasury function, with a mandate spanning strategy, execution, and infrastructure build-out.
This is a high-impact, highly visible role requiring close partnership with investment teams, executives, and external financing partners across jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement a global treasury operating model, including governance, controls, and reporting frameworks
- Build scalable infrastructure supporting a multi-entity, multi-currency investment platform • Oversee liquidity planning, capital allocation, and cash optimization
- Structure and execute financing solutions including subscription lines, NAV facilities, and ABLs
- Manage banking relationships and lead negotiation of financing arrangements
- Develop FX and hedging strategies
- Oversee global cash management and banking structures
What you'll need to succeed
Candidate Profile
- 15–20+ years of relevant experience in treasury, financing, or capital markets
- Background in alternative asset management, private equity, or credit
- Deep expertise in fund financing and capital structure optimization
- Strong experience building or transforming treasury functions
- Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders and external partners
Education & Credentials
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field
- CFA and/or MBA strongly preferred
- CPA or other designations are complementary
What you'll get in return
- A highly competitive executive compensation package aligned with the scope and seniority of the role
- Performance-based annual bonus and long-term incentive potential
- Up to 5 weeks of paid vacation
- Comprehensive group insurance and benefits program
- Additional perks reflective of a senior leadership role
What you need to do now
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Responsibilities
The Head of Treasury at Sagard will build and lead the global treasury function, covering cash, financing and banking. They will work closely with investment teams, executives and external lenders and banks.
Requirements
Candidates need 15 to 20 or more years in treasury, financing or capital markets, ideally in alternative asset management, private equity or credit. A finance degree is required, with a CFA or MBA strongly preferred.
Skills
- Treasury operating model design
- Global cash management
- Liquidity planning
- Capital allocation
- Subscription line financing
- NAV facility structuring
- Asset-based lending
- FX and hedging strategy
- Banking relationship management
- Financing negotiation
- Capital structure optimization
- Governance and controls
- Treasury reporting
- Senior stakeholder management
- Fund financing
Benefits
- Performance-based annual bonus
- Paid vacation
- Group insurance and benefits
- Senior leadership perks
Categories
- Finance & Accounting
- Management & Leadership
- Consulting
Keywords
- Head of Treasury
- treasury
- global treasury
- fund financing
- subscription lines
- NAV facilities
- asset-backed lending
- ABL
- liquidity management
- cash management
- FX hedging
- capital allocation
- alternative asset management
- private equity
- credit
- banking relationships
- CFA
- MBA
- CPA
Seniority
Executive
Perks
- Generous paid time off
- Performance bonus
Licences and certifications
- CFA
- CPA
Fields of study
- Finance
- Accounting
- Economics