Treasury & Investment Manager

South Lakes Housing; Sale; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Agile working

30 days leave + holidays

Your birthday off

Volunteering days

Pension

Health and dental benefits

Flexible working environment

Job summary

South Lakes Housing is seeking a Treasury and Investment Manager in the Greater Manchester area. The role combines hands-on treasury activity with strategic oversight of development and capital investment programmes.

You will lead cash forecasting, debt management and lender relationships, while guiding funding activity and financial planning for long-term strategy. The post requires a qualified accountant and strong Excel skills to influence senior leaders.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with practical treasury management experience.
• Experience in cash forecasting, debt management and treasury reporting.
• Ability to translate treasury data into strategic insight for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain treasury strategy, policies, controls and reporting.
• Manage cash forecasts, liquidity and cash balances.
• Oversee loan drawdowns, repayments, interest forecasting and covenant compliance.
• Manage relationships with banks, lenders and treasury advisers.
• Support new funding, refinancing and securitisation activity.
• Provide forward-looking analysis for funding and investment planning.
• Lead financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for development programmes.
• Collaborate with budget holders to explain variances and risks.
• Assist statutory accounts, audit and regulatory reporting.

Skills

Cash forecasting

Debt management

Covenant monitoring

Treasury reporting

Lender relationships

Funding activity

Strategic insight

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CIPFA)

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Job description

Treasury and Investment Manager | £65,000 | Greater Manchester | Agile working

We're partnering with a social housing provider in Greater Manchester to recruit an experienced Treasury and Investment Manager to lead treasury activity and strengthen financial oversight across development and capital investment programmes.

Reporting to the Head of Finance and managing two team members, this is a broad, hands-on role with strategic oversight of the organisation's treasury and investment activity. You'll lead on cash and liquidity planning, debt and covenant management, lender relationships, funding activity, development reporting and asset and liability information, while taking a longer-term view of funding, risk and financial strategy.

The Role

This role needs someone who is comfortable working in the detail, but who can also step back from the month-to-month activity and provide wider strategic insight and oversight.

You'll take responsibility for:

• Developing and maintaining treasury strategy, policies, controls and reporting.
• Managing cash forecasts, liquidity and overall cash balances.
• Overseeing loan drawdowns, repayments, interest forecasting and covenant compliance.
• Managing relationships with banks, lenders and treasury advisers.
• Supporting new funding, refinancing and securitisation activity.
• Providing forward-looking analysis to support longer-term funding, investment and financial planning.
• Leading financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting for development and capital investment programmes.
• Working closely with budget holders to understand scheme performance, explain variances and identify emerging financial risks.
• Supporting statutory accounts, audit and regulatory reporting.
• Maintaining asset, liability and security information and supporting option appraisals, acquisitions, disposals and new developments.
• Overseeing the organisation's insurance portfolio.
• Managing, developing and supporting two members of the Finance team.

About You

• You'll be a qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA, CIMA or CIPFA - or hold a relevant treasury qualification, with strong practical treasury management experience.
• You should bring experience across cash forecasting, loan and debt management, covenant monitoring and treasury reporting, together with a good understanding of the social housing environment.
• Just as importantly, you'll be able to look beyond routine monthly reporting, identify future funding and financial risks, and translate detailed treasury information into clear strategic insight for senior leaders.
• Experience working alongside development or growth teams on new-build, investment or acquisition activity is particularly important, as is the ability to provide clear financial advice and constructive challenge to senior stakeholders and budget holders.
• Strong Excel skills, sound financial controls and the ability to build effective relationships with lenders, advisers and internal teams will also be key.

The Package

Alongside a salary of £65,000, the organisation offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Agile working
• Up to 30 days' annual leave plus bank holidays
• Your birthday off
• Volunteering days
• Pension
• Health and dental benefits
• A supportive and flexible working environment

If you have a strong treasury background within social housing and enjoy combining hands‑on treasury management with broader strategic oversight, we'd be keen to hear from you.