Group Treasury Manager in Birmingham

Location: Dundalk HQ Onsite (hybrid/ remote)

Department: Finance

Reporting to: Finance Director

Employment: Full-time, Permanent

Whytematter is delighted to be partnering with a major international retail and online business to appoint an experienced Group Treasury Manager to its Finance team at its Dundalk headquarters. Our client is a highly successful, independently owned organisation with a significant presence across Ireland and the UK, alongside an established international operation. The business has grown considerably since its establishment in the early 1980s and today operates more than 390 retail locations, employs over 2,700 people across Ireland, the UK and Gibraltar, and has a substantial and growing online business.

Operating within a fast-paced, highly transactional consumer environment, the organisation processes significant volumes of payments across its retail and digital operations, making Treasury a critical function within the wider Group. This is a senior and highly visible position, offering the successful candidate responsibility for the Group's banking operations, liquidity, cash management, treasury controls and banking relationships across multiple entities, jurisdictions, currencies and payment platforms.

The Group Treasury Manager will take ownership of the effective management of the Group's banking and treasury operations across both its Retail and Online divisions. You'll lead the Treasury team while ensuring strong governance, control and visibility across cash movements, balances and liquidity. The position will suit an experienced treasury professional who is comfortable operating in a high-volume, fast-moving environment and who can combine strong technical treasury knowledge with leadership, commercial awareness and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Treasury Operations & Banking Management
• Oversee all Group bank accounts across multiple entities, jurisdictions, platforms and currencies, principally EUR and GBP.
• Ensure appropriate banking structures, documentation and controls are maintained.
• Lead and manage the Treasury team, ensuring timely and accurate monthly bank reconciliations.
• Oversee complex, high-volume reconciliations across multiple online platforms and payment flows, investigating and resolving discrepancies with internal teams and external providers.
• Manage funding and liquidity across multi-currency accounts to ensure appropriate funds are available to meet operational requirements.
• Manage short-term investment portfolios and the Group's foreign exchange (FX) exposure.
• Identify opportunities to automate processes, strengthen controls and improve operational efficiency.
• Controls, Risk & Governance
• Maintain and continually enhance the Group's treasury control environment, including segregation of duties, authorisation frameworks, access controls and documented procedures.
• Exercise sound judgement around treasury matters and escalate significant issues appropriately.
• Act as a key contact for external auditors and banking partners in relation to treasury operations.
• Support financial and systems audits and ensure treasury processes meet appropriate governance and control standards.
• Maintain the highest standards of confidentiality, discretion and integrity.
• Payments, Banking & Business Partnering
• Work closely with Security, Operations and wider Finance teams to ensure adherence to cash-management policies.
• Partner with payment and banking providers to optimise key performance measures including decline rates, chargebacks, cash differences and unreconciled lodgements.
• Work closely with Financial Reporting to ensure reporting requirements are delivered accurately and on time.
• Develop and prepare regular management information relating to Treasury operations.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with third-party banking and payment partners.
• Reporting & Forecasting
• Produce key Treasury KPIs and Group cash-flow forecasts, providing clear visibility of short and medium-term liquidity.
• Analyse cash positions and provide recommendations on the effective management of bank accounts and cash balances.
• Provide analytical support across systems improvements, Treasury initiatives and ad-hoc projects.
• Leadership & Team Development
• Lead, support and develop the Treasury team.
• Establish SMART objectives, training and development plans and appropriate succession planning.
• Create an open and collaborative culture built around accountability, continuous improvement and strong relationships across Finance and the wider organisation.
• Encourage the team to identify opportunities to improve processes, controls and efficiencies.

We're looking for an experienced Treasury professional who has operated at senior or management level within a high-volume, fast-paced environment. You'll ideally bring:

• Strong experience within a high-transaction-volume Treasury function.
• Experience managing cash, liquidity and banking operations.
• Exposure to complex reconciliations and multiple payment flows/platforms.
• Experience working across multiple bank accounts, entities and currencies.
• Knowledge of FX exposure and short-term cash/investment management.
• Strong understanding of treasury controls, governance and risk.
• Previous experience leading, managing or developing a Treasury team.
• Strong systems capability and advanced Excel skills, including PivotTables, VLOOKUPs and data analysis.
• The ability to analyse complex information and turn it into clear recommendations.
• Excellent organisation skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• A proactive, solutions-focused approach with an interest in automation and process improvement.
• Confidence communicating and building relationships at all levels of an organisation.
• A straightforward yet professional communication style.
• High levels of discretion and integrity.

This is an excellent opportunity to take ownership of Treasury within a large, established and continually evolving international organisation. Unlike a traditional Treasury position, the scale of the company's retail and online operations creates exposure to significant transaction volumes, multiple payment providers, multi-currency banking, FX, complex reconciliations and cash-flow management. You'll work closely with senior Finance stakeholders, banking and payment partners and teams across the wider business, while also having the opportunity to lead and develop the Treasury function, improve processes and drive greater automation and efficiency.