Manager, Treasury Operations

J.Jill is a national lifestyle brand that provides apparel, footwear and accessories designed to help its customers move through a full life with ease. The brand represents an easy, thoughtful, and inspired style that celebrates the totality of all women and designs its products with its core brand ethos in mind: keep it simple and make it matter. J. Jill offers a high touch customer experience through over 200 stores nationwide and a robust ecommerce platform. J.Jill is headquartered outside Boston.

Key member of the treasury function. Manages cash and treasury functions, including cash positioning and reporting, short-term investing and borrowing, debt and interest payments, debt covenant compliance, bank and lender relationship management, wire payments, fraud prevention, and bank account setup and maintenance.

• Responsible for preparing debt covenant calculations and other bank and lender reporting requirements, including managing letters of credit
• Manages, maintains, and administers bank relationships and reports
• Manages interest and principal payments related to outstanding debt
• Performs daily corporate cash management activities
• Monitors and manages company’s daily cash position
• Ensures compliance with internal controls, policies and procedures in day-to-day conduct and supervision of cash and treasury management activities
• Recommends and implements improvements to current cash management processes
• Anticipates short-term borrowing needs, communicates them to executive-level personnel, and submits request to the bank
• Assists in managing and maintaining the company’s banking infrastructure
• Implements cash and treasury management systems and trains staff on those systems
• Acts as an expert advisor on banking issues
• Ensures compliance with SOX controls, and other rules governing cash transactions and banking
• Interfaces with Accounting for bank general ledger upload, journal entry differences and general troubleshooting
• Maintains debt amortization schedules and prepares monthly journal entries to record debt activity
• Conducts research into cash actual vs forecast variances and documents explanations
• Understands and manages appropriate procedures and processes around month-end and quarter-close activity
• Participates in debt refinance activities and capital structure assessments, as needed
• Responsible for drafting and maintaining treasury and cash related policies
• Reviews debt-related disclosures included in the Company’s SEC filings

• Knowledge of MS Office including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
• Knowledge of appropriate accounting and financial software packages
• Familiarity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), treasury workstation and technology experience
• Ability to work independently
• Analytical skills
• Detail-oriented
• Presentation skills
• Organization skills
• Troubleshooting skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• BA in Accounting, Finance or related field, CPA or MBA preferred
• Retail experience preferred
• 6+ years of relevant experience in Corporate Finance and Treasury Operations
• Accounting or financial analysis
• Supervisory experience preferred

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this job.  They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this position.

At J.Jill, we believe our associates should be seen, valued, and celebrated. We support the advancement of our associates by harnessing their unique contributions to grow and improve, and our success is guided by a culture that values keeping it simple and making it matter. J.Jill is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing an inclusive and professional workplace free from discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at J.Jill are based solely upon business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, sexual orientation, sexual and reproductive health decisions, age, marital status, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status or any other legally protected status.  J.Jill provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals, in accordance with applicable laws.  If you need to inquire about an accommodation to assist with completing the application process, please email Talent.Acquisition@jjill.com