Head of Treasury

Pure Search is pleased to partner with a private family office in their search for a newly created Head of Treasury role. Our client is the private family office for a multi-generational family with significant assets and a global portfolio of privately held businesses across a diverse range of sectors including technology, real estate, and transportation and logistics.

With responsibility for managing a substantial investment balance sheet and portfolio, the Head of Treasury is a key role in leading this global group’s financial performance. This is a hands-on role with strategic and operational responsibility for Treasury across the family office, including leading key projects, modernising treasury processes, internal controls, and systems.

We are looking for individuals who are proactive, commercially minded, and entrepreneurial with circa 7-10 years of corporate treasury experience ideally from a private business, family office, bank, or capital-intensive business. This role is an amazing platform for a confident Head of Treasury with initiative and expertise to develop a function within a high-performing private family office. We seek an individual with a strong academic background and ACT qualification or equivalent.

• Treasury Operations and Cash Management: Management of daily treasury operations, liquidity forecasting through to execution of payments. Management of cash flow forecasting and ensuring adequate measures are in place for liquidity management. Lead and refine the current cash flow forecasting process. Incorporate financial and debt movements (such as divestments, acquisitions, and debt transactions) into accurate cash flow forecasting. Practical experience across multi-currency environments. Execution of payments and financial transactions, ensuring appropriate controls are in place. Management of FX exposures and development of hedging strategies. Development of real-time KPIs for Treasury to track performance and monitor financial risks.
• Banking and Relationship Management: Management of banking relationships for the family office. Ensure appropriate account management is in place for banking partners including transaction management and KYC/AML compliance. Maintain and develop a fit-for-purpose database of banking relationships and ensure compliance and regulatory reporting is in place. Demonstrated strong internal and external stakeholder management skills to ensure treasury is aligned with the broader business and its wider objectives.
• Financial Analysis and Reporting: Preparation of treasury reports, analysis, and commentary for senior stakeholders on performance. Analysis of treasury and financial data to influence future trends and opportunities that inform future business decisions. Maintain and update FX exposure forecasts, including hedging decisions. Accurately reconcile monthly interest income and interest payments. Proven numerical and analytical skills, with an ability to interpret financial data to support strategic decision making. Advanced Excel skills in financial modelling, scenario analysis, and treasury reporting.
• Projects, Systems & Process Improvement: Evaluate existing treasury processes and be solutions-focused on automation across the function. Have a mindset to drive continuous improvement in key areas such as technology. Evaluation of opportunity to implement a TMS. Staying informed of accounting and tax implications and ensuring adjustments are made accordingly. Provide advisory guidance to international entities on treasury, recommended automations, optimisation, and best practice.