Senior Regional Treasury Manager

AESC Group; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational corporation is seeking a Treasury Lead to oversee financial activities in the UK and Europe. The ideal candidate will have a strong Treasury background, a minimum of 5 years as a Qualified Accountant, and exceptional analytical skills. Responsibilities include managing cash forecasting, payment processing, and compliance reporting. This role requires collaboration with finance teams globally, ensuring efficient cash management and internal controls. Strong technical skills in Excel and a working knowledge of SAP are preferred.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant post qualification work experience.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and treasury accounting skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Treasury related activities within the UK and Europe.
• Handle multi-site cash forecasting with high accuracy.
• Manage day-to-day payment processing of transactions.
• Maintain relationships with banks and customers.
• Oversee cash management controls, including fraud mitigation.
• Act as primary contact for KYC and Internal Audit inquiries.
• Manage FX exposure analysis and hedging program.
• Handle ad-hoc Treasury projects and presentations.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Cash management

Compliance reporting

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Treasury accounting

Excel technical skills

Education

Qualified Accountant

Tools

SAP

Job description

AESC is creating this new role to lead the Company’s Treasury related activities within the UK and Europe. The role will report to the European CFO but with strong links to both the Global Treasury team based in the US, and the plant Finance and Accounting teams. A Treasury background in a multinational company is essential, with hands on experience of cash management and forecasting, FX and interest rate hedging programmes, debt maintenance and compliance all being necessary.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be a self-starter with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and can work in close collaboration with regional and global finance teams and other cross functional teams to solve complex problems
• Demonstrate success in handling a multi-site cash forecasting framework and be able to manage the cash forecast with high level of accuracy
• Be able to support day to day payment processing of domestic and international transactions
• Be able to maintain relationships with banks and other internal and external customers
• Be managing corporate banking structure activities such as opening accounts, closing accounts, maintaining bank signatories, etc.
• Be responsible for oversight and implementation of effective controls around cash management, including fraud mitigation
• Act as primary contact for all banking KYC, SOX, Internal Audit and Finance inquiries as it relates to cash and banking
• Monitor and manage the ongoing internal and external compliance reporting requirements for all debt obligations, including establishing procedures to facilitate the timely preparation of accurate reporting of borrowing base certificates, interest accrual schedules, intercompany loan reporting, and covenant forecasting
• Manage FX exposure analysis, hedging program maintenance, quarterly and monthly reporting
• Handle ad-hoc Treasury projects and presentations for Treasury

Preferred Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 5 years of relevant post qualification work experience
• Strong analytical, problem solving and treasury accounting skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with different business partners
• High level of initiative, motivation and curiosity
• Emphasis on consistently producing high quality results
• Ability to work effectively on a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Strong technical skills in Excel, and treasury applications
• Working knowledge of SAP preferred but not required