Cash & Banking Manager

Centrica; Stockport; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica is seeking a Cash & Banking Manager in a UK-based hybrid role. You will lead a critical function responsible for governance, control and reporting of cash balances and customer payment flows across the group.

You will work with Finance, Treasury, Operations and offshore delivery teams to shape the future of Cash & Banking, delivering improvements that enhance efficiency and regulatory compliance while driving automation and standardisation.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Experience in Cash & Banking, Financial Control or Shared Services.
• Strong understanding of reconciliations, controls and reporting processes.
• Proven leadership of teams and driving performance in a complex org.
• Experience delivering process improvement, automation or transformation initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Cash & Banking activities with accurate accounting and reporting at enterprise level.
• Oversee reconciliation of customer payments and refunds with high accuracy.
• Drive standardisation, automation and continuous improvement in finance transformation.
• Deliver month-end, statutory, audit and regulatory reporting on deadlines.
• Maintain strong financial controls and mitigate risks across the function.
• Collaborate with Finance, Treasury and offshore teams to ensure service delivery.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder management

Leadership experience

Communication skills

Prioritisation

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Tools

ERP / financial systems

Job description

Join us, be part of more.

We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We're energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that's energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, whilst living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities. Here, you can find more purpose, more passion, and more potential. That’s why working here is #MoreThanACareer. We do energy differently - we do it all. We make it, store it, move it, sell it, and mend it.

About your team:

At Centrica, Group Finance is a core driver of how we deliver our strategy. You'll join a team transforming financial insight, performance management and decision-making across the organisation, bringing together finance professionals, data specialists and technology experts to deliver meaningful outcomes at pace.

We’re scaling automation, analytics and AI from isolated solutions into enterprise-wide capabilities - improving reporting quality, strengthening financial control, accelerating decision‑making, reducing manual effort and creating the digital foundations that underpin everything from energy trading and investment appraisal to business performance and regulatory reporting.

If you want to work on complex, high‑impact challenges using modern finance, data and technology practices, and help build the capabilities that will shape how Centrica makes decisions over the next decade, this is the place to do it.

Location: UK-based hybrid role with occasional travel to Centrica offices.

About your role:

Cash & Banking is a critical function that supports the accurate management of customer payments, cash reporting and financial control across Centrica.

As Cash & Banking Manager, you'll lead a business‑critical team responsible for the governance, control and reporting of significant cash balances and customer payment flows across the Group. You'll play a key role in ensuring robust financial controls, operational excellence and regulatory compliance while driving automation, process improvement and standardisation.

Working closely with Finance, Treasury, Operations, external banking partners and offshore delivery teams, you'll help shape the future of Cash & Banking at Centrica, delivering improvements that enhance efficiency, strengthen controls and support better business outcomes. You will support the design and delivery of a new service delivery model which will provide centralised, standardised and automated accounting for banking transactions and you will manage on‑shore and off‑shore teams to deliver Cash & Banking operations.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine leadership, financial control and transformation experience while influencing how a major UK organisation manages one of its most important financial processes.

What you'll be doing:

• Lead the delivery of Cash & Banking activities across the Group, ensuring accurate accounting, reconciliations and financial reporting at an Enterprise‑wide level.


• Oversee the control and reconciliation of customer payment and refund accounts, maintaining the highest standards of accuracy and compliance.


• Drive process standardisation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives in support of the wider Finance transformation agenda.


• Deliver month‑end, statutory, audit and regulatory reporting requirements to agreed deadlines.


• Maintain a strong financial control environment, identifying and mitigating financial, operational and fraud risks.


• Partner with Finance, Treasury, banking providers and outsourced teams to ensure effective service delivery, governance and operational performance.


• Support the implementation of new payment channels, banking processes and system enhancements, ensuring appropriate controls are in place.


• Lead, coach and develop onshore and offshore teams, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).


• Significant experience in Cash & Banking, Financial Control, Shared Services or a similar finance environment.


• Strong understanding of reconciliations, financial controls and reporting processes.


• Proven experience leading teams and driving operational performance in a complex organisation.


• Experience delivering process improvement, automation or transformation initiatives.


• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to interpret complex financial information and identify opportunities for improvement.


• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across multiple functions.


• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality outcomes in a fast‑paced environment.


• Experience working with outsourced or offshore service delivery models is desirable.


• Knowledge of banking operations, customer payment processes and associated controls is advantageous.

This role offers the opportunity to lead a key financial control function within one of the UK's leading energy companies. You'll have the chance to drive meaningful change, influence senior stakeholders and play an important role in improving how Cash & Banking operates across the business.

If you're full of energy, fired up about sustainability, and ready to craft not only a better tomorrow, but a better you, then come and find your purpose in a team where your voice matters, your growth is non‑negotiable, and your ambitions are our priority.

Help us, help you. We would love for you to share any information about yourself throughout our recruitment process so that we can better understand you and help shape your journey.