Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description/Responsibilities

Treasury Manager – Operations, Compliance & Technology

Bio: Treasury Manager will lead operational processes, systems, and controls to ensure efficient and secure treasury activities as well as adherence to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and best practices for Sazerac. This includes utilizing advanced systems for payment execution and cash flow tracking, forecasting, and reporting, exploring automation for repetitive tasks, ensuring robust internal controls and policies, and partnering with banks globally to ensure favorable terms for products and services while observing global Treasury regulations. This position will be hybrid with minimum of 3 days per work week in our BuzzBallz offices in Carrollton, TX.

• Conduct PDS reviews with direct reports to improve skills and performance utilizing PDS as tool to conduct optimal performance discussions, articulate consistent skill evaluations, recommend actions and tactics, and measure progress. Support the widespread use of PDS within the finance organization. Promote and support Company culture within the finance organization.
• Utilize PPT as a task/project management tool where and when appropriate. Use PPT to accelerate progress on projects, identify / keep in contact with team members and make sure all projects are up to date.
• Partner with Human Resources Business Partner & Talent Acquisition to ensure thorough candidate evaluations are occurring in the hiring process leading to high-quality candidates and good hiring decisions. Ensures use of Sazerac hiring and staffing system and processes.
• Provide mentorship, training and opportunity for the individuals in the department to grow within Sazerac based on their career development plan. Knows the career goals and plans for the team and works to develop and retain key successors in the organization.
• Play a lead role in analyzing and planning to improve financial performance year-over-year. Find trends and opportunities in performance that can be leveraged for material growth opportunities and/or cost reductions. Work closely with cross-functional leaders to highlight opportunities, track progress and to flag performance challenges in order to deliver on the Company's annual plan.
• Drive analysis of income statement through Monthly Performance Reviews. Drive actionable insights into the business through key performance indicators (KPI) to highlight trends and translate commercial and operational performance into measurable action plans. Develop, interpret and analyze complex financial concepts and techniques for financial planning and forecasting.
• Maintain the integrity of the company's treasury controls by testing / inspecting existing controls and updating controls as needed. Ensure fulfillment of fiduciary responsibilities (safeguarding company assets). Ensure Company is in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.
• Analyze complex financial information and reports to provide accurate and timely financial recommendations to all levels of organization and leadership for decision-making purposes. Responsible for Annual Operating Planning process.
• Responsible for adopting sound treasury policies and for establishing and maintaining internal control that will, among other things, initiate, record, process, and report transactions (as well as events and conditions) consistent with management's assertions embodied in the financial statements.
• Ensure financial systems, reports and analysis provide informative / actionable information needed to support and promote growth. Contribute to growth in earnings / returns via cost savings, etc. Drive growth in sales and related gross profit via financial analysis. Identify and communicate specific opportunities to improve specific price and cost improvement opportunities.
  
  

Qualifications/Requirements

RequirementsMUST

• Bachelor's Degree in Finance or Accounting or relevant experience.
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• experience in a fast paced environment
• Detail Oriented
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Strong computer skills and high comfort using technology and systems
• Budgeting, planning and/or financial analysis experience.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time
• Experience using a Treasury Management System (TMS) such as Kyriba
• 5 years experience in a fast paced environment
• 5 years experience in Corporate Treasury
  
  

PREFERRED

• Professional designation CPA, CTP, or CFA
  
  

Physical Requirements

• A valid driver's license
  
  

Culture And Benefits

A career at Sazerac offers you the opportunity to reach your full potential as part of a creative, decisive, high-performance team. Sazerac values the needs and wants of our team members and offers inclusive benefits to attract and retain the best talent. Our culture is built upon the values of hard work, diligence and personal responsibility.

Sazerac Team Members Enjoy

• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits from Day One including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Family Coverage: Options to cover family members, including domestic partners.
• 401(k) Plan: Immediate access to a matching 401(k) plan.
• Flexible Time Away: Enjoy paid time off (PTO), holidays, and parental leave.
• Mental Health and Wellness: Access to mental health care and wellness incentive programs.
• Educational Support: Benefit from tuition reimbursement and our scholarship program for dependents of Sazerac team members.
• Fun Extras: Enjoy branded apparel, fun events, and a team member bottle purchase program.
• Training and Development: Opportunities for professional growth and development.
  
  

Benefits, salary range, and programs may vary by role or location. For roles within our commercial team - the Salary range refers to base salary only and does not include car allowance, annual bonus, fuel or cell phone reimbursement. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package. Sazerac is committed to equality of opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.