Head of Treasury Operations | Financial Services | Newport

Harmonic are delighted to be working with an international financial services business in their search for a Head of Treasury Services to aid in their rapid European growth. The successful candidate will manage the newly created Treasury function, guiding a team of driven, passionate individuals.

Reporting directly to the CFO, your responsibilities will directly contribute to shaping the commercial strategy of the business. Owning the forecasting of the cash flow across the group's entities and daily liaison with external partners, this role is perfect for individuals who survive in a dynamic environment.

Despite serving close to 17million customers per month, the business is dedicated to retaining a collaborative, community atmosphere. Therefore, the successful candidate will be intelligent, confident, and actively want to go into the office and contribute to the company culture.

Responsibilities:

• Maximise efficiency of Group's treasury operations.
• Maintain control procedures and policies over treasury activities.
• Ensure receivables collected promptly by business units.
• Develop information on cash position, intra-group flow and foreign exchange to inform Group reports and analysis.
• Own the cash flow management of Group's UK entities cash flow management (charges, payments, etc)
• Optimise Group's investments by forecasting cash flow.
• Optimise Working Capital Requirement projects.
• Adopt continuous reviews of the UK Treasury Procedures, in line with Group structure.
• Liaise with external banking partners (KYC process, accounts processes, and banking powers)
• Funding / Banking Covenants reports.
• Recommend, implement, and maintain process improvements.
• Develop KPI's to assess Group's treasury operations
• Responsible for business/commissions rates and cash cycle.

Essential requirements:

• Strong leadership skills and experience in the day-to-day management of a Treasury function and team.
• Experience within a business with a turnover of £50million+
• Experience at head/director of treasury role for an organisation with international entities.
• Experienced treasury professional with strong cash management skills. A minimum of 10 years relevant experience is required.
• Working knowledge of hedging and swaps.
• Strong communication skills, analytical reporting writing, problem solving and command of Microsoft Excel.
• Self-starter, able to deal with organisational changes and different stakeholders.

Bonus skills:

• ACT Certificate in Treasury (CerT) or equivalent.
• Knowledge of SAGE X3 is preferred but not essential.
• Experience within an organisation using physical cash.
• Ability to prepare financial presentations.

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000 (+ benefits)

Location: Newport, South Wales

Start date: ASAP

If this role is of interest, please apply online. Due to the high volume of applications, we are receiving, if you have not heard back from us, please assume your application was unfortunately unsuccessful on this occasion.

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