Chroma Recruitment
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Head of Treasury (Contract)
Location: Manchester City Centre (2/3 days a week on site)
Contract: Initial 3-6 month contract, with high chance for extension
Rate: Competitive, dependent on experience
Start Date: ASAP
Overview
Are you a senior Treasury professional who enjoys building functions, improving processes and making an immediate impact?
We're working with a well-known UK organisation undergoing a significant period of transformation, looking for an experienced Head of Treasury to establish and lead its in-house treasury function on an initial contract basis.
This is a genuine hands-on transformation role rather than a BAU Treasury position. You'll have ownership across treasury strategy, liquidity, funding, banking relationships, financial risk and governance, working closely with the Finance Director and senior leadership team.
The ideal candidate will be comfortable stepping into an established organisation, assessing the current position quickly and putting the right processes, controls, governance and operating model in place.
Key Responsibilities
- Establish and lead the in-house treasury function, defining the operating model, processes and governance.
- Lead cash and liquidity management, including cash forecasting and working capital optimisation.
- Develop and manage relationships with banks, lenders, investors and key internal stakeholders.
- Support short, medium and long-term funding and capital strategies.
- Lead debt management and financing activities, including refinancing where required.
- Oversee FX requirements and broader financial risk management.
- Establish robust treasury controls, policies and governance frameworks.
- Provide strategic treasury insight to the Finance Director and Executive Leadership Team.
- Lead and develop a small treasury team.
- Identify and implement improvements across treasury processes, systems and automation.
- Support the wider finance transformation agenda.
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Requirements
- Significant commercial treasury experience within a large or complex organisation.
- Previous experience at Head of Treasury, Treasury Director, Group Treasurer or Senior Treasury Manager level.
- Strong experience across cash, liquidity and cash flow forecasting.
- Proven experience managing banking and lender relationships.
- Strong understanding of debt, funding and capital structure.
- Experience with refinancing and/or covenant management.
- Strong financial risk management experience, including FX.
- Excellent treasury governance and controls experience.
- Professionally qualified accountant or treasurer (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, AMCT, MCT or equivalent).
- Comfortable operating hands-on in a lean environment.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence at Finance Director and Executive level.
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Desirable
- Experience within telecommunications or another highly leveraged/capital-intensive sector.
- Previous experience building or establishing an in-house treasury function.
- Experience working with PE, investors, lenders or debt providers.
- Treasury transformation or systems implementation experience.
- Experience operating across complex, multi-entity organisations.
Why This Contract?
- Genuine opportunity to build and shape a treasury function from the ground up.
- Immediate visibility and influence with the Finance Director and senior leadership.
- Strategic ownership across liquidity, funding, debt and financial risk.
- A hands-on transformation role rather than a traditional BAU Treasury position.
- Opportunity to make a tangible impact within an established UK organisation.
- Potential for the initial engagement to extend for the right individual.
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If you're an experienced Treasury professional who can step in, assess, build and lead, I'd be keen to speak with you.
If you have strong experience across funding, refinancing, banking relationships, liquidity and treasury transformation, please get in touch for a confidential discussion.
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