Senior Treasury Manager
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Job Description
Senior Treasury Manager
We are looking for a new Senior Treasury Manager to join our Treasury team. This is a key role which supervises, executes and advises on internal and external liquidity, foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk and cash management.
Pearson's treasury team currently manage cash and financing for the group's most significant businesses and the scope is being expanded to taking ownership for all group companies worldwide. This is a small, hardworking dynamic team with a lot of responsibility!
To keep efficient, we constantly look to build new optimised processes or improve existing processes, so an understanding of data structures and process design is essential. We are also looking at options including a new TMS (Treasury Management System) so past implementation experience would be a benefit.
We're looking for someone who is commercially minded, who is proactive, highly organised and curious. Work is primarily remote, but with regular days in our London office, so it's important to be a proactive communicator to keep people informed, help people learn and to ensure things are running smoothly.
This is a fantastic opportunity for the successful candidate to join a team committed to development and pushing the boundaries in treasury.
Key tasks include:
Partnering with operating companies to understand their cash flow needs - funding or extracting cash as needed
Supervising day to day cash management (and covering where necessary)
Leading treasury projects including onboarding acquisitions, disposals, and cash/fx concentration projects
Supervising fx position management and the group's collar and forward hedging program
Finding opportunities to exploit market anomalies to enhance yields or reduce fx hedging costs
Creating new transaction models for new transaction types in our treasury system (CityFinancials)
Review of accounting reports to ensure transactions are properly reported
Working with a variety of stakeholders around the business to execute operating requirements
Experience:
Proven Treasury experience
AMCT qualified or equivalent
Evidence of managing and analysing complex datasets
Evidence of designing and managing end to end processes inside and outside treasury
Experience managing a team
Optional:
Qualified accountant
Understanding of hedge accounting
Experience of City Financials
Experience in an e-commerce/subscription business
Coding experience
Additional Information
This role will be hybrid with travel to our UK office at 80 Strand, London when required.
Please apply directly on our website including your CV and a covering letter outlining your reasons for applying for the role.
About Us
What to expect from Pearson
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At Pearson, we add life to a lifetime of learning so everyone can realize the life they imagine. We do this by creating vibrant and enriching learning experiences designed for real-life impact. We are on a journey to be 100 percent digital to meet the changing needs of the global population by developing a new strategy with ambitious targets.
To deliver on our strategic vision, we have five business divisions that are the foundation for the long-term growth of the company: Assessment & Qualifications, Virtual Learning, English Language Learning, Workforce Skills and Higher Education. Alongside these, we also have our corporate divisions: Digital & Technology, Finance, Global Corporate Marketing & Communications, Human Resources, Legal, Strategy and Direct to Consumer. Learn more at We are Pearson.
We value the power of an inclusive culture and a strong sense of belonging. We promote a culture where differences are embraced, opportunities are accessible, consideration and respect are the norm and all individuals are supported in reaching their full potential. Through our talent, we believe that diversity, equity and inclusion make us a more innovative and vibrant place to work. People are at the center, and we are committed to creating a workplace where talent can learn, grow and thrive.
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