Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 80 partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.
With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.
Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance".
Who are we?
Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 150 distribution partners. We provide most of our insurance products through API, and hosts white label insurance solutions via our Play&Plug technology platform.
With a footprint spanning 32 countries and revenue of more than €900 million in 2023, mostly generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance.
Strongly committed to social responsibility, Wakam is a mission-driven company dedicated to “enabling transparent and impactful insurance".
About the Treasury team
The Treasury team at Wakam manages the company's cash flows and liquidity to ensure optimal financial management. They are responsible for forecasting cash needs, optimizing financial resources, and managing banking relationships. Through rigorous analysis and proactive management, the Treasury team plays a crucial role in Wakam's financial stability and growth.
As part of our expansion, we are looking to recruit a Cash Manager, who will be responsible for processing the daily cash management and acting as expert in the implementing of new tools and ne process on France and Europe scopes.
Missions
Function Overview:
On a daily basis, the Cash Manager is in charge of the daily cash management and the preparation of the payments. On a monthly basis, he/she is in charge of the analysis of the cash forecast and the comparison with the actual cash positions. As the treasury is working on a deep transformation of the activity, the Cash Manager will also be involved in the implementation of the treasury function : implement Kyriba cash management module, cash plan model and analysis, and Vitesse solution implementation.
Responsibilities:
As part of the treasury team :
- Insure the liquidity of the group and optimise the cash positions
- Prepare on time the payments to Wakam’s partners, the taxes,…
- Act as an expert to guarantee the quality of treasury IT solutions
This includes :
- Manage the daily cash position with processing the cash transfers
- Input manual payments into the payment system
- Manage issues on payments with the banks
- Produce the cash forecast based on assumptions provided by the FP&A and produce a monthly follow up
- Actively take part on the treasury project transformation
Profile Requirements
- Business ou Finance Master degree education, with a specialization in accounting, finance or insurance:
- You have 3 to 5 years' experience in management control or treasury, ideally in a digital environment linked to the insurance or financial services sector.
- You have an eye for details, shows curiosity and gets to the bottom of issues, to propose appropriate avenues for improvement
- Demonstrates strong organizational skills, enabling him/her to present a clear follow-up of claims cash positions by partner, business line and country
- Demonstrates an appetite for data and digital subjects, particularly data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI).
- Fluent in French and English.
Hiring Process
- Interview with a Talent Acquisition Expert
- Manager interview with the Head of Treasury
- Cross interview with the Chief FP&A
- HR culture fit interview with our Head of Talent
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More about us
Our culture? Free to impact. A culture where everything is possible, where all ideas are taken into consideration, where everyone has an impact on the transformation of insurance! Hungry for freedom? Thirsty for autonomy? If you are adventurous and like challenges, then the Wakam adventure might be made for you!
Discover on our website who we really are with the 11 cultural markers that so well describe us!
Mindset compatibility with our ‘Free to Impact’ culture:
- Think big
- Biased for action
- Curious and eager to learn
- Can say no and find solutions
- Aims for the moon (but please don’t stick on the moon)
- And above all: have fun working together 🤜🤛 !
- Wakam is not based on a hierarchy but on a methodology where everyone finds their role and knows their objectives.
- With a flat hierarchical system and a highly collaborative operating model, Wakam is an extremely agile and transparent company.
- Every last Friday of the month, it's Free.day @Wakam, a day without meetings to take a step aside and dedicate ourselves to skills sponsorship or other activities (because we are curious, I remind you).
- Full-remote is a reality at Wakam (there is even one Wakamee who works from his sailing boat ⛵) with our Wakam From Anywhere (WFA) program.
- Last but not least : we are nice and we have fun! (you'll find out by yourself 😉)
At Wakam, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to reach out to your recruiter.
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What We Do
Wakam is a B2B2C insurance company that creates white-label insurance solutions via its Play&Plug® technology platform for more than 150 distribution partners and over 8 million policyholders. With a foothold in 32 countries and a 2021 turnover of €455 million, the majority of which was generated outside France, Wakam is the European leader in digital and embedded insurance. The company has been growing rapidly for more than seven years. Led by Olivier Jaillon, Wakam is a Mission-driven company since 2021, its corporate purpose is "enabling transparent and impactful insurance". We have a strong corporate culture built around 11 cultural markers that promote collaboration, curiosity, learning, open-mindedness and innovation
