A new centralised role replacing the existing treasury committee with a single role covering overall responsibility for the Group’s treasury strategy, policies and procedures including reporting to the executive committee, audit committee and/or Board.
Responsibilities include:
* Prepare annual Board report and oversee treasury policies management and development
* Ensure governance is in place for the segregation of corporate and non-corporate funds and where required, for non-corporate funds, ensure safeguarding is in place.
* Certify covenants where required (banking facilities or defined benefit pensions)
* Ensures subsidiary funding is adequate, particularly with regulatory capital requirements
Maintain and develop relationships with
* all banks, being the primary operational contact
* Trustees of the defined benefit pension scheme
* Other finance colleagues to ensure treasury activities and corporate activities are aligned to the group’s strategic objectives.
Improve profitability (maximise income minimise costs)
* Input into the overall plan process setting ambitious targets as owner of interest income, interest costs, banking fees and related payment processing costs.
* Review investment options for cash balances balancing return against risk
* Cost management bank & other treasury related service providers
Operational activities include
* Liquidity management across the group (including drawdowns / settlement of group facilities and the Prepayment trust)
* Manage, monitor and update bank mandates and delegated authorities.
* Issue and maintenance of guarantees and Standby Letters of Credit
* Oversight of appropriate administration of all bank accounts, including opening & closure of accounts, new signers and maintaining related records (mandates)
* Work with Finance systems team to ensure appropriate management of on-line banking portals including appropriate allocation of user’s entitlements.
* Approve payments, SCFs and other treasury activities where required.
* Professional finance or treasury and cash management qualifications required
* Previous experience of treasury an advantage
* Able to evidence managing relationships (with banks or pension trustees) an advantage
* Able to evidence the establishment and maintenance of a strong a control environment
* Able to prioritise competing demands, manage delivery and solve problems in creative and practical ways
* Excellent communication skills: ability to argue persuasively and influence others
* Demonstrates integrity, honesty, and reliability
Description
Description A new centralised role replacing the existing treasury committee with a single role covering overall responsibility for the Group’s treasury strategy, policies and procedures including reporting to the executive committee, audit committee and/or Board.
Key Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities Governance/regulation/compliance
Prepare annual Board report and oversee treasury policies management and development
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