EY Treasury Manager - FTC 

Ireland 

976572971

Treasury Manager (Senior Finance Manager)Start: Immediate, initial 12 months (To be assessed)

The organisation has embarked on a business transformation programme which will be enabled with a new finance solution where five existing finance systems will be consolidated into one overall common standard design. The new solution will also support future growth and align to a new finance operating model.

1. Provide a unified finance system for the whole enterprise which is flexible to meet the business needs providing a single source of truth.
2. Enable adoption of finance process leading practices – standardised, efficient, leverage automation and technology.
3. Finance move to a business partner role providing insight and challenging organisational decision making;
4. Delivery of the project on time within the budget to the required benefits realisation and enable NGT implementation within the agreed timelines;
5. Ensure robust controls and governance are incorporated in the project and new system while ensuring efficiency of operations, i.e. ensure we have controls at the right level; and
6. Align to the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Strategy – cloud- first mindset.

As part of the new finance operating model the organisation is planning to establish a new centralised treasury team to consolidate existing treasury and banking reconciliation activities into a new centre of expertise. The organisation have a large number of bank accounts and various processes that require standardisation and optimisation.

The Treasury Manager shall undertake tasks including those listed below to the highest standards:

The Treasury Manager lead will have responsibility & accountability for:

· Establish, set up and operate a centralised treasury function;
· Enhancing and ensuring compliance with the treasury and banking policies and procedures
· Apply a structured methodology and lead organisational change management activities for the consolidation of treasury functions;
· Lead and own the design, development, delivery and management of treasury and banking controls, processes and procedures;
· Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness and identify key stakeholders;
· Collaborating with the wider finance team and continuously monitoring internal processes – identifying value creation opportunities to maximize the potential of the department and help build a strong and robust treasury environment;
· Working closely with the finance systems and internal control teams to ensure the design and effectiveness of systems, processes and controls provide a strong and robust environment;
· Designing, implementing, and optimising the treasury operating model, and improving efficiency including developing service level agreements and Key Performance Indicators;
· Design and produce monitoring reports over reconciliations and prepared ongoing management KPIs for senior management review

· To own the relationship with banks and other stakeholders including the data streams, compliance, cost control and data warehousing / reporting;
· Develop and maintain global process documentation and training for treasury process stream.
· Manage and train a team to complete day to day banking operations.
· Provide input, document requirements and support the design and delivery of training programs.
· Identify, analyse and prepare risk mitigation tactics;
· Support organizational design and definition of roles and responsibilities.
· Support audit assignments performed by Internal Audit, the Comptroller and Auditor General and other regulatory bodies.
· Represent the Finance Department to the highest standard at all times,
· Work effectively as a ‘finance business partner’, building strong relationships across the organisation, operating in a flexible and collaborative manner, while quickly adapting to the evolving requirements of the Finance function.
· Embed an ethos of innovation and continuous improvement within the team; and
· Assist with other ad hoc assignments outside of the team and generally support the work of the organisation.
· Other ad-hoc duties as agreed.

This person will report directly into the Financial Controller.

: The functions and responsibilities initially assigned to the position are based on the current organisational requirements and may be changed from time to time. The person appointed requires the flexibility to fulfil other roles and responsibilities at a similar level.

The person:

We require an individual who has developed expertise in treasury, cash management, banking and financial control. The individual needs to have experience working in complex, multi- priority and matrixed organisations, and expertise dealing with both technical and non- technical stakeholders.

· Well-developed leadership and management ability;
· Highly organised with strong interpersonal skills and professionalism;
· Knowledge and experience of best practice controls and governance practices;
· Effective at managing stakeholder engagement and relationships;
· Highly organised with strong interpersonal skills, including verbal communication, report writing and presentation skills.
· Flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations;
· Experience leading and developing finance teams;
· Experience in building strong internal control systems;

· Experience in financial systems development;
· Excellent analytical skills;
· Resilient and tenacious with a propensity to persevere;
· Forward looking with a holistic approach;
· Problem solving and root cause identification skills;
· Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization;
· Must be a team player and able to work collaboratively with and through others;
· Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges;