Treasury Manager

Starr Underwriting Agents Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

Inclusive environment

Job summary

Starr Underwriting Agents Limited, a global commercial insurance leader, seeks an experienced Treasury Manager to oversee liquidity, cash flow, and funding across the Group. The role engages with Finance, Risk, and senior stakeholders to ensure robust treasury governance and financial resilience.

You will lead cash forecasting, manage banking relationships, and ensure regulatory compliance, while supporting investment activities and treasury reporting.

Qualifications

• Clear and well-structured written and verbal communication skills.
• Build and maintain relationships with banks, fund managers and internal teams.
• Expertise in front office treasury functions, cash management and forecasting.
• Knowledge of UK/International banking regulations and practices.
• Insurance sector experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Manage treasury activities across the Group, ensuring liquidity and cash flow optimization.
• Oversee banking relationships and funding requirements.
• Maintain treasury control framework and regulatory compliance.
• Support FP&A teams with planning, forecasting and analysis of investments.
• Produce quarterly papers on cash and treasury for Investment Committees and Boards.
• Monitor liquidity forecasts vs budgets and explain variances.
• Update treasury policies and procedures; maintain robust controls.
• Contribute to process improvements and development initiatives.

Skills

Treasury management

Cash flow forecasting

Liquidity management

Regulatory knowledge

Relationship management

Insurance sector experience

Risk management

Leadership & collaboration

Education

Finance degree or professional qualification (ACCA/CIMA)

CIPFA or treasury-related certification

Tools

Clearwater

MS Office

Job description

Join Starr, a global leader in commercial insurance with over a century of expertise.

We empower our employees to innovate, make impactful decisions, and build lasting client relationships worldwide. At Starr, you'll work in an entrepreneurial culture alongside accessible leaders, leveraging our financial strength and vast industry experience to deliver solutions for our clients, no matter how complex. Grow your career with a rapidly growing company that invests in its people and their ability to drive real progress.

Role Purpose

We are seeking an experienced and commercially astute Treasury Manager to lead and oversee treasury activities across the Group, ensuring the effective management of liquidity, cash flow, banking relationships, and funding requirements. The role is responsible for maintaining a robust treasury control framework that supports the organisation's financial objectives while safeguarding capital and optimising the use of financial resources. The Treasury Manager will also ensure compliance with internal risk appetite, liquidity monitoring requirements, and all relevant regulatory obligations. Working closely with Finance, Risk, and senior stakeholders, the role will provide oversight of liquidity risk management, investment activities, and treasury reporting, ensuring the Group maintains appropriate financial resilience and governance standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Treasury in a timely and efficient manner ensuring efficient use of cash and adhering to all internal and external policies for liquidity buffers, fx exposures.
• Prepare and monitor cash-flows and daily cash positions across all entities to aid management decisions regarding short- and long-term cash flow management.
• Ensure compliance with all regulations (Lloyd’s, PRA, BMA requirements for liquidity management)
• Support the three FP&A teams in the planning and forecasting process and analysis of investment results ensuring alignment with the Senior Investment and Treasury Manager and reconciling to known cash flows over the year.
• Manage the production of quarterly papers relating to cash and Treasury to the Investment Committees and the Boards.
• Reconcile liquidity forecasts and budgets against actuals to explain variances.
• Manage the timely review and update of all Treasury policies and procedures.
• Ensure a robust controls framework is in place, with treasury risks identified, appropriate controls in place, with regular monitoring and attestations.
• Improve processes and controls.
• Contribute to the ongoing development initiatives.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list, and you may be required to undertake other reasonable duties compatible with your experience and competencies. This description may be varied from time to time to reflect changing business requirements.

Qualifications, skills and experience

• Clear and well-structured written and verbal communication skills.
• Build and maintain good internal and external relationships including the investment team and relevant banks and fund managers.
• Expertise in front office treasury functions, encompassing the daily oversight of group cash management and forecasting.
• Proficient in International and UK banking regulations and practices.
• Prior experience in the insurance sector would be advantageous.
• Strong organisational and management skills, proactive and driven approach to duties and accountabilities.
• Knowledge of Lloyd’s trust fund regulations.
• Advanced IT skills including knowledge of MS Office and relevant accounting/investment packages.
• Excellent grasp of risk management as it applies to treasury.
• Experience using Clearwater beneficial.
• People-focused, with proven ability to collaborate across teams, and manage performance to business objectives.

Starr is an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

We offer first class training and development opportunities to all employees. Our aim is to grow our own talent and bring out the best in people.

Starr is a global insurance and investment organization providing property and casualty insurance solutions to business and industry, and one of the fastest-growing insurance companies in the world. Our talented and experienced associates manage risk and ultimately support the profitable growth of organizations in a dynamic, competitive and ever-changing marketplace.

Join us and become part of our talented and passionate workforce.

https://starr.com/About/Careers