Interim Banking & Treasury Controller | 6-Month Hybrid

China-Britain Business Council; Nuneaton; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

33 days holidays

Private medical insurance

Annual health testing kit

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work scheme

Pension scheme

Product allowance

Colleague discount

Job summary

Holland & Barrett seeks an Interim Financial Controller with deep treasury and operational banking experience to build a robust banking resilience framework across the Group, starting with Ireland and continental Europe. You will lead bank onboarding, ensure KYC/AML compliance, and implement a durable treasury policy while coordinating with external counsel and the shareholder's treasury team.

The role is hybrid in Nuneaton and involves delivering a clear banking structure, end-to-end

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a financial control background and significant time in treasury and operational banking.
• Led corporate bank account openings through enhanced due diligence in more than one jurisdiction.
• Hands-on treasury operations: bank portals, mandates, payment file formats, SEPA and bulk payments, cash positioning, FX hedging.
• Knows the difference between credit institutions, EMIs and agency banking models, and what each means for safeguarding, IBANs and continuity.
• Working knowledge of UK, EU, US and Canadian sanctions regimes, and of working alongside sanctions counsel.
• Experience in private equity or privately owned groups with multi-entity structures.
• Available to start within two weeks and to travel at short notice.
• Banking relationships in Ireland and continental Europe.
• Experience of migrating banking providers at pace.
• Experience in payroll operations or transformation, including outsourcing or in-housing of payroll, ideally with Netherlands or Belgium exposure.
• ERP payment integration (Unit4 or similar).
• Multi-site retail with card-acquiring and cash-collection flows.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a Group banking resilience framework: target banking structure per market, primary and secondary providers, and clear contingency triggers.
• Run parallel onboarding with banks, EMIs and payment providers across several jurisdictions, from first contact to live account.
• Own every KYC, AML, UBO and enhanced due diligence submission. Turn round bank questions within 24 hours.
• Build and keep current one reusable onboarding pack: structure chart, UBO position, legal opinions, financials, expected flows and volumes.
• Work with external counsel, Legal and Tax so every submission is accurate and consistent.
• Keep a single tracker of every provider, its stage, blockers and next action.
• Get new accounts working end to end: online banking, mandates and signatories, payment file formats from the ERP, SEPA and bulk payroll payments, card and cash settlement redirection.
• Run daily cash positioning across all providers and manage concentration and counterparty limits.
• Review FX hedging counterparties and keep hedges in line with policy.
• Make sure every flow through a new provider is reconciled, controlled and audit-ready.
• Refresh the Group treasury policy, including counterparty, concentration and banking contingency rules.
• Review every banking, payment and card-acquiring relationship in the UK, Ireland and Benelux for continuity risk, including renewal and KYC review dates.
• Put a tested contingency in place for each critical relationship.
• Support any wider supplier or counterparty work where banking or payments are affected.
• Make sure payroll in every country can be funded and paid on time through the new arrangements.
• Review payroll controls, reconciliations and statutory compliance across the UK, Ireland and Benelux.

Skills

ACA

ACCA

CIMA

Financial control

Treasury

Operational banking

Onboarding

Bank portals

Mandates

Payment formats

SEPA

Bulk payments

Cash positioning

FX hedging

Credit institutions

EMIs

Agency banking

IBANs

Continuity

UK sanctions

EU sanctions

US sanctions

Canada sanctions

Sanctions counsel

Private equity experience

Multi-entity structures

Start within two weeks

Willing to travel

Ireland relations

Continental Europe

Banking provider migration

Payroll

Netherlands exposure

Belgium exposure

Unit4 ERP

ERP integration

Card acquiring

Cash collection

Tools

Unit4

Job description

Holland & Barrett seeks an Interim Financial Controller with deep treasury and operational banking experience to build a robust banking resilience framework across the Group, starting with Ireland and continental Europe. You will lead bank onboarding, ensure KYC/AML compliance, and implement a durable treasury policy while coordinating with external counsel and the shareholder's treasury team.

The role is hybrid in Nuneaton and involves delivering a clear banking structure, end-to-end