Assistant Group Treasury Manager – Projects – 12 Month Fixed Term Contract
At IVC Evidensia, we are a leading veterinary services provider in Europe and North America with more than 2,500 clinics and hospitals across 19 countries and around 42,000 employees. We aim to have an extraordinary impact on animal lives, supporting roughly 25,000 animals every single day across our international network. IVC Evidensia exists to champion the long‑term health and welfare of animals and deliver our purpose of Healthy Animals, Happy Owners.
We are seeking a highly capable, autonomous Treasury professional to join our team on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. Acting as the operational engine for the Group Treasury Manager – Projects, you will be instrumental in transitioning our banking operations processes to a "best‑in‑class" controlled environment, ensuring our control environment is matured in line with a group of our size and complexity.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
Project Execution. Governance & AI Integration
* Manage day‑to‑day project milestones, and deliverables for assigned workstreams, proactively navigating roadblocks to ensure consistent progress.
* Programme Governance: Maintain workstream plans, develop RAID logs and dependencies, producing clear updates for senior stakeholders—focusing on what enables quicker, safer integration of new entities.
* Policy Implementation: Support the drafting and rollout of a comprehensive Group Banking Policy, helping to embed preventative and detective controls for mandates and direct debits.
* Standardised ‘Playbooks’: Translate policy into practical "how we do it here" playbooks and templates that local teams and newly acquired businesses can adopt with minimal friction.
* AI‑Driven Efficiency: Where feasible, leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to process fragmented data, draft procedural documentation, automate the categorisation of banking records, and develop advanced queries to identify anomalies within large datasets.
* Help embed a clear RACI matrix across the Group eliminating fragmented accountabilities.
* Control Ownership: Define control owners, handoffs and escalation routes so controls remain effective during change (e.g., acquisitions, restructures, system migrations).
Operational Excellence & Oversight
* Supervisory Oversight: Provide first‑level review supporting data collection and remediation efforts.
* Access & Security Controls: Execute formal periodic access reviews and ensure system‑embedded dual‑authorisation protocols are functioning for all electronic banking portals.
* Operational Standardisation: Standardise reconciliation and control routines (frequency, ownership, ageing and break resolution) so newly acquired entities can be brought onto a common rhythm rapidly.
Bank Account Rationalisation & M&A Integration
* Account Rationalisation: Apply strict closure criteria to drive the deactivation of legacy bank accounts, tracking and reporting progress across the global portfolio of approximately 1,600 accounts.
* Subsidiary Engagement & Acquisitions: Actively support the onboarding of newly acquired businesses. You will actively engage with historically resistant subsidiaries to gather data to support the seamless integration of operational bank accounts into the Group’s control framework.
* Acquisition Onboarding Toolkit: Implement repeatable onboarding templates (data pack, access model, mandate standards, reconciliation expectations) to reduce time‑to‑control for new acquisitions.
* Fee Standardisation: Conduct the initial review, benchmarking, and validation of global bank fees to support cost and service optimisation negotiations with strategic banking partners, related financial, compliance, and operational risks and implement effective mitigation plans.
Experience and Qualifications
Essential
* Minimum 3+ years of experience in a Corporate Treasury or Banking Operations environment, featuring management, supervisory, or dedicated project execution experience.
* Control Mindset: Practical experience implementing or remediating financial control frameworks within a complex, multi‑country organization.
* Systems Fluent: Advanced Excel skills and experience configuring access controls within a TMS and/or electronic banking platforms, with a working knowledge of systems like Kyriba.
* AI Literacy: Ideally, practical experience of using AI tooling and prompt engineering to process large datasets, structure information, and accelerate administrative project tasks.
* Integration Experience: Ideally, exposure to acquisition integration, decentralised operating models, or bringing local teams onto a common standard.
Desirable
* Autonomous "Fixer" Mentality: Someone who excels at working independently to identify process gaps and implement structured, sustainable solutions.
* Stakeholder Management: Strong interpersonal skills to influence cross‑functional teams and drive proactive engagement across decentralised subsidiaries.
* Commercial Acumen: Ability to interpret complex financial data and translate it into actionable reporting to support the Group Treasury Manager - Projects and wider Treasury team.
What We Offer
* Work‑life balance
* 26 days annual leave
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Initiatives focused on employee wellbeing
* Pension
* Discretionary Bonus
* Discounted staff pet care
* Dog Friendly office
* Free Parking available at Head Office
As a BAME and LGBTQ+ inclusive employer, we are keen to hear from candidates from all minority and diverse groups. As a Disability Confident Employer, we are keen to hear from candidates with disabilities and long‑term health conditions and would be happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed during the recruitment process.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analysing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgement. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
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