Group Treasurer

Reporting to the Head of Investor Relations and Financial Control, the overall objective of the role will include the day-to-day management of Group Treasury operations and strategy, including direct responsibility of 2 team members. This high profile role, which is part of the Financial Leadership Team, will require building and managing critical relationships with external finance providers and advisors and be responsible for mapping out the future direction of funding and debt as well as cash & forex forecasting globally, driving efficient liquidity management and ensuring cost effective and efficient hedging compliance across the Group. The Group Treasurer will also ensure that the treasury processes are up to date, fully documented and are effective and will lead the strategic direction on multicurrency cash flow management including the forex, hedging, financing and hedging strategy.

Responsibilities

• Full ownership of Group Treasury operations
• Maintain key relationships with members of the banking group and rating agencies
• Managing FX exposure and ensure policy compliance across the Group
• Manage liquidity and ensure accurate business cash forecasts
• Manage and develop members of the Treasury team
• Work directly on funding and debt strategies, supporting the organic and inorganic M&A opportunities across the Essentra Group
• Responsible for written submissions and updates of Treasury matters to Audit & Risk Committee, Board and Regulatory bodies
• Facilitate the monthly Treasury Committee meetings as Secretary, recording of minutes and distribution of materials
• Drive process improvement and reporting that ensures operations are integrated into the business effectively
• Policy owner of Group Treasury policy with policy refresh on a two year cycle as well as maintenance of ISDA agreements
• Ownership of Treasury Risks, Governance and oversight including responsibilities for ensuring and enforcing regulatory compliance, e.g. EMIR, AML, CRS.
• Ownership of Treasury systems and reporting
• Work with in house legal to ensure appropriate intercompany borrowing facilities are in place between legal entities within the UK and globally
• Ensure that intercompany interest is calculated accurately to ensure transfer pricing compliance
• Supporting the Financial Controller and Head of Tax as required on ad-hoc tasks and projects, including cross functional teams
• Work with year-end accountants to ensure external auditors are provided with information in a timely manner to close interim end and year end audits

Required Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Accounting qualification and/or Treasury qualification
• Extensive appropriate Treasury experience including cash management and FX exposure.
• Treasury Systems and/or IT2 experience is necessary for this role
• Global treasury experience for a listed UK Company ensuring all compliance needs
• Commercially aware and able to ensure the most efficient route to compliance is obtained
• An enthusiastic team player and motivator, who is self-confident and flexible enough to work in a constantly changing environment
• Strong leadership to guide the treasury team and collaborate with other departments
• Understanding of international finance and the ability to manage cross-border transactions
• Have the ability to demonstrate attention to detail and work within tight deadlines
• Proven verbal and written communication skills at all levels including with external stakeholders, with an ability to take ownership and resolve issues, prioritising where necessary

What we offer

• Private Medical Insurance (Family Cover)
• Discretionary Annual Bonus
• Up to 5% matched pension contribution
• 4x annual salary life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee discounts through Edenred
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme

This is a hybrid role with expectation of working in our Kidlington office 2 days per week and London 1 day per week.

Essentra plc is a leading global provider of essential components and solutions, focusing on the manufacture and distribution of plastic injection moulded, vinyl dip moulded and metal items. Headquartered in the UK, Essentra's global network extends to 28 countries worldwide and includes over 3,000 employees, 14 manufacturing facilities, 24 distribution centres and 33 sales & service centres serving c.74,000 customers with a rapid supply of low cost but essential products for a variety of applications in industries such as equipment manufacturing, automotive, fabrication, electronics, medical and renewable energy. At Essentra we are ideally looking for individuals who enjoy working as part of a close team, are passionate about what they do and who strive to make a difference. We are always looking to better ourselves and are keen to recruit individuals who like to innovate and improve processes.

As part of our recruitment process you will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK. Documentary evidence will be requested at interview.