Group Treasury Manager

**Group Treasury Manager - 6 Months FTC**

**Location**:Manchester

**Salary**:£Competitive

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Position Type**:Full Time

**Slater and Gordon are a leading consumer law firm, and our mission is to give people easier access to world class legal services. We are a legal services business powered by technology and led by people that support customers in every step of theircase.**

We are currently recruiting for a talented Group Treasury Manager to join our first class, Finance department, in Manchester. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about the work they do, the service they provide and getting the bestresults for their clients.

Responsible for overall cash management for the Slater and Gordon Group and relationships with external banking partners. The role is to ensure that Slater and Gordon has a clear and accurate view of operating cash balances in both the short and long termso that the business can make focussed commercial decisions.

At Slater and Gordon Lawyers (UK) we are inclusive. We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation. So, we’re building a culture where difference is valued. Our culture motivates our employees to give their fullselves to the job and invest in the company’s future. Our people see value in their work and are eager to do well in their roles. Our values ensure that all our employees are working towards the same goals.

If you have got the talent, ambition and focus and are looking for a stimulating and rewarding career we would love to hear from you.

**Responsibilities to include**:

- Training of Treasury analyst to perform role in 6 months
- Responsible for monitoring Group’s daily cash position and the reporting of Group’s cash receipts on daily basis to Executive Leadership team and Business Units
- Responsible for production of weekly short term cash flow report for Executive Leadership and Board, following weekly review with all BUs
- Maintenance of Daily Liquidity schedule and arrangement of necessary transfers to ensure all accounts remain in credit
- Understanding of cash cycles and cash flows across the business to optimise cash position and minimise interest charges
- Continual improvement of cash processes to eliminate inefficiencies and duplication
- Be proactive when cash balances are lower than target by alerting business partners to remediate in order to return to forecast
- Production of monthly and YTD direct cash flow for inclusion in monthly results pack for the Board, together with variance analysis to budget/forecast
- Approval oversight of payment runs to ensure payments in line with short term cash flow forecast before releasing for payment
- Authorising both BACS and manual payments
- Maintenance of Bank Mandates and signing authorities
- Act as relationship contact with all banks and current and future funding partners and in event, change in transactional banking partner, oversight and implementation of new account structure and move of banking
- Ensure compliance with shareholder loan covenants and involvement in renewal of Group’s funding facilities and/or new funding opportunities
- Oversight of the financial transactions to ensure in accordance with accepted accounting practices and compliant with SRA rules
- Ensure proper records are kept and that effective financial procedures are in place with regards to bank reconciliations
- Liaise with auditors on bank related correspondence
- Ad hoc analysis and oversight of cash and banking related items e.g. bank charges
- Exceptional/one-off tasks where analysis of large datasets and a commercial mindset is required

**About You**:

- ACT/ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with experience in professional or financial services.
- 5+ years’ experience in a fast-paced and changing environment
- Extensive experience in cash reporting and cash management
- Previous experience in changing transactional banking partner desirable but not essential
- Proactive and inquisitive mindset
- Excellent analytical and data manipulation skills
- Confident communicator across a variety of levels in the business

**Company Values**:
Our values provide the framework for how we engage with our colleagues, customers, and stakeholders. These behaviours and values must be demonstrated in the role and across the business.
- We do what we say we will
- We own it, we sort it
- We don’t wait, we create
- We respect and encourage each other
- We make time to live

**What we offer in return**:
We offer a flexible agile working environment, alongside a competitive salary and benefits package including 25 days holiday allowance plus the option to purchase an extra 5 days, pension scheme, health cash plan, life assurance and income protection insurance.The opportunity to develop a rewarding and successful career with an award
- winning law firm.