Transactional Finance Manager

Breedon Group plc; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the construction materials sector is seeking a Transactional Finance Manager to support treasury operations and manage liquidity across the group. This new role involves overseeing daily banking processes, cash flow forecasting, and managing a team to ensure optimal treasury performance. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in transactional finance and professional qualifications in accounting.

Benefits

Company Pension

Discount Scheme

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoptions Scheme

Free on-site Parking

Health & Wellbeing Initiatives

Life Assurance

Share Save Scheme

Volunteering Policy

Holiday Buy Scheme

Qualifications

• Experienced in transactional financial management.
• Strong managerial skills with an appetite for continuous improvement.
• Experience in month end close and reconciliation.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily bank posting and cash flow forecasting.
• Oversee treasury operations and internal control processes.
• Support team management and improve treasury systems.

Skills

Bank reconciliation

Cash flow forecasting

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Education

Professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Transactional Finance Manager

Department: Finance

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Lockington, Derbyshire

Description

Supporting the Head of Treasury, the Transactional Finance Manager will be an integral part of the Treasury team.

This is a new role which will support the implementation of appropriate treasury strategies within Group Finance, and oversee the Treasury Operations team within Breedon Group's Business Services division.

Key Responsibilities

1. Treasury Operations Team Management

Supporting the treasury operations team to deliver key shared services to the Group:

• Manage daily bank posting for all group companies
• Manage bank reconciliation process for all group companies
• Manage cash flow forecasting process for all group companies
• Process ownership of payments & transfer processes
• Bank account management (opening, closing, mandate updates, administration etc.)
• Oversee out of pocket and company credit card expense processing
• Merchant Credit Card processor relationship management
• Embed high standards of internal control into treasury processes
• Manage continuous improvement projects to deliver best practice across all Treasury areas
• KPI and dashboard reporting

2. Liquidity managementWorking with the Group Treasurer and providing cover during non-working days to ensure the Group has sufficient short and long term liquidity, and manages its liquid resources in the optimal way, including:

• Daily cash management (including administration of cash pooling, monitoring of cash vs overdraft limits, loan drawdowns and short term deposits)
• Prepare effective forecasting mechanisms for cash flow projections, monitor variances against forecasts.
• Support with bank relationship management, including compliance reporting, involvement in refinancing projects as required
• Support the businesses to ensure appropriate steps are taken to optimise cash conversion

3. People & Systems

• Support with team management including to hire, train, develop and retain appropriately qualified and capable staff within the Shared Service treasury function.
• Develop and improve the efficiency of key treasury systems

4. Business Integration

• Provide the Group Treasurer with support when required for the transition of existing and new businesses onto Breedon's centralised treasury model

5. Team growth and coverage

• Support in the expansion of the team as more core transactional functions from across the business are integrated into the Treasury function

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experienced working in a transactional financial management role
• Experienced in month end close - bank and balance sheet reconciliation
• Strong managerial skills with an appetite for continuous improvement
• Strong in managing internal and external stakeholder relationships
• Good financial systems knowledge and other reporting/analytical tools such as Excel, Power BI, Tableau etc.
• Experienced in change management
• Excellent analytical skills
• A professional accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) is desirable, or demonstrable understanding of management account inputs and impacts

Job Benefits

• Company Pension
• Discount Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoptions Scheme
• Free on-site Parking
• Health & Wellbeing Initiatives
• Life Assurance
• Share Save Scheme
• Volunteering Policy
• Holiday Buy Scheme