Director of Treasury, Instructure
$200-215k
Dynamic learning management platform
Posted today
Dynamic learning management platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
$200-215k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help learners thrive in tomorrow's landscape by delivering a future-ready ecosystem.
Role
Who you are
- Degree: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a closely related field. An MBA or advanced financial degree is highly preferred
- Certifications: Professional treasury designation (e.g., CTP—Certified Treasury Professional, or CCT—Certified Corporate Treasurer) is highly preferred
- Experience: Minimum of 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate treasury management or a highly relevant corporate finance role
- Leadership: Proven leadership skills with a track record of building, mentoring, and managing high-performing finance teams
- Subject Matter Expertise: Deep operational understanding of cash management, international banking structures, debt facilities, and financial instruments (including derivative/hedging strategies)
- Analytical Rigor: Exceptional analytical capabilities with a sharp eye for detail, data accuracy, and financial reconciliation
- Communication & Collaboration: Strong written and verbal communication skills. Proven ability to distill complex financial concepts into clear, actionable insights for senior executives and cross-functional stakeholders
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic, detail-oriented, and experienced Director of Treasury to lead and optimize our corporate treasury functions
- The successful candidate will assume full ownership of managing corporate liquidity, debt facilities, interest rate hedging instruments, foreign exchange (FX) exposure, and global intercompany transactions
- This leadership role demands close collaboration with cross-functional partners, including FP&A and Accounting, to ensure robust financial management, strategic capital allocation, and effective risk mitigation
- Treasury Infrastructure: Build upon and scale the existing corporate treasury function to enhance global financial operations and maximize cash positions
- Cash Flow Forecasting: Own and manage the long-term cash flow forecasting models for both domestic (U.S.) and international operations. Review and deliver monthly cash positioning reports and forecasts to senior management
- Banking Structure & Optimization: Control the opening, maintenance, and closing of bank accounts to enforce a highly centralized global banking structure. Conduct routine analyses of U.S. and international bank fees to identify and implement cost-saving measures
- Operational Alignment: Partner cross-functionally across the organization to maintain accurate forecast visibility and ensure awareness of periodic check runs
- Credit & Debt Oversight: Oversee the company’s term debt and revolving credit facilities. Manage drawdowns, repayments, interest expenses, facility fees, and strict covenant compliance
- Relationship Management: Manage and cultivate strategic relationships with banks and external rating agencies to maintain optimal funding terms and corporate credit ratings
- Financial Forecasting: Prepare comprehensive interest expense forecasts and collaborate directly with FP&A and Accounting teams to reconcile any variances
- Hedging & FX Strategy: Manage interest rate hedging instruments, ensuring precise execution and monitoring of monthly bank settlements. Continuously monitor and assess foreign currency transactions to mitigate global FX exposure risks. Global Operations & Governance
- Intercompany Transactions: Oversee, reconcile, and settle monthly intercompany transactions and transfer pricing mechanisms across global operations
- Compliance & Controls: Review and manage strict compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) updates and banking renewals
- System Administration: Evaluate and optimize Treasury Management Systems (TMS), banking portals, and related technologies to drive process automation and ensure data security
Our take
Instructure is an education technology company, creator of the Canvas Learning Management Platform that allows schools to build digital learning environments that meet the needs of their institutions. The platform simplifies teaching, elevates learning, and eliminates the headaches of supporting and growing traditional learning technologies.
The Canvas platform has grown to become a key part of a large number of educational institutions, from pre-school to higher education. Meanwhile, the company has gone international and hit the $1 billion market cap, made a number of acquisitions and invested in R&D. In fact, much of Instructure's workforce is dedicated to R&D, which shows their focus on innovating.
Instructure was itself acquired in 2024 by KKR, which supports a broad-based equity ownership program for Instructure employees. With KKR's record of acquired companies, this is a promising development. And, as the company centres a future-oriented vision and brand strategy, it will be interesting to see what it does next.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jun 2016
$4m
SERIES A
Aug 2015
$1.5m
CONVERTIBLE
Total funding: $5.5m
Company benefits
- Join a passionate community of educators and the people working to support them
- Access to a large course library, mentoring and coaching opportunities, and regular feedback
- Community engagement (partnerships, volunteering, free learning resources, and ongoing outreach efforts)
- Office culture that values outcomes and impact above all
- Equity and ownership programs give every employee a stake in our future
- Ownership, recognition, and celebrations of shared success
- Growth opportunities (we’re all about helping our people move into (and thrive in) new roles)
Company HQ
Cottonwood Heights, UT
Leadership
Steve Daly
(CEO)They have a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a MBA in Strategy and Finance with more than 20 years experience in hardware and software industries.
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