Cash Management & Banking Operations Specialist – Korea Based

We are looking for a Cash Management & Banking Operations Specialist based in Korea to own APK-specific treasury operations that cannot be run from our offshore centres.

The role involves roughly half cash management operations and the other half banking operations and banking administration. You will work directly in Korean with our Korean banking partner, visiting the branch when required, running the online banking portal, and partnering closely with Bangkok Cash Management & Operations and Banking teams.

Responsibilities:

Cash Management Operations (APK)

• Operate APK-specific cash management activities for the Trust / safeguarding structure.
• Support daily cash positioning and funding for APK accounts.
• Maintain APK-specific cash management process narratives, key controls, and how-to-operate documentation.
• Contribute to APK cash positioning and reporting inputs.
• Partner with Controllership / Accounting on interest and P&L impacts.

Banking Operations & Banking Administration (Korea)

• Own the day-to-day banking relationship operations with our Korean Banking partners.
• Execute Global Bank Account Management (BAM) activities for APK.
• Lead Korean-language KYC / AML bank form completion and annual refresh cycles.
• Support Global Signatory Management for APK.
• Translate and interpret Korean bank manuals, notices, fee schedules, and regulatory communications.
• Build and maintain working relationships with Korean bank relationship managers and branch staff.

Safeguarding, Controls & Regulatory Support

• Execute operational controls linked to the Trust / safeguarding process.
• Support preparation of inputs for monthly FSS external-management reporting and website safeguarding disclosure.
• Develop capability to act as operational backup on selected APK regulatory reporting and accounting-ratio support activities.
• Identify inefficiencies in the current manual Korean-language operating model and propose practical improvements.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Work as one team with Bangkok Cash Management & Operations and Banking colleagues.
• Partner with APK Legal, Tax, Controllership, FinTech / Payments, and BKNG Treasury counterparts.
• Occasional travel to Bangkok (and rarely Amsterdam) for onboarding, training, or Treasury offsites.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related field.
• 2–4 years of experience in corporate treasury operations, cash management, banking operations, or payment-operations.
• Native-level Korean (spoken and written) and strong business English.
• Hands-on experience with Korean bank online portals and comfort visiting bank branches.
• Familiarity with end-to-end bank account maintenance.
• Solid understanding of cash positioning, payment initiation / verification concepts, and basic reconciliation.
• Awareness of Korean financial regulatory context.
• Strong Excel / Google Sheets skills.
• Detail-oriented, self-directed, and reliable under time-sensitive regulatory deadlines.