Senior Manager - Treasury

Job Description

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Liquidity and Deal Finance, Strategy and Transactions - Treasury and Cash Management

Senior Manager

The Opportunity – Treasury and Cash Management

EY’s Liquidity team supports businesses in improving the effectiveness of their liquidity and cash management, treasury, and working capital processes and performance and provides advice on and/ or underpinned by use of technology such as data analytics, cash management solutions and treasury management systems.

The team has significant experience supporting the complete spectrum of listed and privately owned companies across multiple sectors or geographies, whether a successful business seeking to enhance shareholder value, or an organisation experiencing a cash crisis.

We work right across the transaction cycle from pre-acquisition to exit preparation and across separation, carve out and integration scenarios.

The team is one of the market leading advisers in this space and part of the world’s largest specialist liquidity, cash and working capital advisory practice.

There are opportunities to become a part of this group, specifically across inventory management and supply chain, credit risk and collections, and treasury and cash management.

Your Key Responsibilities – Treasury and Cash Management

As an Assistant Director you will be responsible for ensuring that projects are delivered to the highest standards. You will scope how projects will be delivered, agree the approach with clients and coach junior team members through delivery.

Throughout engagements, you will manage the financial aspects of engagements by preparing a budget, organising staffing, tracking engagement economics, keeping clients up to date and communicating the status to the project partner.

In addition to delivering work, you will develop new business by responding to clients’ requests for proposals and by building and leveraging your own your network of internal and external contacts.

Our team is part of EY’s Strategy and Transactions business, and you will work closely with colleagues across functions to help our clients navigate complex transactions.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• • Experience of working in a treasury function within a Corporate or working in a consulting firm and providing detailed practical advice to treasurers on overcoming business issues / challenges, including the establishment of treasury functions; defining and implementing the strategies, plans, policies, and procedures to manage the treasury risks facing the Group.
  • Knowledge of Treasury good practice, including banking landscapes, cash pooling and cash management arrangements, financial risk management, cash flow forecasting, and treasury systems landscape
  • Experience of drafting treasury policies, procedures and processes
  • Experienced at analysing information / data, to solve problems and formulate views and conclusions.
  • Able to confidently present solutions, issues, and findings in both a concise written and oral format.
  • Stakeholder management - every day you will interface with multiple stakeholders across different functions, and you will appreciate the context of the transaction and the client's business issues.
  • Communication – you will need to be able to communicate effectively with the engagement leader, the client, and the wider team in a concerted effort towards delivering work products of the highest standard.
  • Support – you will coach and develop more junior members of the team.
  • Strong interpersonal skills and inclusive teaming – you will be part of a diverse team with various backgrounds and experiences. Embracing these differences creates an environment where all EY people feel, and are valued, for who they are, have a sense of belonging, and are inspired to contribute their personal best in every encounter.
  • Understand the capabilities of the firm, looking for opportunities to bring in other specialists and service lines to broaden engagements and achieve the best possible outcome.

To qualify for the role you must have

• • 8+ years’ experience in a finance role, working with large corporates either as an advisor or employee.
  • 5+ years’ experience in treasury or cash management, either in consulting role or from working in a treasury department at a large corporate.
  • Excellent project management skills, with the ability to manage more than one assignment at a time in a fast-paced environment and yet still demonstrate quality and consistency of performance in every task.
  • People management skills and previous evidence of coaching others to maximise performance.
  • The ability to share technical and other knowledge with the team drawing on previous experience and current learning.
  • A flexible and positive approach and ability to adapt well to change.
  • The desire and ability to build effective relationships at all levels.

Ideally, you may also have

• • Professional accountancy and/or treasury qualification.
  • Whilst not necessary, preferred candidates will have European language skills.

What we look for

We are looking for candidates who are highly motivated, driven, and have a passion to be part of a fast-paced, successful transaction team. Being a strong team player is also important as well as someone who is happy to work flexibly throughout a period of growth within the cash and working capital team.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package where you’ll be rewarded for your individual and team performance. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions. Plus, we offer:

• • Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
  • Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
  • The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we’re using the finance products, expertise and systems we’ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we’ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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