Senior Treasury Manager, Operations at OpenAI

San Francisco, California, United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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Technology, AI, FinanceIndustries

Requirements

  • 8+ years of hands-on Treasury, payments operations, banking operations, or corporate finance operations experience
  • Direct experience with payment execution (international wires, ACH, SWIFT) and FX trade settlements
  • Experience with a Treasury Management System (Treasury4, Kyriba, GTreasury, or similar)
  • Exceptional attention to detail and a strong control mindset
  • A documentation-first operator who builds durable, scalable processes
  • Familiarity with tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, FXall, Clearwater Analytics, and enterprise TMS solutions
  • Experience collaborating cross-functionally with senior leadership and external financial partners
  • Demonstrated success leading Treasury functions in high-growth, fast-paced environments

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage banking and custody infrastructure, including account openings, signatories, entitlements, portal access, and periodic KYC updates
  • Run daily cash operations: wires, ACH, SWIFT, FX settlements, fixed-income settlements, and investment subscriptions & redemptions
  • Maintain and operate the Treasury Management System: bank feeds, workflows, templates, static data, and exception monitoring
  • Build and maintain standard operating procedures, checklists, and cross-training to ensure Treasury operations are resilient and never single-threaded
  • Support the design and operational implementation of cash pooling or an in-house banking structure
  • Strengthen internal controls for payments, settlements, reconciliations, and user access; prepare clean audit evidence
  • Identify and implement automation and workflow improvements that reduce manual effort and increase accuracy

Skills

Key technologies and capabilities for this role

Treasury OperationsCash ManagementPaymentsFX SettlementsSWIFTACHTreasury Management SystemTMSBanking InfrastructureCustodyKYCReconciliationsCash PoolingIn-House BankingOperational ControlsAutomation

Questions & Answers

Common questions about this position

What is the salary for the Senior Treasury Manager role?

The salary is $240K.

Is this role remote or based in an office?

This role is based in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week. OpenAI offers relocation assistance to new employees.

What skills and experience are required for this position?

Candidates need 8+ years of hands-on Treasury, payments operations, banking operations, or corporate finance operations experience, direct experience with payment execution (international wires, ACH, SWIFT) and FX trade settlements, and experience with a Treasury Management System like Treasury4, Kyriba, or GTreasury. Additional strengths include exceptional attention to detail, a strong control mindset, and familiarity with tools such as Excel, PowerPoint, Bloomberg, FXall, and Clearwater Analytics.

What is the team like at OpenAI Finance?

OpenAI Finance ensures the organization is set up for success in pursuit of its mission, building a world-class Treasury function to support rapid global growth.

What makes a strong candidate for this Senior Treasury Manager role?

A strong candidate has 8+ years of relevant experience in Treasury or payments operations, hands-on expertise in payment execution and TMS, a documentation-first approach to building scalable processes, and success leading Treasury functions in high-growth environments.

OpenAI

Develops safe and beneficial AI technologies

About OpenAI

OpenAI develops and deploys artificial intelligence technologies aimed at benefiting humanity. The company creates advanced AI models capable of performing various tasks, such as automating processes and enhancing creativity. OpenAI's products, like Sora, allow users to generate videos from text descriptions, showcasing the versatility of its AI applications. Unlike many competitors, OpenAI operates under a capped profit model, which limits the profits it can make and ensures that excess earnings are redistributed to maximize the social benefits of AI. This commitment to safety and ethical considerations is central to its mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) serves all of humanity.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2015Year Founded
$18,433.2MTotal Funding
LATE_VCCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
1,001-5,000Employees

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental and vision insurance
Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
Mental healthcare service
Fertility treatment coverage
401(k) with generous matching
20-week paid parental leave
Life insurance (complimentary)
AD&D insurance (complimentary)
Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
Optional buy-up life insurance
Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
Annual learning & development stipend
Regular team happy hours and outings
Daily catered lunch and dinner
Travel to domestic conferences

Risks

Elon Musk's legal battle may pose financial and reputational challenges for OpenAI.
Customizable ChatGPT personas could lead to privacy and ethical concerns.
Competitors like Anthropic raising capital may intensify market competition.

Differentiation

OpenAI's capped profit model prioritizes ethical AI development over unlimited profit.
OpenAI's AI models, like Sora, offer unique video creation from text descriptions.
OpenAI's focus on AGI aims to create AI systems smarter than humans.

Upsides

OpenAI's $6.6 billion funding boosts its AI research and computational capacity.
Customizable ChatGPT personas enhance user engagement and satisfaction.
OpenAI's 'Operator' AI agent could revolutionize workforce automation by 2025.

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