Manager, Treasury Operations

J.Jill is a premier omnichannel retailer and nationally recognized women’s apparel brand committed to delighting customers with great wear-now product. The brand represents an easy, thoughtful and inspired style that reflects the confidence of remarkable women who live life with joy, passion and purpose. J.Jill offers a guiding customer experience through more than 280 stores nationwide and a robust e-commerce 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, our success is guided by a culture that values the intrinsic art of creativity and the data science required to drive our future growth. We are collaborative and data-centric, with every associate focused on creating our customer’s unique experience and delivering results through our omnichannel business model. We embrace each other’s differences and unique perspectives and consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, marital or military status. We also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and applicable state and local law.