Role Overview
The Treasury & Working Capital Lead will be responsible for overseeing regional treasury, working capital and Accounts Payable activities, working closely with the Shared Service Centre (SSC), regional finance teams and key business stakeholders.
The role will focus on effective cash management, liquidity planning, working capital optimisation, timely payments and collections, cash flow forecasting, AP governance, tax coordination and continuous process improvement across the region.
Key Responsibilities
Treasury & Cash Management
- Manage and oversee regional treasury activities, ensuring timely and efficient movement of cash across entities and markets.
- Prepare and maintain weekly and rolling cash flow forecasts, including funding requirements and anticipated liquidity needs.
- Monitor daily and weekly cash positions, upcoming payments and other liquidity requirements, highlighting potential shortfalls and risks.
- Review intercompany balances and funding opportunities to support cash optimisation, address funding shortfalls and identify potential tax efficiencies.
- Align regional cash positions and treasury strategies with the overall Group cash management strategy.
- Support bank account management, banking platform access and other relevant system or application onboarding.
- Lead weekly cash and liquidity review calls with regional stakeholders and senior leadership, tracking key actions, risks and funding requirements.
Accounts Payable
- Provide regional oversight of Accounts Payable activities in collaboration with the SSC and local finance teams.
- Monitor AP ageing, payment runs, overdue invoices, payment backlogs and other key operational metrics.
- Ensure supplier payments are processed accurately and within agreed timelines.
- Work closely with the SSC and local finance teams to resolve escalated AP issues and improve overall service delivery.
- Identify opportunities to streamline, standardise and improve AP processes across the region.
- Support the implementation and monitoring of appropriate AP controls and governance processes.
Accounts Receivable & Collections
- Provide oversight of the regional Accounts Receivable position, ageing and collection performance.
- Work closely with business and finance teams to drive the timely collection of outstanding balances.
- Lead weekly AR and collections review calls, tracking actions, overdue balances, collection commitments and expected receipts.
- Identify and escalate collection risks, significantly aged receivables and potential cash flow impacts.
- Ensure expected customer collections are appropriately reflected in cash flow forecasts.
- Support the development of improved visibility and reporting around working capital and collection performance.
Tax Coordination & Compliance
- Coordinate and monitor monthly tax-related activities across the region in collaboration with local finance teams and external advisors, where applicable.
- Review and consolidate monthly tax provisions and ensure appropriate reporting and visibility.
- Monitor withholding tax (WHT) requirements and support the tracking of related compliance and payment obligations.
- Maintain a monthly tracker covering key tax filings, payments, provisions and outstanding compliance matters.
- Follow up with local teams on monthly tax filing updates, deadlines and any identified risks or issues.
- Escalate significant tax risks, compliance delays or potential exposures to the Finance Controller and relevant stakeholders.
Working Capital & Process Improvement
- Support initiatives to improve overall working capital performance across the region.
- Analyse key drivers impacting cash conversion, including receivables, payables and other working capital balances.
- Identify risks, inefficiencies and opportunities for process improvements across treasury, AP and AR activities.
- Develop and maintain relevant reporting and dashboards to improve visibility over cash, liquidity and working capital.
- Work collaboratively with regional teams and the SSC to drive standardisation, automation and continuous improvement.
Key Requirements
- 5–8 years of relevant finance experience, preferably covering Treasury, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and/or Working Capital.
- Experience working in a regional, multi-country or shared service environment would be preferred.
- Good understanding of cash flow management, liquidity planning, AP/AR processes and financial controls.
- Experience with cash flow forecasting, payment management and collection tracking.
- Strong Excel and analytical skills, with experience working with ERP and financial systems.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to work across multiple teams and markets.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong ownership mindset, attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
Professional qualification such as CA, ACCA, CIMA or an equivalent finance qualification would be an advantage.
