Finance Manager - Cash and Treasury in Preston

About the Company

Hawthorn One are proud to be partnering with a Global Service based business to recruit a Cash and Treasury Manager job opportunity. Our client is a well-established, high-growth service-based organisation headquartered in East Lancashire, operating across the UK and multiple European territories. The business delivers essential, time-sensitive services to a diverse client base across both public and private sectors, managing complex operations at scale. With annual group revenues in excess of c£170m and a growing international footprint, the organisation supports millions of end users each year through a technology-enabled operating model. Recent years have seen significant expansion, both organically and through strategic acquisitions, strengthening its market position and broadening its service capabilities across Europe. Now part of a larger international group, the business continues to invest in systems, infrastructure and leadership capability to support its next phase of growth. With a strong focus on operational excellence, financial control and scalable processes, this is a business that combines entrepreneurial pace with increasing international structure and governance.

About the role

This is not a back-office treasury role, this is a leadership opportunity at the heart of a c£175m international group where cash quite literally drives every commercial decision. Operating across 21 entities, with trading operations in the UK and Europe, the business moves quickly, cash positions shift daily, and visibility is everything. They are now building a newly structured Senior Finance Leadership Team, reporting directly into the Group Financial Director and this Cash & Treasury Manager job will sit alongside two other senior leaders, shaping how finance operates across the group. Its a genuine opportunity to influence, modernise and elevate treasury and credit control into a forward-looking, data-driven function. Youll take ownership of group cash visibility, not just reporting what has happened, but building a clear, reliable 13-week rolling forecast that gives leadership confidence in every decision they make. Youll bring structure to evolving cash models, create weekly consolidated visibility across UK and European entities, and ensure the Group FD has accurate, timely and commercially meaningful insight.

Cash moves quickly here. Daily trackers change. Priorities shift. It needs someone who enjoys that pace, someone calm under pressure, commercially sharp, and able to bring clarity to complexity. Alongside treasury, youll lead a credit control and billing function of three direct manager reports and 4 indirect reports. This is where your leadership will truly matter. The team operates in a high-volume environment with incentive-based KPIs, and they need a strong but supportive leader, someone comfortable in challenge, clear in expectations, and invested in developing capability. You wont just oversee performance, youll shape it. From implementing structured KPIs to strengthening processes, from acting as the senior escalation point to building a culture of accountability and support, this is a role for someone who enjoys bringing people with them.

Youll also own the businesss banking relationships, becoming the primary contact for partners, ensuring smooth treasury operations and proactive issue resolution. Expense management and virtual credit card platforms will sit under your remit, requiring tight oversight and daily control. At the same time, the business is in the final stages of implementing a new ERP, a significant transformation from legacy systems. Youll be involved in training and testing, helping shape how treasury and reporting operate in the new ERP environment. This is a role with real autonomy. You are not walking into rigid structures, youre stepping into a function that is ready to evolve. Youll have the freedom to improve processes, refine controls, simplify reporting models, and put your own stamp on how cash and credit operate across the group.

Theyre looking for someone with multi-entity and multi-currency experience, someone who understands working capital pressure, who has built meaningful cash flow forecasts before, and who thrives in environments where pace and ownership go hand in hand.

Candidate Requirements

• Relevant finance qualification (AAT / ACCA / CIMA) or QBE with strong treasury experience.
• Proven experience in cash management or treasury within a multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
• Demonstrable experience building and managing 13-week cash flow forecasts.
• Strong people leadership experience, with a track record of mentoring, developing and performance managing finance teams.
• Experience operating in high-volume credit control environments with structured KPI frameworks.
• Strong Excel capability and experience working with ERP systems (SAP S/4HANA advantageous).
• Ability to operate confidently in a fast-paced, commercially driven environment where cash positions change quickly.