Treasury Manager (Operations)

London & Quadrant Housing Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading housing association in the UK is seeking a Treasury Manager (Operations) to oversee daily Treasury operations, ensuring financial resilience and optimising cash flow. The role demands professional qualifications such as AMCT or ACCA, along with strong leadership and advanced Excel skills. This position offers a hybrid working model and the opportunity to drive improvements in Treasury management. Join us to help maintain the financial sustainability of our communities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience leading Treasury operations within a busy Treasury or Finance team.
• Proven ability to drive improvements in service delivery and commercial performance.
• Strong proficiency in Treasury and Finance systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage day-to-day Treasury operations, ensuring compliance with Treasury Management Policy.
• Oversee cashflow forecasting and optimise returns on cash.
• Project manage system and service improvements to strengthen controls and efficiency.

Skills

Leadership in Treasury operations

People management

Excellent communication

Advanced Excel skills

Education

AMCT or ACCA qualification or equivalent

Tools

Salmon

Unit4

Assetcore

Job description

Job Details

Title: Treasury Manager (Operations)

Contract Type: Permanent, Full-Time, 35 hours

Salary: £70,555 per annum (London weighted salary) dependant on experience

Grade: 11

Reporting Office: London, Stratford

Persona: Agile Worker: 20% - 40% of contractual hours to be worked from reporting office/working location (hybrid working)

Closing Date: 22nd January 2026

Interview Dates: 1st stage interviews w/c 2nd February and for 2nd interviews w/c 9th and w/c 23rd February for those successful at first stage.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advertisement and interview earlier than stated.

Join Our Treasury Team at L&Q

At L&Q, we're on a mission to create homes and communities everyone can be proud of. As Treasury Manager (Operations), you'll manage day to day Treasury Operations, ensuring ongoing financial resilience at one of the UK's leading housing associations.

Why this role matters

Our ability to invest in affordable homes depends on robust Treasury operations. This role will help us to maintain liquidity, optimise cashflow, and implement innovative systems to support our long‑term financial sustainability and the reliable, repeatable services that our residents deserve.

Where you fit in

You will report to the Head of Treasury (Operations), manage the Treasury Accountant and work in a matrix reporting structure across Treasury. You will also work closely with colleagues across Finance and the wider business to deliver our strategic objectives.

If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!

Your impact in the role

• Lead and manage day-to-day Treasury operations, ensuring compliance with Treasury Management Policy.
• Oversee cashflow forecasting and optimise returns on cash.
• Ensure all capital and interest payments are made on time.
• Project manage system and service improvements to strengthen controls and efficiency.
• Lead month‑end processes and Treasury elements of audits.
• Maintain a robust Treasury operations control framework and ensure audit‑ready records and systems.

Key relationships

• Internal: Finance and wider leadership, governance forums.
• External: Lenders, auditors, professional advisors.

What you’ll bring

Essential

• Professional qualification: AMCT or ACCA (or equivalent).
• Hands‑on experience leading Treasury operations within a busy Treasury or Finance team.
• Strong people management skills, including performance management, coaching, and training.
• Proven ability to drive improvements in service delivery and commercial performance.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with confidence in presenting to different audiences.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver high‑quality work to tight deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong proficiency in Treasury and Finance systems.

Desirable

• Experience in the housing association sector.
• Experience of delivering new Treasury & Finance systems.
• Experience of matrix working.
• Familiarity with Salmon, Unit4, and Assetcore systems.

A Recruitment Advocate will join this recruitment process as a panel member. This is part of an internal scheme supporting our recruitment process to be fair, transparent and consistent.

If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during this process, including application stage, please email [e-mail].

About L&Q

We're one of the UK's leading housing associations and developers. We were founded on a simple belief: high quality housing is vital for people's health, happiness and security. Everyone deserves a quality home that gives them the chance to live a better life.

250,000 people call our properties ‘home’, and we're proud to serve diverse communities across London, the South East and North West of England.

People are at the heart of our business and our success depends on employing the best people and getting the best from them. The foundation of everything that we are is built on our corporate values and behavioural framework, which outlines our core expectations and should be demonstrated at all times, and all levels, when representing L&Q.

At L&Q, we know that diversity and inclusion make us stronger – and they're at the heart of everything we do.

When we recruit, we look at what really matters: your skills, experience and potential. We're proud to be recognised for creating an inclusive workplace. We are a Disability Confident Leader (Level 3) and we've introduced our own Recruitment Advocate scheme to make sure every step of our hiring process is fair, transparent and consistent. It’s all part of our commitment to ending discrimination and making L&Q a place where everyone feels welcome.

Sustainability is also at the heart of what we do. We recognise the responsibility we hold as one of the UK's largest housing associations.

Find out more about L&Q and why you should join us!