Senior Treasury Manager

Vitesse; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Vitesse is seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Treasury Manager to lead treasury operations and cash management functions. This key role involves team management, client liquidity management, banking oversight, and ensuring compliance with internal policies. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in treasury within the fintech sector, possessing excellent leadership and communication skills. Join Vitesse in transforming the insurance payment landscape and advance your career in a dynamic environment dedicated to growth and excellence.

Benefits

25 days Holiday per year

Hybrid working arrangements

Contributory pension scheme

Enhanced Parental leave

Cycle to Work Scheme

Private Medical Insurance with AXA

Unlimited access to therapy sessions

Discounted Gym membership

Financial Coaching

2 days of volunteering leave per year

Sabbatical after 5 years’ service

Reduced Nursery fees

Life Assurance for UK employees

Qualifications

• Management experience in treasury or cash management.
• Strong understanding of global cash management and banking products.
• Experience working within regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of treasury analysts and specialists.
• Oversee daily liquidity and funding operations.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory and internal controls.

Skills

Liquidity Management

Risk Management

Cash Forecasting

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Communication

Education

5+ years in treasury or finance

Experience in regulated roles

Tools

Cash Management Systems

Treasury Systems

Job description

We are Vitesse – the treasury and payment partner of choice for insurance.

Formed in 2014 by a team of proven FinTech entrepreneurs, we are an FCA-regulated business providing global claim funds management and payment solutions. Operating one of the largest banking and payment settlement networks in the world, we give our customers direct access to 200 countries and currencies. Through a single integration, insurers can use this network to pay claims in as fast as 45 seconds and deliver a superior claimant experience. Our market-leading treasury proposition provides insurers with transparency and control over their claim funds, even when delegated to third parties, allowing them to have their money in the right place, at the right time, to make that all-important payment when customers need it most.

With over 240 employees across our London headquarters, Europe, and the US, $93m Series C funding secured, and exceeding £10bn in processed transactions, we are only just getting started.

We are collaborative, customer centric and work with integrity, whilst partnering with some of the biggest insurance leaders including Lloyd’s of London and Many Pets. We take huge pride in our company culture, ensuring that everyone has a part to play, an opportunity to be heard, be involved, and the ability to make a real difference. As we continue to scale up, we want like-minded humans to join us on this exciting journey. Are you ready?

We are looking for a strategic and experienced Snr Treasury Manager to lead our treasury operations and cash management functions. This role involves direct people management and close collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring optimal liquidity, risk management, and internal control processes. You will manage a small team and help scale treasury operations to support global growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Team Management

· Lead a team of treasury analysts and specialists, providing mentorship, performance feedback, and career development.

· Work alongside other functions to share / gain managerial best practices

· Ensure all People related matters are managed in line with Vitesse policy

Client Liquidity Management

· Oversee daily liquidity and funding operations across multiple currencies, banks, and legal entities.

· Authorise internal and external fund transfers to support business operations and payout demand

· Develop, maintain, and enhance short- and long-term cash forecasting models.

Banking & Reconciliations

· Report on and manage risk associated with any open reconciliation items

· Oversee all banking operations including account structures, access, and support banking relationships alongside Vitesse Banking

Treasury Operations

· Oversee the execution of FX trades, cash placement and inter-entity cash movements.

· Report on and validate FX positions across the Vitesse network ensuring all remain within tolerance

· Collaborate with Operations peers to ensure seamless funding in place across the Vitesse network.

· Team adherence to cash and FX tolerances across network.

· Optimise interest income, and ensure appropriate usage of cash pools and structures.

· Manage the processes which support client Trust models.

· Deliver Treasury systems and processes automation, leading or feeding in to any related projects.

Compliance & Controls

· Ensure adherence to all relevant regulatory and internal treasury controls and policies.

· Lead process and control documentation, including any ad hoc reporting types.

· Provide insight on Treasury performance and reporting for internal stakeholders, including VP / Executive levels.

This role would suit someone with management experience from treasury or cash management financial services. The candidate must be able to operate independently and comfortable with managing risk. Experience with scaling and establishing treasury functions within a fintech or payments processor would be advantageous.

· 5+ years of treasury or finance experience, with at least 2+ years in a management role.

· Strong understanding of global cash management, banking products, and treasury systems.

· Must have experience with working in regulated roles, ideally gained from an EMI or CASS background.

· A solid understanding of vanilla FX products,

· Experience working with senior leadership across different functions, including, Product and Technology.

· Adept working with cash management systems.

· Adaptable, collaborative, and capable of working independently or within a wider team.

· Confident in chairing cross-functional meetings and influencing senior stakeholders.

· Demonstrated ability to lead incident management and escalate appropriately while driving long-term resolution.

· Proven leadership and communication skills, with the ability to manage people and projects.

Preferred Background

· Prior experience in a fintech or global payments company.

· Experience scaling treasury functions in a high-growth environment

• 25 days Holiday per year (increasing by 1 day per years' service, up to 30 days) + Bank Holidays
• Hybrid working arrangements – minimum 2 days in the office, Tuesday - Thursday
• Contributory pension scheme
• Enhanced Parental leave
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Private Medical Insurance with AXA
• Unlimited access to therapy sessions through our partner, Oliva
• Discounted Gym membership through Gympass
• Financial Coaching with Octopus Wealth
• 2 days of volunteering leave per year
• Sabbatical after 5 years’ service
• Reduced Nursery fees with salary sacrifice scheme YellowNest
• Life Assurance - MetLife (UK employees only)
• Ongoing Learning and Development to support you reach your career goals

Vitesse at our best – our values

The Vitesse values are a true reflection of what it takes to thrive in our business, so it’s important to us that any employee who joins our business is aligned with these 3 attributes

Confident Humility

We don’t do ego and we know that unless we all win, none of us win. We admit when we’re wrong, ask for help and always think about the wider business before ourselves.

Driven to Succeed

We see the opportunity ahead of us and we won’t stop until we fulfil the potential we know we have. We hold ourselves to high standards and deliver high quality outcomes for Vitesse and our customers.

Tenacious Responsibility

We take ownership for our actions and decisions, and face into the challenges that come our way. We are committed to seeing things through to completion, even in the face of adversity.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that enables everyone to perform at their best, where we recognise the rights of all individuals to mutual respect and where there is an unbiased acceptance of others. Our policies and practices aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of Unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly and with dignity and respect. Please confirm if selected for an interview, what interview adjustments you would need? You can contact Clara Moretti-Greene on [e-mail] or in her absence contact our People Team [e-mail].