Treasury and Accounts Payable Manager

HC-One Ltd.; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

HC-One Ltd. is seeking a Treasury & Accounts Payable Manager to lead treasury and purchase ledger operations across 146 care homes. You will manage two Treasury Assistants and three AP Clerks, ensuring cash positions are managed and supplier payments are processed accurately within a strict SOX framework.

The role focuses on cash flow forecasting, bank relationship management, and robust controls to prevent fraud. Based at the Central Support Office with regular travel to sites.

Qualifications

• Experience managing treasury and accounts payable in a multi-site organisation.
• Strong reconciliation skills and ability to handle large volumes of transactional data.
• Practical SOX 404 experience with controls documentation.
• Ability to manage banking relationships and payment processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder liaison skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain daily visibility of the group’s cash position across bank accounts and entities.
• Prepare cash flow forecasts for senior finance leaders.
• Manage intercompany cash transfers and ensure funds are available as needed.
• Monitor banking covenant compliance and relationships with banks.
• Ensure bank accounts are reconciled in the accounting system per SOX requirements.
• Oversee bank mandates and online banking access controls.

Skills

Financial management

SOX/compliance

Cash flow forecasting

Intercompany cash transfers

Team leadership

Job description

About the role

As the Treasury & Accounts Payable Manager you will be leading HCI's treasury and purchase ledgeroperations across 146 care homes, managing two Treasury Assistants and three AP Clerks.The postholder ensures the Group's cash position is actively managed, bankingrelationships are maintained, and supplier payments are processed accurately within arobust SOX Section 404 control framework, including payment fraud prevention.

Treasury & Cash Management

• Maintain daily visibility of the Group's cash position across all bank accounts and legalentities
• Prepare daily, weekly and medium-term cash flow forecasts for the Chief Treasury & Finance Officer and Financial Controller
• Manage intercompany cash transfers and ensure funds are available at the right entity at the right time
• Monitor banking covenant compliance; support relationship management with bankingpartners
• Ensure all bank accounts are reconciled to the accounting system regularly and within SOXcontrol requirements
• Manage bank mandates, online banking access controls and user segregation per SOXrequirements

SOX Controls — Treasury & AP

• Own and operate all treasury and AP controls within the Section 404 framework: bankreconciliation controls, payment authorisation segregation, supplier bank detail verificationand system access controls
• Maintain controls documentation and evidence for all treasury and AP key controls
• Support the Financial Controller in controls testing and remediation
• Ensure the team understands and consistently applies SOX control requirements

Accounts Payable — Care Sector Categories

• Oversee the day-to-day AP function: supplier invoices processed, approved and paidaccurately on time
• Ensure correct nominal coding, cost centre and care home reference allocation across allinvoices — critical for cost-per-bed and cost-per-home management reporting accuracy
• Manage supplier statement reconciliations covering principal care home AP categories:food and catering, clinical and personal care consumables, laundry and linen services, facilities management and maintenance, utilities, cleaning products, PPE, medical equipment servicing, care management software, and staffing agency fees
• Manage the payment run process including authorisation, execution and reconciliation

Payment Fraud Prevention & Team Leadership

• Enforce strict segregation of duties — no single individual may create, approve and releasea payment
• Maintain and enforce the supplier bank detail verification process without exception
• Train and maintain the team's vigilance regarding authorised push payment (APP) fraudand business email compromise

About The Company

Joining us means becoming part of a forward-looking organisation with a strong, long-term commitment to operational excellence and financial control. Supported by substantial, planned investment, we are continuing to strengthen the systems, processes, and infrastructure that support high-quality, sustainable care across a large and complex multi-site operation.

This role is based at the Central Support Office in Darlington and requires regular office attendance, with occasional travel to homes and regional offices.

• Enhanced DBS disclosure required.
• DVLA licence check required in line with insurance policies.
• This is a SOX-relevant role and is subject to internal controls and reporting requirements.
• The role supports cash processing across a 146-home estate in England, Scotland, and Wales.
• There are no direct line management responsibilities.

About You

We are looking for a highly organised and detail-focused finance professional who is confident working with complex reconciliations and large volumes of transactional data.

You will be comfortable working in a busy operational environment where accuracy and attention to detail are critical. Strong communication skills and a proactive approach to resolving discrepancies are equally important, as the role involves regular liaison with colleagues across the finance function.