Our client, a global leader in marketing services, is seeking a *** Treasury and Purchase Ledger Manager *** to oversee a key area of its finance function.
This could potentially be a hybrid role, with regular office-based days in North Oxfordshire and remote working available for part of the week.
This position is referred to internally as Cash & Banking Manager, however externally the role could also be described as a Treasury and Purchase Ledger Manager, reflecting the blend of transactional finance leadership, supplier payments, customer receipts, reconciliations, cash allocation, banking administration and treasury-related activity involved.
The role will support cash and banking activity across EMEA entities, ensuring that customer receipts and supplier payments are recorded correctly, bank accounts are reconciled accurately, and cash reporting is maintained to a high standard.
This would suit someone who has managed within a transactional finance environment and is comfortable overseeing the movement, recording and reconciliation of payments and receipts across a busy finance function.
Treasury and Purchase Ledger Manager - Key Responsibilities:
- Maintaining daily cash positions across EMEA entities, ensuring sufficient liquidity for operational and strategic needs.
- Supporting cash-flow forecasting and accurate cash reporting.
- Overseeing the accurate recording of customer receipts and supplier payments within D365.
- Ensuring timely and accurate bank reconciliations.
- Managing and updating customer and supplier master data, including bank details.
- Validating supplier bank details within the finance system and Globalpay as required.
- Coordinating with suppliers to resolve discrepancies and reviewing supplier statements.
- Overseeing bank account administration, including mandates, signatories and account changes.
- Maintaining strong controls across cash, banking and payment processes.
- Monitoring transactions and reports for irregularities.
- Supporting automation and process improvements across cash and banking workflows.
- Collaborating with AP, AR, Controllership, Commercial and Credit Control teams.
- Leading and developing a Cash & Banking team within the overseas shared service centre.
- Supporting customer invoice queries and debtor record accuracy where required.
Skills & Qualifications required for the Treasury and Purchase Ledger Manager role:
- Proven experience in treasury, purchase ledger, accounts payable, payments, cash allocation or transactional finance management.
- Previous experience managing or supervising a finance team.
- Strong understanding of incoming and outgoing payments, allocations and reconciliations.
- Experience with multi-currency transactions, reconciliations and Forex.
- Good knowledge of cash-flow, banking processes and financial controls.
- Experience working with supplier payments, customer receipts and bank reconciliations.
- Confidence managing supplier master data, payment controls and audit requirements.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain finance information clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving skills.
- A proactive approach to process improvement, controls and accuracy.
- Experience with D365 would be useful, although this is not essential.
About this exciting organisation:
Our client operates in over 60 countries across six continents, combining local expertise with a global network to deliver world-class marketing services. They specialise in promotional products, POS items and marketing materials, working with some of the biggest brands globally.
With a strong commitment to innovation, integrity and positive change, their teams are passionate about creating impactful brand experiences for leading consumer brands.
This role offers a strong opportunity for an experienced Treasury and Purchase Ledger Manager, Transactional Finance Manager, Payments Manager or Cash & Banking Manager to make an impact within a dynamic, international business.
If you have strong experience across treasury, payments, reconciliations, cash allocation, purchase ledger and finance operations, we would be pleased to hear from you.